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We are very excited to announce that our new journal – Voluntary Sector
Review – has now launched. Working in collaboration with the Voluntary
Sector Studies Network (VSSN), this journal publishes high-quality,
peer-reviewed, accessible papers on research, policy and practice to
provide an invaluable resource for all those in the fast-growing voluntary,
community and wider third sectors internationally.
Available online and in print, you can now explore the content of the first
issue by signing up to our free online trial. To sign up, please send an
email with your name and address details to [log in to unmask]
Alternatively, you can request a complimentary sample copy or encourage
your institution or company to subscribe.
"The importance attached to the voluntary sector in European welfare states
has continued to grow. Voluntary Sector Review's wide scope and European
focus will be most welcome." Jane Lewis, London School of Economics and
Political Science
Once you have access to this indispensable tool you will be able to browse
the articles of the first issue:
Editorial
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tpp/vsr/2010/00000001/00000001/art00001
RESEARCH
A strategic unity: defining the third sector in the UK
Pete Alcock, University of Birmingham
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tpp/vsr/2010/00000001/00000001/art00002
Voluntary action and the state in historical perspective
Bernard Harris, University of Southampton
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tpp/vsr/2010/00000001/00000001/art00003
Building bridges: the third sector responding locally to diversity
Margaret Harris, Aston University, Birmingham; Birkbeck, University of
London; Institute for Voluntary Action Research, and Patricia Young, Tutu
Foundation
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tpp/vsr/2010/00000001/00000001/art00004
Strengthening government–nonprofit relations: international experiences
with compacts
John Casey, City University of New York, Bronwen Dalton, University of
Technology, Sydney, Rose Melville, University of Queensland, and Jenny
Onyx, University of Technology, Sydney
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tpp/vsr/2010/00000001/00000001/art00005
Ratio discrimination in charity fundraising: the inappropriate use of cost
ratios has harmful side-effects
Richard Steinberg, University at Indianapolis, and Debra Morris, Cayman
Islands Law School
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tpp/vsr/2010/00000001/00000001/art00006
PRACTICE
Voluntary organisations and the recession
Karl Wilding, National Council for Voluntary Organisations
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tpp/vsr/2010/00000001/00000001/art00007
Challenges of governance for small voluntary organisations
Kevin Nunan, Roehampton University
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tpp/vsr/2010/00000001/00000001/art00008
A new pair of eyes? Environmental volunteering and public policy
Miles Sibley, British Trust for Conservation Volunteers
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tpp/vsr/2010/00000001/00000001/art00009
POLICY
Observations on incivility: blind spots in third sector research and policy
Adalbert Evers, Justus Liebig University in Giessen
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tpp/vsr/2010/00000001/00000001/art00010
UK government policy and 'social investment'
Andrea Westall, University of Birmingham
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tpp/vsr/2010/00000001/00000001/art00011
The Compact 10 years on: government's approach to partnership with the
voluntary and community sector in England
Meta Zimmeck, Roehampton University
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tpp/vsr/2010/00000001/00000001/art00012
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name?
The Journal of Poverty and Social Justice was formerly known as Benefits,
you can now read Fran Bennet's 'What's in a name change?' article free
online - just follow the link on this page:
http://www.policypress.co.uk/journals_jpsj.asp
The journal provides a unique blend of high-quality research, policy and
practice from leading authors in the field related to all aspects of
poverty and social exclusion. To sign up for a free online trial visit:
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