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Access to justice for disadvantaged communities
Justice is a basic human right in all democratic doctrines, but in Britain, where welfare has faced recent market-based reforms, it's increasingly a right available only to those who can afford it. Professionals and volunteers are struggling to provide services such as legal counselling and representation to disadvantaged communities. This book explores how strategies to safeguard these vital services can strengthen, rather than undermine, the basic ethics and principles of public service provision.
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Learning to take part as active citizens: emerging lessons for community organising in Britain
Learning to take part in civil society as an active citizen has emerged as a topical policy commitment in the United Kingdom, with the present government's controversial Big Society programme aiming to train 500 senior community organisers and 4,500 mid-level community organisers. Rather than speculating on these initiatives in the absence, as yet, of research evidence, this article reflects on previous government programmes to promote communitybased learning for active citizenship and the lessons that are emerging from researching these. After an introductory section, the next section outlines two approaches that were developed by the previous government: the Active Learning for Active Citizenship (ALAC) programme and its successor programme Take Part. This sets the context for the discussion in the following section of the findings from research that explored the two programmes' impacts and limitations at different levels. The final section then reflects on emerging lessons, raising questions about some potential implications in the new (although not entirely dissimilar) policy context.
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Challenging the third sector : global prospects for active citizenship
The third sector, or the voluntary, civic sector of society, is taking on increasing prominence in the face of retrenchment, austerity, and decreasing confidence in government. This book is the first to offer an up-close look at the relationship between active citizenship and civil society and how that relates to third-sector activities. Drawing on a wide range of theory and case studies, the book explores questions of social connectedness, changing forms of political engagement, and the increasing complexity of the social and environmental problems that the third sector confronts. It will be invaluable for theorists, scholars, and organizers.
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