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

Voluntas

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 450-469

  Alcock, Pete ^a   Kendall, Jeremy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contestation; Definition; England; Ideology; Third sector

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; IDEOLOGY; LABOR MARKET;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79959277968     PISSN: 09578765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11266-010-9178-9     Document Type: Article

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