Faith-based organisations and welfare provision in Northern Ireland and North America: Whose agenda?

Landscapes of Voluntarism: New Spaces of Health, Welfare and Governance

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 173-190

  Bacon, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 85033333312     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

References (71)

1. Acheson, N. and Williamson, A. (eds) (1995) Voluntary Action and Social Policy in Northern Ireland, Aldershot: Avebury.
2. ACUPA (Archbishop’s Council on Urban Priority Areas) (1985) Faith in the City: A Call for Action by Church and Nation, London: Church House Publishing.
3. Aldridge, S. and Halpern, D. with Fitzpatrick, S. (2002) Social Capital: A Draft Discussion Paper, London: Performance and Innovation Unit, Cabinet Office, March.
4. Bacon, D. (2003) Communities, Churches and Social Capital in Northern Ireland, Coleraine: Centre for Voluntary Action Studies, University of Ulster.
5. Bacon, D., Groves, K., McDowell, E. and Robertson, J. (2004) Acting in Good Faith: Churches, Change and Regeneration, Belfast: CCWA Northern Ireland.
6. Blair, T. (2001) ‘Faith in Politics’, Speech to the Christian Socialist Movement, London, 29 March.
7. Blair, T. (2005) Speech to Faithworks, 22 March (retrieved March 2005 from www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page7375.asp).
8. Brown, G. (2000) Civic Society in Modern Britain, Seventeenth Arnold Goodman Charity Lecture, London.
9. Bush, G.W. (2001, 2002) Statements by the President (retrieved September 2001 from www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/08/unlevelfield.html and www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/faith-based/).
10. Cabinet Office (2001) A New Commitment to Neighbourhood Renewal: National Strategy Action Plan, Report by the Social Exclusion Unit, London: The Stationery Office.
11. Cairns, B., Harris, M. and Hutchison, R. (2005) Faithful Regeneration: The Role and Contribution of Local Parishes in Local Communities in the Diocese of Birmingham, Birmingham: CVAR, Aston Business School.
12. Cameron, H. (1998) ‘The Social Action of the Local Church: Five Congregations in an English City’, PhD thesis, LSE.
13. CCWA (Churches’ Community Work Alliance) (2004) ‘Churches help government to help local communities’ (retrieved as from www.ccwa.org.uk/ccwa/news.htm).
14. Center for Public Justice (1996) ‘A Guide to Charitable Choice’ (retrieved in December 2001 from http://cpjustice.org/charitablechoice/guide).
15. Chaves, M. (2001) ‘Religious Congregations and Welfare Reform’, Society, vol 38, no 2, pp 21-8.
16. Chaves, M. and Tsitsos, W. (2001) ‘Congregations and Social Services: What They Do, How They Do It, and With Whom’, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, vol 30, no 4, pp 660-83.
17. Chester, M., Farrands, M., Finneron, D. and Venning, E. (1999) Flourishing Communities: Engaging church communities with government in New Deal for Communities, London: Church Urban Fund.
18. Cnaan, R.A. (2000) Keeping Faith in the City: How 401 Urban Religious Congregations Serve their Neediest Neighbors, Philadelphia, PA: Center for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society, University of Pennsylvania.
19. Cnaan, R.A. and Boddie, S.C. (2002) ‘Charitable Choice and Faith-based Welfare: A Call for Social Work’, Social Work, vol 47, no 3, pp 235-47.
20. Demerath, N.J., Hall, P.D., Schmitt, T. and Williams, R.H. (eds) (1998) Sacred Companies: Organizational Aspects of Religion and Religious Aspects of Organizations, New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
21. DHSS (Department of Health and Social Services) (1998) Compact between Government and the Voluntary and Community Sector in Northern Ireland, Belfast: DHSS.
