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This book analyses the dynamics that underlie the awarding of public funding to small voluntary organisations in the UK. Using Bourdieu s later work on state power, the author argues that these competitions for grants, loans and contracts are neoliberal funding games . Such games tempt grassroots or...
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Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-52188-0 |
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This book analyses the dynamics that underlie the awarding of public funding to small voluntary organisations in the UK. Using Bourdieu s later work on state power, the author argues that these competitions for grants, loans and contracts are neoliberal funding games . Such games tempt grassroots organisations, she demonstrates, not just because they provide funding but because they confer a symbolic profit by defining the 'winner' and improving status. Taking part in these neoliberal funding games, however, can adversely affect the structure and development path of these organisations. Yet |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (XV, 119 pages) : illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9781137521880 |
| Index Number: | H1 |
| CLC: | C91 |
| Contents: | Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The roots of neoliberalism and the neoliberalising of the VCSE sector -- Chapter 3. Re-defining voluntary action -- Chapter 4. Getting needed resources: life in small VCSE organisations -- Chapter 5. Inequalities of power: cross-sector partnerships -- Chapter 6. Small voluntary organisations in the age of austerity : challenges and opportunities. |