Political Science Public Affairs & Administration
Voluntary Sector Organizations and the State
Building New Relations
- Publisher
- UBC Press
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2011
- Category
- Public Affairs & Administration, Human Services, Volunteer Work, NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations)
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780774821445
- Publish Date
- Sep 2011
- List Price
- $95.00
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780774821452
- Publish Date
- Jul 2012
- List Price
- $32.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780774821469
- Publish Date
- Nov 2011
- List Price
- $125.00
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Description
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.
About the author
Rachel Laforest is associate professor and head of the Public Policy and Third Sector Initiative in the School of Policy Studies at Queen's University.
Awards
- Winner, ANSER/ARES Book Prize, Association for Nonprofit and Social Economy Research
