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Constituting the Third Sector: Processes of Decontestation and Contention Under the UK Labour Governments in England

Abstract  

Discussion about, and analysis of, the question of definition and the third sector and civil society more generally has developed
to a significant degree in recent years. This paper can be located in a new phase of recent research, which seeks to attend
to the historical, cultural and politically contingent nature of this domain’s boundaries. The process of constituting the
sector is discussed as the product of new discourses of decontestation and contention within third sector policy and practice.
It takes England as a case study, drawing on evidence and argument assembled by the authors in recent and ongoing research
efforts, variously conducted with the support of the Third Sector Research Centre (TSRC) and the European Commission. The
paper proceeds by discussing relevant literature; describing recent patterns of policy institutionalisation; and then tries
to draw out more analytically how this process of constitution has been associated not so much with a stable and consistent
set of definitions and constructs, but rather with unstable and changing formulations, which reflect the playing out of a
dual process of decontestation and contention.

  • Content Type Journal Article
  • Pages 1-20
  • DOI 10.1007/s11266-010-9178-9
  • Authors
    • Pete Alcock, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
    • Jeremy Kendall, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
    • Journal Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations
    • Online ISSN 1573-7888
    • Print ISSN 0957-8765
Posted in: Journal Article Abstracts on 01/09/2011 | Link to this post on IFP |
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