The Love Affair Between the Policy and the Voluntary Organizations

Anders Cour
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Anders Cour: Copenhagen Business School

Chapter 3 in Hybrid Forms of Governance, 2012, pp 46-63 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Across Europe, there has been growing enthusiasm for the inclusion of voluntary organizations in welfare work, something that became very clear when the EU declared 2011 to be the year of voluntary work. Voluntary social work, it is argued, ‘is an expression of European values such as solidarity and tolerance’ (EU Commission 2009: 2). This emerging policy is stimulated by various governments’ increasing interest in local and human concerns, which they see the voluntary organizations ideally suited to serve.

Keywords: Social Affair; Voluntary Work; Hybrid Form; Voluntary Organization; Voluntary Sector (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230363007_4

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