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Title

Voluntary sector organizations and the state : building new relations / Rachel Laforest.

Author

Laforest, Rachel, 1972-

Publication

Vancouver : UBC Press, c2011.

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Description

172 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"Voluntary organizations have moved from the margins to the centre of policy discussions in Canada, and citizens and politicians now view them in a new way. Rachel Laforest shows how members of voluntary organizations have struggled for a stronger voice in policy making and redefined their relationship to the federal government through key collaborations. This vivid account of how a loose coalition of organizations was transformed into a distinct sector offers a new conceptual framework for explaining dynamic state-voluntary sector relations at all levels of government." Back cover.

Subject

• Voluntarism > Government policy > Canada
• Voluntarism > History. > Canada
• Associations, institutions, etc. > Government policy > Canada
• Bénévolat > Politique gouvernementale > Canada
• Bénévolat > Histoire. > Canada
• Associations > Politique gouvernementale > Canada

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [148]-160) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Changing Relationship between the State and the Voluntary Sector P.1 -- 2. Theorizing the Relationship between the State and the Voluntary Sector P.12 -- 3. Laying the Foundation for Collaboration: The Canadian Case P.26 -- 4. Building Identity and Agency in the Voluntary Sector: From Strategy to Action P.49 -- 5. Designing a Blueprint for Collaboration: Looking at the Big Picture P.73 -- 6. Organizational Dynamics and the Impact of Collaboration P.96 -- 7.. Conclusions P.124

ISBN

• 9780774821445
• 0774821442

OCLC

731322570

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library