Landscapes of Voluntarism: New Spaces of Health, Welfare and Governance

doi:10.46692/9781847421609

Landscapes of Voluntarism

New Spaces of Health, Welfare and Governance

How to respond to the needs of working parents has become a pressing social policy issue in contemporary Western Europe. This book highlights the politicising of parenthood in the Scandinavian welfare states - focusing on the relationship between parents and the state, and the ongoing renegotiations between the public and the private.

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Landscapes of Voluntarism

New Spaces of Health, Welfare and Governance

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Frontmatter
pp i-ii

Contents
pp iii-iv

List of tables, figures, maps and plates
pp v-vi

Notes on contributors
pp vii-xi

Foreword: Beyond the shadow state?
pp xii-xvi

one - Contemporary landscapes of welfare: the ‘voluntary turn’?
pp 1-14

two - A ‘new institutional fix’? The ‘community turn’ and the changing role of the voluntary sector
pp 15-32

three - Renewal or relocation? Social welfare, voluntarism and the city
pp 33-52

four - Voluntarism and new forms of governance in rural communities
pp 53-72

five - New times, new relationships: mental health, primary care and public health in New Zealand
pp 73-90

six - Informal and voluntary care in Canada: caught in the Act?
pp 91-114

seven - Competition, adaptation and resistance: (re)forming health organisations in New Zealand’s third sector
pp 115-134

eight - The difference of voluntarism: the place of voluntary sector care homes for older Jewish people in the United Kingdom
pp 135-152

nine - Values, practices and strategic divestment: Christian social service organisations in New Zealand
pp 153-172

ten - Faith-based organisations and welfare provision in Northern Irelandand North America: whose agenda?
pp 173-190

eleven - Government restructuring and settlement agencies in Vancouver: bringing advocacy back in
pp 191-208

twelve - Developing voluntary community spaces and Ethnicity in Sydney, Australia
pp 209-230

thirteen - The voluntary spaces of charity shops: workplaces or domestic spaces?
pp 231-246

fourteen - The changing landscape of voluntary sector counselling in Scotland
pp 247-266

fifteen - Volunteering, geography and welfare: a multilevel investigation of geographical variations in voluntary action
pp 267-284

sixteen - Reflections on landscapes of voluntarism
pp 285-294

Index
pp 295-304

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