Hybrid organizations and the third sector: challenges for practice, theory and policy

Addressing a key social policy problem, this book analyses modern voluntary organizations through the lens of a new theory of hybrid organisations, which is tested and developed in the context of a range of case studies. Essential reading for all interested in the future of the third sector. INDICE: Introduction: From Welfare Bureaucracies to Welfare Hybrids; D.Billis Towards a Theory of Welfare Hybrids; D.Billis Third Sector Organizations in a Contradictory Policy Environment; M.Harris The Governance of Hybrid Organizations; C.Comforth & R.Spear Volunteers in Hybrid Organizations: A Marginalised Majority? A.Ellis Paine , N.Ockenden & J.Stuart Community-Based Organizations: Sustainability and Independence; B.Cairns & R.Hutchison Faith-Based Organizations: A Distinctive Contribution to Welfare? M.Torry Social Enterprises: Challenges from the Field; M.Aiken Hybridity in Partnership Working: Managing Tensions and Opportunities; M.Taylor & J.Howard Social Housing: Agents of Policyor Profits in Disguise? D.Mullins & H.Pawson Encountering Hybridity: Lessons from Individual Experiences; D.Lewis Conclusions

• ISBN: 978-0-230-23464-2
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 288
• Fecha Publicación: 07/05/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés