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1 online resource (xiii, 255 pages) |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Preliminaries; Foreword; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The Legal Framework for Community Involvement; Judicial Review of Voluntary Bodies; Policing the Voluntary Sector: Legal Issues and Volunteer Vetting; Board Responsibilities in the Voluntary Sector; Guarantee Companies in the Voluntary Sector; The Regulation of Charities in Scotland; The Privatisation of Social Housing; Paying the Piper; Shoots among the Grassroots; Justifying the Ban on Politics in Charity; Taxation of Trades in the Charities Sector; Establishment and Autonomy. |
Summary |
The essays in this collection draw out the tensions between the voluntary sector, the state and the law, and highlight the many areas where relationships between the principal actors are uneasy. The book addresses the issues of governance, openness, accountability and regulation. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Volunteers -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Great Britain.
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Volunteers -- Legal status, laws, etc. |
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Great Britain. |
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Volunteers. |
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Nonprofit organizations -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain.
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Nonprofit organizations -- Law and legislation. |
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Voluntarism -- Great Britain.
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Voluntarism. |
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Charity laws and legislation -- Great Britain.
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Charity laws and legislation. |
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Associations, institutions, etc. -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain.
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Associations, institutions, etc. -- Law and legislation. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Dunn, Alison, 1969-
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Other Form: |
Print version: Voluntary sector, the state and the law. Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart Pub., 2000 1841130672 9781841130675 (DLC) 00710727 (OCoLC)42954530 |
ISBN |
9781847310446 (electronic book) |
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1847310443 (electronic book) |
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1280807881 |
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9781280807886 |
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9781841130675 |
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1841130672 |
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