22. Doherty, P. and Poole, M.A. (1995) Ethnic Residential Segregation in Belfast, Colearine: Centre for the Study of Conflict, University of Ulster.
23. DSD (Department for Social Development) (2003a) Partners for Change: Government’s Strategy for the Support of the Voluntary and Community Sector 2001-2004, Belfast: DSD.
24. DSD (2003b) People and Place: A Strategy for Neighbourhood Renewal, Belfast: DSD.
25. Farnell, R., Furbey, R., Hills, S., Macey, M. and Smith, G. (2003) ‘Faith’ in urban regeneration?, Bristol/York: The Policy Press/Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
26. Hall, P.D. (1982) The Organization of American Culture, 1700-1900, New York, NY: New York University Press.
27. Hall, P.D. (1996) ‘Founded on the Rock, Built upon Shifting Sands: Churches, Voluntary Associations, and Nonprofit Organizations in Public Life, 1850-1990', Paper for the ARNOVA conference, New York, November 1996.
28. Hamilton, N. (2002) Church and Community in North Belfast, Coleraine: Centre for Voluntary Action Studies, University of Ulster.
29. Harris, M. (1994) ‘The Work and Organisation of Local Churches and Synagogues: Four English Congregations in the 1990s’, PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.
30. Harris, M. (1995) '“Quiet Care”: Welfare Work and Religious Congregations’, Journal of Social Policy, vol 24, no 1, pp 53-71.
31. Harris, M. (1998) Organizing God’s Work: Challenges for Churches and Synagogues, London: Macmillan.
32. Harris, M. (2001) ‘Politicians Go A-Wooing’, The Tablet, 20 January.
33. Harrison, J. (2000) Protestant Churches in Areas of Disadvantage: A Series of Case Studies in Belfast, Belfast: Belfast Churches’ Urban Development Committee.
34. Home Office (1999) National Strategy for Neighbourhood Renewal: Policy Action Team 9 -Community Self-help, (www.socialexclusion.gov.uk/page.asp?id=102).
35. Home Office (2000) National Strategy for Neighbourhood Renewal: Policy Action Team 17 -Joining it up Locally, (www.socialexclusion.gov.uk/page.asp?id=111).
36. Home Office (2003) Compact Code of Good Practice on Community Groups, (http://communities.homeoffice.gov.uk/activecomms/suppvcs/compactcodes/).
37. Home Office (2004) Working Together: Co-operation between Government and Faith Communities, London: Home Office Faith Communities Unit, February.
38. IFN (Inter Faith Network) (2003a) Local Inter Faith Activity in the UK, London: IFN.
39. IFN (2003b) Partnership for the Common Good: Inter Faith Structures and Local Government, London: IFN.
40. IICM (Irish Inter-Church Meeting) (1990) The Challenge of the City: A Report to the Churches, Belfast: IICM, Department of Social Issues.
41. IICM (2000) Being Church in the New Millennium, Belfast: IICM, Department of Theological Questions.
42. Kendall, J. and Knapp, M. (1996) The Voluntary Sector in the United Kingdom, Manchester: Manchester University Press.
43. LGA (Local Government Authority) (2002) ‘Faith and Community: A Good Practice Guide for Local Authorities’ (retrieved in March 2002 from www.lga.gov.uk/Publication.asp?lsection=28&id=SX9D67-A7806AE2).
44. Macaulay, T. (2003) Inter-Church and Church-Community Relations in Newtownards, Report by the Link Family and Community Centre, Newtownards.
45. Morrow, D. (2004) ‘On the Far Side of Revenge?', Speech at the Shared Future Conference, Belfast, 27 January.
46. Netting, F.E. (1982) ‘Secular and Religious Funding of Church-Related Agencies’, Social Service Review, vol 56, no 4, pp 586-604.
47. Netting, F.E. (1984) ‘Church-Related Agencies and Social Welfare’, Social Service Review, vol 58, no 3, pp 404-20.
48. NIE (Northern Ireland Executive) (2001) Programme for Government 2001-2004, Belfast: OEMDPM, NI Executive.
49. NISRA (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) (2001) ‘Northern Ireland Census 2001 Key Statistics’ (retrieved December 2002 from www.nisranew.gov.uk/census/Census2001Output/KeyStatistics/keystatrep.html).
