The idea of community involvement and empowerment has become central to politics in
recent years. Governments, keen to reduce public spending and increase civic involvement …

The only up-to-date, accessibly written short guide to community development, this third
edition offers an invaluable and authoritative introduction. Fully updated to reflect changes in …

An increasing amount of research has examined the management of competing logics, and
possible tensions arising between them, within “hybrid organizations.” However, the ways in …

This paper considers implications for the English voluntary sector of recent shifts in the terms
of engagement with the state following rapid political and policy changes under the UK …

This article discusses two matters that are becoming increasingly important in debates about
local government: place-based leadership and public service innovation. The troubling …

This two-volume work explores the management of religious and faith-based organizations.
Each chapter offers a discussion of the earliest Christian organizations based on New …

The Finnish welfare society is based on strong public and civic sectors with an emerging
private sector. In the context of sports, the public sector's statutory task has been to provide …

The study investigated the different functions performed by formality and informality in
community and organisational settings. The report explores the tensions and dilemmas …

This article explores the changing role and latitude of information management in local e-
government. Municipalities have implemented information management and e-government …

The move from government to governance across the globe has been well-charted (Stoker,
1998; Mitlin et al., 2007; Hickey and Mohan, 2005) along with the emergence of new …