Title Neoliberalism and the voluntary and community sector in northern Ireland / Ciaran Hughes and Markus Ketola

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Description 1 online resource Series Third Sector Research Series Third sector research series. Contents Front Cover -- Neoliberalism and the Voluntary and Community Sector in Northern Ireland -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- List of abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Series editor's foreword -- one Introduction -- Structure of the book -- The shape and size of the VCS in NI -- Data collection -- Rolling out neoliberal reforms -- Governance in times of peace and conflict -- Two Neoliberal enrolment? The 'partnership turn' in government rhetoric and policy -- The Conservative Party and the 'partnership turn' -- New Labour and the third way Decoupling from the 'mini public sector': the Coalition and Conservative administrations' approach to the VCS -- The VCS in NI -- The shift to peace and neoliberalism -- Conclusion -- Three Getting connected: celebrating the value of connections and networks -- The value of horizontal networks at the community level -- Making the connections -- Building and strengthening 'the fabric of society' -- Developing the state-civil society partnership: vertical relationship building -- Networked insiders as agents of change -- VCS pragmatism and innovation -- Conclusion Four Inside the networks: the rhetoric and the reality -- 'Marriages of convenience' and the roll out of market norms -- Siloed working, organisational change and the trend towards monopolisation -- Resource dependency, organisational survival and adapting to a changing environment -- Conclusion -- Five Independence of voice, purpose and action -- Independence of purpose and action -- Austerity, mission drift and sectoral 'opportunities' -- An independent voice? -- Conclusion -- Six Conclusion -- References -- Index -- Back Cover Summary Ciaran Hughes and Markus Ketola explore the consequences of neoliberal policies on the voluntary sector in Northern Ireland. They trace the changing relationships between government and voluntary organisations since the Good Friday Agreement and lessons about the impact of neoliberal policies on governance, relationships and the peace process Subject Voluntarism -- Political aspects -- Northern Ireland Voluntarism -- Economic aspects -- Northern Ireland Neoliberalism -- Northern Ireland SOCIAL SCIENCE / Volunteer Work. Neoliberalism Politics and government Voluntarism -- Economic aspects Voluntarism -- Political aspects Frivilligt arbete. Nyliberalism. SUBJECT Northern Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1998- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95004239 Subject Northern Ireland Storbritannien. Form Electronic book Author Ketola, Markus, 1980- author. ISBN 9781447351191 1447351193 9781447351245 144735124X

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