50. ODPM (Office of the Deputy Prime Minister) (2000) ‘Our Towns and Cities: The Future -Delivering an Urban Renaissance’ (retrieved February 2006 from www.odpm.gov.uk/index.asp?id=1127167).
51. OFMDFM (Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister) (2003) A Shared Future, Belfast: Castle Buildings, Stormont.
52. PCI (Presbyterian Church in Ireland) (2001) Engaging with the Community: The Challenge of Mission in the 21st Century, Belfast: Presbyterian Board of Social Witness.
53. Putnam, R.D. (2000) Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community, New York, NY: Simon & Schuster.
54. Queen II, E.L. (1998) ‘Civil Society? Uncivil Religion?', Paper given at ISTR conference, Geneva, July 1998.
55. Salamon, L.M. and Teitelbaum, F. (1984) ‘Religious Congregations as Social Service Agencies: How Extensive Are They?', Foundation News, vol 25, no 5, pp 62-5.
56. Shannon, A. (2004) ‘Foreword’ by the Permanent Secretary, Department for Social Development, Northern Ireland, in D. Bacon, K. Groves, E. McDowell and J. Robertson (2004) Acting in Good Faith: Churches, Change and Regeneration, Belfast: CCWA Northern Ireland.
57. Sherman, A.L. (2000) The Growing Impact of Charitable Choice: A Catalogue of New Collaborations between Government and Faith-based Organizations in Nine States, Washington, DC: Center for Public Justice.
58. Smith, G. (2001) ‘Faith Based Groups in Partnership with the State’ (retrieved in June 2001 from http://homepages.uel.ac.uk/G.Smith/BRIEFING.htm).
59. Smith, G. (2002) ‘Religion, and the Rise of Social Capitalism: The Faith Communities in Community Development and Urban Regeneration in England’, Community Development Journal, vol 37, no 2, pp 167-77.
60. Smith, S.R. and Sosin, M.R. (2001) ‘The Varieties of Faith-Related Agencies’, Public Administration Review, vol 61, no 6, pp 651-70.
61. Speight, P. (1997) The Role of Churches in Community Development, Unpublished report commissioned by Making Belfast Work, Belfast.
62. Szreter, S. (2000) A New Political Economy for New Labour: The Importance of Social Capital, Political Economy Research Centre Policy Paper 15, Sheffield: University of Sheffield.
63. Uphoff, N. (2000) ‘Understanding Social Capital: Learning from the Analysis and Experience of Participation’, in P. Dasgupta and I. Serageldin (eds) Social Capital: A Multifaceted Perspective, Washington, DC: World Bank, pp 215-49.
64. US Senate (2002) ‘Finding Common Ground: Recommendations of the Working Group on Human Needs and Faith-Based Community Initiatives’ (retrieved March 2002 from www.sfcg.org/programmes/us/us_faith.html).
65. Williams, R. (2003) ‘Christian Theology and Other Faiths’, Birmingham, lecture at the University, 11 June (retrieved September 2003 from www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/sermons_speeches/index.html).
66. Wineburg, R.J. (1994) ‘A Longitudinal Case Study of Religious Congregations in Local Human Services’, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, vol 23, no 2, pp 159-69.
67. Wineburg, R.J. (1996) ‘Religion, Politics and Social Services: Looking Ahead with Rearview Mirrors’, Paper for ARNOVA conference, New York, November 1996.
68. Wineburg, R.J. (1998) ‘Review of Carlson-Thies and Skillen (eds) “Welfare in America: Christian Perspectives on a Policy in Crisis”', Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, vol 27, no 1, pp 98-107.
69. Wineburg, R.J. (2000) in a contribution to the ARNOVA-List Discussion Group dated 8 March (retrieved September 2004 from www.arnova.org).
70. Wineburg, R.J. (forthcoming, January 2007) Faith-based Inefficiencies: The Follies of Bush’s Initiatives, Westport, PO: Praeger.
71. Wolfenden, L. (1978) The Future of Voluntary Organisations, London: Croom Helm.