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Book SynopsisThis edited collection explores areas such as social enterprise, capacity building, volunteering and social value, and charts the historical development of the state-third sector relationship, reviewing the major debates and controversies accompanying recent shifts in that relationship.
Trade Review"In a period of change and uncertainty this is a timely, thoughtful and challenging book for decision makers , academics and practitioners alike." Professor John Diamond, Edge Hill University UK
"An excellent and wide ranging text which will be a key reference work for academics studying the role of the third sector in delivering public services in the UK." Peter Wells, Sheffield Hallam University
Table of ContentsIntroduction ~ James Rees and David Mullins; Part One: Policy, Politics and Organisations; The history of third sector service delivery in the UK ~ Pete Alcock; Same tensions, different results? Third sector-state relations in a changing political and socio-economic context ~ Heather Buckingham; Which third sector organisations are involved in the delivery of public services? Evidence from national survey data in England ~ John Mohan and David Clifford; Part Two: Cross-cutting issue for third sector service delivery; Social enterprise, mutuals and spin-outs in the era of ‘open’ public services ~ Robin Miller and Fergus Lyon; Capacity building for competition: the role of infrastructure in third sector service delivery ~ Rob Macmillan; The role of volunteers in service delivery ~ Angela Ellis-Paine and Matt Hill; The concept of social value and the third sector: definitions, theories and measurements ~ Malin Arvidson and Helen Kara; Part Three: Service delivery in key policy fields; Understanding the third sector’s role and position in employment services provision ~ Rebecca Taylor, James Rees and Chris Damm; All change? The impact of personalisation for the third sector in health and social care ~ Jenny Harlock and Robin Miller; Housing and the Third Sector – Enacted hybridity and diversification ~ David Mullins; The third sector and the rehabilitation revolution ~ Rob Macmillan; Conclusion and the future for the Third Sector’s role in service delivery ~ James Rees and David Mullins.
