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Rediscovering Voluntary Action The Beat of a Different Drum
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Volunteering and voluntary organizations have become increasingly important in British social and political life but at a cost. Greater prominence has led to a narrow and distorted view of what vol...
Volunteering and voluntary organizations have become increasingly important in British social and political life but at a cost. Greater prominence has led to a narrow and distorted view of what voluntary action involves and how it is undertaken. This book reasserts the case for a broader view of voluntarism as a unique set of autonomous activities.
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- Creator
- by C. Rochester
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 1st ed. 2013
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (291 p.)
- ISBNs
- 1137029447, 1306285682, 9781137029454, 9781137029461, 9781137029447, 1137029463, 1137029455
- OCLC
- ocn868000601, ocn864709433
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- Introduction : why the theory and practice of voluntary action need rethinking -- Revisiting the roots of voluntary action -- The invention of the voluntary sector and its consequences -- The invention of voluntary work and its consequences -- A perilous partnership? : voluntary action and the state -- Selling out? voluntary action and the market -- The hegemony of the bureaucratic model -- The pressure from within -- Ownership and control -- What are voluntary organisations for? -- The fallacies of managerialism -- Towards a round earth map of volunteering -- Dissenting voices : the case of the national coalition for independent action -- The paradox of sectorisation -- Towards an alternative paradigm -- The implications of rethinking voluntary action