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Public Policy, Social Policy and Voluntary Organisations

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In this chapter, I want to address some of the main implications for voluntary organisations of the changes in public policy now taking place across the developed world. One of the most significant trends in voluntary action in the UK over the 1990s has been the closer relations that have been developing between voluntary agencies and the state, both locally and nationally (Kendall and Knapp, 1996). These developing relationships have taken a variety of different forms, ranging from new funding arrangements to active institutional partnerships.

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  1. Nicholas Deakin
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Aston University Business School, UK

    Margaret Harris (Professor of Voluntary Sector Organisation, Assistant Director) (Professor of Voluntary Sector Organisation, Assistant Director)

  2. Centre for Voluntary Organisation, London School of Economics, UK

    Margaret Harris (Professor of Voluntary Sector Organisation, Assistant Director) (Professor of Voluntary Sector Organisation, Assistant Director)

  3. University of Surrey, Roehampton, UK

    Colin Rochester (Consultancy Leader and Principal Lecturer, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Management) (Consultancy Leader and Principal Lecturer, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Management)

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Deakin, N. (2001). Public Policy, Social Policy and Voluntary Organisations. In: Harris, M., Rochester, C. (eds) Voluntary Organisations and Social Policy in Britain. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-230-80224-7_2

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