Rural social enterprises are increasingly recognized as organisations that contribute to local
development by providing goods and/or services to meet community needs and by fostering …

The authors draw upon their earlier research examining how feminists have negotiated
identity and learning in international contexts or multisector environments. Feminism in …

European Union (EU) policies have been evolving beyond the protection of consumers
through food safety protocols to the promotion of healthy and sustainable diets. The …

This article maps civil society in the Republic of Ireland against the background of significant
social and economic change and the resurgence of government interest in fostering active …

This paper examines the evolution of the largest university teaching hospital in Ireland, from
its origins in 1861 to the present day, drawing upon the lens of resource dependence theory …

Historically Irish society has had a long tradition of grass roots voluntary community work.
However, with the rise of neoliberalism in the 1990s, the Irish community and voluntary …

Straipsnyje aptariamas nevyriausybinių organizacijų (NVO) vaidmuo socialinės gerovės
srityje joms vykdant veiklą ir teikiant paslaugas gerovės valstybėje. Pristatoma NVO …

Typologies of government–voluntary sector relations mostly categorize nation-level
situations, and omit consideration of intra-national differences. They are also rarely subject …

Nonprofit organizations need to engage in fundraising as resource‐dependent
organizations. There is, however, a conundrum that arises in the practice of fundraising …

Electoral politics constitute a formative, agenda-setting phase in the development of mixed-
economy approaches to social welfare. This study examines issue-salience and policy …