Landscapes of voluntarism
Subtitle: new spaces of health, welfare and governance
By: edited by Christine Milligan and David Conradson.
Contributors: Milligan, Christine, Dr.; Conradson, David.
Publisher: Policy Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Bristol
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
Subjects: Voluntarism; Volunteer workers in social service; Volunteer workers in medical care; Volunteer workers in government
Description: The appeal of voluntary action as a solution to growing welfare needs in advanced capitalist countries raises important questions about the social impacts and spatial equity of such provision. For the first time, these issues are addressed within a single book. "Landscapes of Voluntarism" explores the complex relationship between voluntary action, society and space. The book brings together a collection of new and innovative work by researchers from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the UK - settings where issues of voluntarism and participation have become increasingly important for the development and delivery of social welfare policy. Prefaced by one of the foremost geographers in this field, it contains empirical and theoretical work from both new and well-established geographers. The chapters explore the interactions between voluntarism and a range of issues including governance, health, community action, faith, ethnicity, counseling, advocacy, and professionalisation. The book will be of interest not only to students and researchers in human geography but also to those working in social policy, sociology, health and political science. The detailed case material will also be of particular interest to practitioners working in the fields of health, governance, social welfare and social exclusion. -- Book cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Contemporary landscapes of welfare : the 'voluntary turn'? / Christine Milligan and David Conradson; title: A 'new institutional fix'? : the 'community turn' and the changing role of the voluntary sector / Rob Macmillan and Alan Townsend; title: Renewal or relocation? : social welfare, voluntarism and the city / Christine Milligan and Nicholas R. Fyfe; title: Voluntarism and new forms of governance in rural communities / Bill Edwards and Michael Woods; title: New times, new relationships : mental health, primary care and public health in New Zealand / Pauline Barnett and J. Ross Barnett; title: Informal and voluntary care in Canada : caught in the act? / Mark W. Skinner and Mark W. Rosenberg; title: Competition, adaptation and resistance : (re)forming health organisations in New Zealand's third sector / Susan Owen and Robin Kearns; title: The difference of voluntarism : the place of voluntary sector care homes for older Jewish people in the United Kingdom / Oliver Valins; title: Values, practices and strategic divestment : Christian social service organisations in New Zealand / David Conradson; title: Faith-based organisations and welfare provision in Northern Ireland and North America : whose agenda? / Derek Bacon; title: Government restructuring and settlement agencies in Vancouver : bringing advocacy back in / Gillian Creese; title: Developing voluntary community spaces and ethnicity in Sydney, Australia / Walter F. Lalich; title: The voluntary spaces of charity shops : workplaces or domestic spaces? / Liz Parsons; title: The changing landscapr of voluntary sector counselling in Scotland / Liz Bondi; title: Volunteering, geography and welfare : a multilevel investigation of geographical variations in voluntary action /John Mohan ... [et al.]; title: Reflections on landscapes of voluntarism / Christine Milligan and David Conradson.