Voluntary Organizations and Public Service Delivery (Hardcover)

Part I. Introduction  1. Outsourcing and Voluntary Sector Employment ? Understanding the Connections. Ian Cunningham and Phil James  Part II. Policy and Labour Market Contexts  2. Outsourcing and the Voluntary Sector: A Review of the Evolving Policy Landscape. Steve Davies  3. Trends in Voluntary Sector Employment. Jenny Clark and Karl Wilding  4. Trade Union Organising in the Voluntary Sector. Mike Short  Part III. Employment Policies and Practices  5. Shaping HRM in the Voluntary Sector: The Influence of Government. Emma Parry and Clare Kelliher  6. ‘We Could Take On the World if We Had the Space’: Understanding Graduate Recruitment Problems in the Voluntary Sector. Scott. A. Hurrell, Chris Warhurst and Dennis Nickson  7. Recruiting for Values in Charitable Organisations: A Comparative Perspective. Eleanor Burt and Dora Scholarios  Part IV. Work Experiences in an Era of Outsourcing  8. Outsourcing in British Social Care: Its Implications for Worker Security. Ian Cunningham and Phil James  9. Taking the Strain? - The Psychological Contract of Voluntary Sector Employees Following Transfers of Employment. Ian Cunningham  10. Beyond National ‘Varieties’: Public-Service Contracting in Comparative Perspective. Ian Greer, Ian Greenwood and Mark Stuart  11. Restructuring and Labour Processes Under Marketisation: A Canadian Perspective. Donna Baines  12. Outsourcing and the Australian Non-Profit Sector. Catherine Mcdonald and Sara Charlesworth 13. Contracting With Voluntary Service Agencies in the US: Implications for Employment and Professionalization. Steven Rathgeb Smith  Part V. Conclusions  14. Public Service Delivery and the Voluntary Sector: Trends, Explanations and Implications. Ian Cunningham and Phil James