Matthew Hilton

The Ages of Voluntarism: How We Got to the Big Society

Buch

This book provides the historical background to the rise of the Big Society. Voluntarism has evolved over the last hundred years to adapt to changing circumstances, drawing up new agendas, tackling old problems, and acting as an alternative to state provision and as a catalyst for further government action.

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: McKay, James

ISBN: 978-0-19-726482-9
EAN: 9780197264829
Produktnummer: 22674690
Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Seitenangabe: 208 S.
Masse: H23.1 cm x B15.5 cm x D1.3 cm 408 g
Auflage: New
Gewicht: 408

Über den Autor

Matthew Hilton is Professor of Social History at the University of Birmingham. He is the author of over 50 books and articles including Smoking in British Popular Culture (Manchester, 2000), Consumerism in Twentieth-Century Britain (Cambridge, 2003), and Prosperity for All: Consumer Activism in an Era of Globalisation (Cornell, 2009). James McKay is a post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Birmingham. He is the editor, with Matthew Hilton and Nick Crowson of NGOs in Contemporary Britain: Non-state Actors in Society and Politics since 1945 (Palgrave, 2009). He is currently writing, with Hilton, The Politics of Expertise: How NGOs Shaped Modern Britain (Oxford).