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Rhetorics of Welfare

Uncertainty, Choice and Voluntary Associations

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Authors:
  1. Kevin M. Brown

    1. Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia

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  2. Susan Kenny

    1. School of Social Inquiry, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia

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  3. Bryan S. Turner

    1. Cambridge University, UK

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  4. John K. Prince

    1. School of Social Inquiry, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Towards a Theory of Participatory Citizenship

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Contested Rhetorics

      • Kevin M. Brown, Susan Kenny, Bryan S. Turner, John K. Prince
      Pages 3-24

    3. Civil Society and Citizenship

      • Kevin M. Brown, Susan Kenny, Bryan S. Turner, John K. Prince
      Pages 25-49

    4. On the Concept of Voluntary Association

      • Kevin M. Brown, Susan Kenny, Bryan S. Turner, John K. Prince
      Pages 50-66

  3. Analysing Voluntary Associations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67
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    2. Setting the Boundaries: Established Frameworks of Operation

      • Kevin M. Brown, Susan Kenny, Bryan S. Turner, John K. Prince
      Pages 69-94

    3. Unsettling the Voluntary Sector: the Emerging Market Framework

      • Kevin M. Brown, Susan Kenny, Bryan S. Turner, John K. Prince
      Pages 95-116

    4. Approaches to the Study of Voluntary Associations

      • Kevin M. Brown, Susan Kenny, Bryan S. Turner, John K. Prince
      Pages 117-130

    5. Welfare and the Voluntary Sector in Australia

      • Kevin M. Brown, Susan Kenny, Bryan S. Turner, John K. Prince
      Pages 131-183

  4. The Search for Active Citizenship

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 185-185
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    2. Activating the Public Sphere and Social Capital

      • Kevin M. Brown, Susan Kenny, Bryan S. Turner, John K. Prince
      Pages 187-200

    3. Facing Uncertainty

      • Kevin M. Brown, Susan Kenny, Bryan S. Turner, John K. Prince
      Pages 201-214

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 215-237
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About this book

The book explores comparatively the role of non-profit organizations in conditions of social and economic change. The focus of the study is an investigation of the proposition that non-profit organizations provide sites and processes for enhancing active citizenship, invigorating the public sphere and extending political participation. The study explores the economic constraints on voluntary associations and argues that they can function as 'schools of democracy'. This book is the first national study of the third-sector in Australia, but its conclusions have a general relevance to deregulated welfare societies in Europe and North America.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia

    Kevin M. Brown

  • School of Social Inquiry, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia

    Susan Kenny, John K. Prince

  • Cambridge University, UK

    Bryan S. Turner

About the authors

KEVIN M. BROWN is Lecturer in Sociology, Deakin University.

SUSAN KENNY is Reader in Sociology, School of Social Inquiry, Deakin University.

BRYAN S. TURNER is Professor of Sociology, University of Cambridge.

JOHN K. PRINCE School of Social Inquiry, Deakin University.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Rhetorics of Welfare

  • Book Subtitle: Uncertainty, Choice and Voluntary Associations

  • Authors: Kevin M. Brown, Susan Kenny, Bryan S. Turner, John K. Prince

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403919816

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2000

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-80359-2Published: 19 April 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-42206-7Published: 01 January 2000

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4039-1981-6Published: 19 April 2000

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 237

  • Topics: Politics of the Welfare State, Social Work, Applied Linguistics

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