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What Have Charities Ever Done for Us? uses case studies and interviews to illustrate how charities support people and communities, foster heritage and culture and pioneer responses to crucial social, ethical and environmental questions.

Table of Contents
Introduction PART 1 What are charities, and why do we argue about them? The many faces of charities What has gone wrong? ‘Stick to your knitting’: the curbs on campaigning PART 2 Changing the world The health of the nation Equality, slavery and human rights Rights for women and gay liberation Protecting animals and the natural world PART 3 I mproving lives and communities Local action and self-help Supporting other people The wider world Community arts PART 4 A junior partner in the welfare state? Public service contracts Reducing the burden on the state Charities as pioneers PART 5 Preserving the past, preparing for the future Castles, canals and stately homes Museums and the perils of charitable status The minefield of charitable education Pushing the boundaries of medicine and science Part 6 The way ahead Reviews and strategies Charity governance: fit for purpose? Coming clean with the public The pursuit of independence Postscript

What Have Charities Ever Done for Us

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      Publisher Bristol University Press
      Published 13 April 2021
      ISBN-13 9781447359883
      978-1447359883
      ISBN-10 1447359887
      Also in:
      Politics, Philosophy & Society Charities and philanthropy Civics and citizenship

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      What Have Charities Ever Done for Us? uses case studies and interviews to illustrate how charities support people and communities, foster heritage and culture and pioneer responses to crucial social, ethical and environmental questions.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction PART 1 What are charities, and why do we argue about them? The many faces of charities What has gone wrong? ‘Stick to your knitting’: the curbs on campaigning PART 2 Changing the world The health of the nation Equality, slavery and human rights Rights for women and gay liberation Protecting animals and the natural world PART 3 I mproving lives and communities Local action and self-help Supporting other people The wider world Community arts PART 4 A junior partner in the welfare state? Public service contracts Reducing the burden on the state Charities as pioneers PART 5 Preserving the past, preparing for the future Castles, canals and stately homes Museums and the perils of charitable status The minefield of charitable education Pushing the boundaries of medicine and science Part 6 The way ahead Reviews and strategies Charity governance: fit for purpose? Coming clean with the public The pursuit of independence Postscript

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