Introduction. From welfare bureaucracies to welfare hybrids / David Billis Third sector organizations in a contradictory policy environment / Margaret Harris Towards a theory of hybrid organizations / David Billis The governance of hybrid organizations / Chris Cornforth and Roger Spear -- Hybridity in action. Volunteers in hybrid organizations a marginalised majority? / Angela Ellis Paine, Nick Ockenden and Joanna Stuart Faith-based organizations and hybridity a special case? / Colin Rochester and Malcolm Torry Community anchor organizations sustainability and independence / Romayne Hutchison and Ben Cairns Social enterprises challenges from the field / Mike Aiken Hybridity in partnership working managing tensions and opportunities / Joann Howard and Marilyn Taylor Housing associations agents of policy or profits in disguise? / David Mullins and Hal Pawson Encountering hybridity lessons from individual experiences / David Lewis Revisiting the key challenges hybridity, ownership and change / David Billis
Summary
This book analyses modern voluntary organizations through the lens of a new theory of hybrid organizations, which is tested and developed in the context of a range of case studies