Awards

• Winner of ANSER/ARES Book Prize, Association for Nonprofit and Social Economy Research 2014 (Canada)

Overview

In the early 1990s, voluntary organizations garnered little attention in Canadian policy circles, even though the federal government was simultaneously offloading its responsibility for essential services to the sector and cutting back their funding. Two decades later, the voluntary sector is a key public policy player in federal, provincial, and municipal politics. Rachel Laforest shows why this turnaround represents a significant shift in the way citizens and policy makers view the place of voluntary organizations in public policy. Members of voluntary organizations have struggled for a stronger voice in policy making and redefined their relationship to the federal government through key collaborations such as the Voluntary Sector Initiative. This deft account of how a loose coalition of voluntary organizations was transformed into a distinct sector offers a new conceptual framework for explaining dynamic state-voluntary sector relations at all levels of government.

Full Product Details

Author:   Rachel Laforest
Publisher:   University of British Columbia Press
Imprint:   University of British Columbia Press
Weight:   0.400kg
ISBN:  

9780774821445

ISBN 10:   0774821442
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   15 September 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1 The Changing Relationship between the State and the Voluntary Sector 2 Theorizing the Relationship between the State and the Voluntary Sector 3 Laying the Foundation for Collaboration: The Canadian Case 4 Building Identity and Agency in the Voluntary Sector: From Strategy to Action 5 Designing a Blueprint for Collaboration: Looking at the Big Picture 6 Organizational Dynamics and the Impact of Collaboration 7 Conclusions Appendices 1 Characteristics of voluntary organizations engaged at a macro scale 2 Characteristics of national organizations in the field of children and family services 3 Characteristics of provincial organizations in the field of children and family services 4 Characteristics of local organizations in the field of children and family services in the Ottawa region 5 Characteristics of local organizations in the field of children and family services in the Montreal region Notes References Index

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Author Information

Rachel Laforest is an associate professor and head of the Public Policy and Third Sector Initiative in the School of Policy Studies at Queen's University.

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