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A Historical Guide to NGOs in BritainDefinitions

A Historical Guide to NGOs in Britain: Definitions [People have always gathered together to try and influence the world around them. That, thankfully, is a constant. What changes is how we as a society think of them, what we call them, and how we analyse, regulate and classify them. The varied terminology can be bewildering to a newcomer — charities, voluntary groups, pressure groups, new social movements, non-governmental organisations, the third sector, civil society, the Big Society — the list goes on and on. Providing precise Definitions for what sorts of organisations these labels embrace (and exclude) has, moreover, been recognised by many as a hopeless task. But despite that, Definitions are still worth bothering with. Each label carries with it a distinct set of connotations, denoting particular ways of looking at society, different conceptions of the role of social action and, often, the precise historical contexts from which these terms emerged. These can tell us a lot about changing assumptions about social activism and its role in society.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Copyright
© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2012
ISBN
978-1-349-33859-7
Pages
1 –11
DOI
10.1057/9781137029027_1
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Abstract

[People have always gathered together to try and influence the world around them. That, thankfully, is a constant. What changes is how we as a society think of them, what we call them, and how we analyse, regulate and classify them. The varied terminology can be bewildering to a newcomer — charities, voluntary groups, pressure groups, new social movements, non-governmental organisations, the third sector, civil society, the Big Society — the list goes on and on. Providing precise Definitions for what sorts of organisations these labels embrace (and exclude) has, moreover, been recognised by many as a hopeless task. But despite that, Definitions are still worth bothering with. Each label carries with it a distinct set of connotations, denoting particular ways of looking at society, different conceptions of the role of social action and, often, the precise historical contexts from which these terms emerged. These can tell us a lot about changing assumptions about social activism and its role in society.]

Published: Oct 30, 2015

Keywords: Civil Society; Social Movement; Voluntary Action; Social Enterprise; Pressure Group

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