This is the first book to explore the different relationships between active citizenship and civil society, particularly the third sector within civil society. In what ways can the third sector nurture active citizenship? How have the third sector and active citizenship been constructed and reconstructed both locally and internationally, over recent years? To what extent have new kinds of social connectedness, changing forms of political engagement and increasingly complex social and environmental problems influenced civil society action? Written by experts in the field, this important book draws on a range of theory and empirical studies to explore these questions in different socio-political contexts and will be a useful resource for academics and students as well as practitioners.
133 NINE Developing placement capacity in the third sector Sallie Allison, Dawn Clarke, Hannah Jago and Margaret Jelley Introduction This chapter explores the principles that underpin the development of agency capacity to provide high-quality practice learning in third- sector agencies even when there is no qualified social worker on site. It is a reasonable expectation that students of any profession will learn to practise alongside an experienced and skilled practitioner. Indeed, the most recent Practice Educator Professional Standards (PEPS) issued by
This important book is the first edited collection to provide an up to date and comprehensive overview of the third sector’s role in public service delivery. Exploring areas such as social enterprise, capacity building, volunteering and social value, the authors provide a platform for academic and policy debates on the topic. Drawing on research carried out at the ESRC funded Third Sector Research Centre, the book charts the historical development of the state-third sector relationship, and reviews the major debates and controversies accompanying recent shifts in that relationship. It is a valuable resource for social science academics and postgraduate students as well as policymakers and practitioners in the public and third sectors in fields such as criminal justice, health, housing and social care.
263 PART IV The third sector Introduction Alison Navarro In the earlier parts of this book, the hard structures needed to support healthy communities were reviewed from the perspectives of health and care integration (Part I), the regional specific responses of local government, impacted by austerity budgeting (Part II) and the changing socio-legal dimensions of procurement and commissioning (Part III). Part IV acknowledges that local authorities are, increasingly, enablers of change, and recognises the role of the third sector in providing the soft
© The Policy Press • 2013 • ISSN 2040 8056 Key words third sector • distinctiveness • Bourdieu • distinction • strategic unity re se ar ch ‘Distinction’ in the third sector Rob Macmillan Claims for the distinctiveness of third sector organisations are a relatively widespread and familiar feature of third sector commentary and analysis. This paper reviews relevant theoretical and empirical research to examine the idea of distinctiveness, arguing that such claims remain inconclusive. Informed by a view of the third sector as a contested ‘field’, and drawing on
53 FIVE The third sector in context Introduction Chapter Three highlighted the ambiguities inherent in defining the third sector. This chapter explores further the changing boundaries between the state, the market and the third sector, discussing different ways of understanding the relationship between the sectors over time and space and the implications for third sector organisations as channels for civil commitment and activism. It then draws on institutional and governmentality theory to consider the implications of blurring and hybridisation for the
177 8 The moving frontier and beyond: the third sector and social policy Rob Macmillan and Jeremy Kendall Introduction Asked to identify the most influential books and articles in social policy, the lists of many social policy scholars would probably include Esping-Andersen’s (1990) The three worlds of welfare capitalism. The elaboration of three ideal-typical ‘welfare regimes’ (liberal, conservative-corporatist and social democratic) has transformed the way we think about social policy and welfare states (Powell, 2016: 660). Yet, its theoretical
203 TWELVE W(h)ither the third sector? Introduction Over the past 50 years or so, civil society – and particularly the third sector within it – has attracted growing attention as a key site for nurturing the active citizenship that is seen by many as the bedrock of a democratic society. A number of factors have contributed to this current interest. Revolutions against authoritarian regimes, particularly in the 1980s and 1990s, and more recently, were hailed at the time as demonstrating that citizens were taking power to themselves. Meanwhile, falling
21 THREE Civil society and the third sector Introduction To understand the relationship between the third sector and active citizenship we now need to consider the ways in which the concept of the third sector is constructed and how it is framed theoretically. The third sector is located in what has come to be known as civil society. But the concepts of both the third sector and civil society have been subject to contestation and changing emphases. This chapter begins, therefore, with discussion of the varying approaches to, and uses of, the idea of civil
265 GP commissioning: implications for the third sector Helen Dickinson1 and Robin Miller The reforms proposed in the 2010 UK National Health Service (NHS) White Paper hold the potential for major changes to the landscape of the NHS. Although the third sector is not mentioned very much in this document, the implications for the sector are significant. This paper sets out the recent history of NHS reform and the detail of the changes before outlining some of the potential implications of these changes for the third sector. Introduction The publication of
