Voluntary Sector in Transition: Hard Times or New Opportunities?

"This book brings together the most important challenges facing the voluntary sector today in a highly readable style. It is grounded in research, theoretically informed, and illustrates each theme with quotes from practitioners. It is a treasure trove of ideas which will become an indispensible source for policy makers, practitioners and researchers."

-- Mike Aiken, Open University

“This book examines the changing nature of the voluntary sector under the previous New Labour and Coalition Governments. After setting out some historical context of the role of voluntary sector organizations in delivering welfare, the book draws upon a wide range of case studies to discuss the impact of ideological changes, accountability and the drift towards community in order to explore the changing nature of the voluntary sector in welfare delivery.” -- Lee Gregory, University of Birmingham ― Work, Employment and Society