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On the Assessment of Social Impact. Approach to the state of the question

open access: yesmethaodos.revista de ciencias sociales, 2020
The objective of this article is to explore the concept of social impact, from the meaning attributed to the term, the fields in which it is used, as well as the existing methodologies for its calculation.
David Azuara Garcés
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Canada's Voluntary Sector Initiative and Sub-National Voluntary Sector-Government Relations: A Third Wave

open access: yesNonprofit Policy Forum, 2012
Following a dismal and antagonistic relationship that coincided with three years of deep and sustained cuts to the voluntary sector in the mid 1990s, voluntary sector-federal government relations in Canada finally began to thaw.
Elson Peter R.
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Well-Being Lessons for Improving Charities’ Online Recruitment

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2019
In an increasingly competitive context, attracting and retaining the best employees are a real preoccupation and a big challenge for organizations. Online recruitment (OR) is a growing trend, and corporate websites are an important instrument for talent ...
Maria Buenadicha-Mateos   +3 more
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Government-Voluntary Sector Compacts Reconsidered

open access: yesNonprofit Policy Forum, 2012
As the articles in this special issue demonstrate, the emergence of government-voluntary sector compacts around the world is intimately linked to comprehensive transformations the welfare state is undergoing in many countries.
Smith Steven Rathgeb
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Welsh voluntary sector funding in the post-2010 austerity period

open access: yesWelsh Economic Review, 2021
The paper examines the funding of Welsh voluntary sector organisations (VSOs), in terms of income source and type, in the aftermath of the 2007-08 global economic crisis, seeking to explore marketisation trends. A detailed examination of voluntary sector
Nikos Kapitsinis
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Putting the voluntary sector in its place : geographical perspectives on voluntary activity and social welfare in Glasgow. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
The growing political and social significance of the voluntary sector in contemporary welfare reform is reflected in a wide body of research that has emerged in the political and social policy literature since the mid-1980s.
Fyfe, Nicholas R., Milligan, Christine
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Assembling Advice

open access: yesQualitative Studies, 2018
Voluntary sector advice agencies play, for many in the UK, a key role in accessing and understanding public services. As such, whilst fiercely ‘independent’, their relationship to the welfare state is a complex and conflicted one.
Morag McDermont, Samuel Kirwan
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Cross‐national mentoring ngos in transition societies: Field research and developments in Bulgaria

open access: yesJournal of Business Economics and Management, 2008
Non‐governmental organizations (NGOs) in societies undergoing socio‐economic transition are widely regarded as central to building a civil society that encourages democracy.
Mariana Bogdanova
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What Works, for Whom, in What Circumstances and Why, When Integrating Voluntary and Statutory Community Mental Health Services: A Realist Evaluation Case Study

open access: yesInternational Journal of Integrated Care
Background: Integration of voluntary and statutory mental health services may address gaps in mental health care. The Community Mental Health Framework for Adults and Older Adults 2019 provided impetus for integration within England.
Charley Hobson-Merrett   +8 more
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Rereading Salamon: Why Voluntary Failure Theory is Not (Really) About Voluntary Failures

open access: yesNonprofit Policy Forum, 2023
Voluntary Failure or Interdependence Theory remains among the most salient of Salamon’s conceptual contributions to nonprofit studies globally. Broad criticism has been scarce. Yet, there are questions about how the theory can be tested, or whether it is
Toepler Stefan
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