The voluntary sector and the realignment of government: A street-level study

Canadian Public Administration

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 375-392

  Murray, Karen Bridget ^a   Low, Jacqueline ^b   Waite, Angela ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

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EID: 33750555111     PISSN: 00084840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-7121.2006.tb01988.x     Document Type: Article

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2. There is a great deal of debate about how to define the voluntary sector. The focus of this paper is on not-for-profit organizations whose mandates are aimed at issues of poverty and social marginalisation, and whose operations are independent of statutory public organizations, although perhaps, but not necessarily, reliant upon government funding. For an introduction to some of these definitional issues,
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