What Have Charities Ever Done for Us?

The Stories Behind the Headlines
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-4473-5988-3
Verlag: Policy Press

Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 565 g

When the coronavirus pandemic took hold early in 2020, charities were among the first to respond to the resulting social and economic distress. But recent scandals and a more critical climate have overshadowed the vital role they play.

What Have Charities Ever Done for Us? rebalances the debate, using case studies and interviews to illustrate how charities support people and communities, foster heritage and culture and pioneer responses to crucial social, ethical and environmental questions.

It also sets the historical context, examines cases that have attracted criticisms, analyses the political response and considers how the governance, transparency and independence of charities could be improved.

Charities at their best are the conscience of society and benefit most people at some point in their lives. This book brings to life the breadth and depth of their work and the contribution they make to social progress.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cook, Stephen

Mason, Tania

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Community Care, Bildung, Freizeit, Freiwilligenarbeit
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Staatsbürgerkunde, Staatsbürgerschaft, Zivilgesellschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

PART 1 What are charities, and why do we argue

about them?

The many faces of charities

What has gone wrong?

‘Stick to your knitting’: the curbs on campaigning

PART 2 Changing the world

The health of the nation

Equality, slavery and human rights

Rights for women and gay liberation

Protecting animals and the natural world

PART 3 I mproving lives and communities

Local action and self-help

Supporting other people

The wider world

Community arts

PART 4 A junior partner in the welfare state?

Public service contracts

Reducing the burden on the state

Charities as pioneers

PART 5 Preserving the past, preparing for the future

Castles, canals and stately homes

Museums and the perils of charitable status

The minefield of charitable education

Pushing the boundaries of medicine and science

Part 6 The way ahead

Reviews and strategies

Charity governance: fit for purpose?

Coming clean with the public

The pursuit of independence

Postscript

Über Autor(innen)

Mason, Tania
Tania Mason is a journalist, copywriter, editor and events producer with more than 25 years’ experience across various industries, most recently charities and civil society. She currently edits Governance & Leadership magazine.

Cook, Stephen
Stephen Cook is a journalist and author with extensive experience in national newspapers and magazines, including 18 years at The Guardian. He has published five novels and two non-fiction books.

Stephen Cook is a journalist and author with extensive experience in national newspapers and magazines, including 18 years at The Guardian. He has published five novels and two non-fiction books.

Tania Mason is a journalist, copywriter, editor and events producer with more than 25 years’ experience across various industries, most recently charities and civil society. She currently edits Governance & Leadership magazine.