The relationships between governments and the voluntary sector in Canada are long-
standing and complex. Beginning with an historical overview of developments in voluntary …

Background In recent decades a range of advocacy organisations have emerged on the
drugs policy landscape seeking to shape the development of policy at national and …

Governments around the world have sought to strengthen their relations with nonprofit
organisations. In many jurisdictions this has led to the development of written framework …

Building on prior research at the federal level, this paper examines the emergent institutional
relationships between government and the voluntary sector in seven Canadian provinces …

False economy: New Public Management and the welfare-to-work market in Australia Page 1
1 False economy: New Public Management and the welfare-to-work market in Australia Susan …

The United Kingdom is in the throes of a historic reconfiguration of public, private and
community sectors: the “biggest shakeup of what the state provides in half a century.” 2 This …

Abstract The Australian Labor Party (ALP) formed government under Prime Minister Kevin
Rudd in 2007 promising to consult with the not-for-profit sector on the development of a …

Policy interest in the not-for-profit (NFP) sector has grown in step with government's interest
in leveraging the capacity of non-state players to perform service delivery functions. Once …

In the US, as in many other Western economies, federal and state government is working to
become more involved with the nonprofit sector; a sector in which many of the organizations …

Like many “western” countries, prior to the Second World War, a significant proportion of
social services in Australia were delivered by faith-based nonprofits. However, while the …