Policy Press

Challenging The Third Sector

Global Prospects For Active Citizenship

By Sue Kenny, Marilyn Taylor, Jenny Onyx and Marjorie Mayo

Published

Dec 14, 2016

Page count

256 pages

ISBN

978-1447316947

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

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Policy Press

Published

Jun 17, 2015

Page count

256 pages

ISBN

978-1447316916

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

Imprint

Policy Press

Published

Jun 1, 2016

Page count

256 pages

ISBN

978-1447321422

Dimensions

Imprint

Policy Press

Published

Jun 1, 2016

Page count

256 pages

ISBN

978-1447321439

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Policy Press
Challenging The Third Sector

This is the first book to explore the different relationships between active citizenship and civil society, particularly the third sector within civil society. In what ways can the third sector nurture active citizenship? How have the third sector and active citizenship been constructed and reconstructed both locally and internationally, over recent years? To what extent have new kinds of social connectedness, changing forms of political engagement and increasingly complex social and environmental problems influenced civil society action? Written by experts in the field, this important book draws on a range of theory and empirical studies to explore these questions in different socio-political contexts and will be a useful resource for academics and students as well as practitioners.

Introduction;

Civil Society and the Third Sector;

Active Citizenship;

Third Sector Organisations Nurturing Active Citizenship: The Claims;

The Third Sector in Context;

Active Citizenship as Civil Commitment;

Active Citizenship as Civil Commitment: Cultural Considerations;

Active Citizenship as Activism: Political Engagement Through the Third Sector;

Active Citizens, Social Movements and Social Transformation;

Active Citizenship and the Emergence of Networks;

Shifting Paradigms;

W(h)ither the Third Sector?.