Lenin's Useful Idiots: Voluntary Action and Public Service Reform in Northern Ireland

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T1 - Lenin's Useful Idiots: Voluntary Action and Public Service Reform in Northern Ireland

AU - Acheson, Nick

N1 - Reference text: Acheson, N., E. Cairns, M. Stringer, A. Williamson (2007) Voluntary Action and Community Relations in Northern Ireland, Coleraine: Centre for Voluntary Action Studies Acheson, N. (2009) ‘Northern Ireland and the Independence of the Voluntary Sector’ in M.Smerdon (ed) The First Principle of Voluntary Action: essays on the independence of the voluntary sector in Canada, England, Germany, Northern Ireland, Scotland, United States of America and Wales, London: the Baring Foundaton Acheson, N. 2010. “Welfare State Reform, Compacts and Restructuring Relations between the State and the Voluntary Sector: Reflections on Northern Ireland experience.” Voluntary Sector Review 1 (2): 175-192. Acheson, N. (2013a) Independence as a Principle of Voluntary Action – Developing a New Story about who we are: the Challenge for Voluntary Action in Northern Ireland, Belfast, Building Change Trust http://www.buildingchangetrust.org/download/files/IndependenceNICVS.pdf Acheson, N.(2013 b) Citizen advocacy or death from a thousand cuts: what determines the fate of third sector organisations in welfare states after the economic crisis? A view from Ireland’s two jurisdictions’. In: Government-Nonprofit Relations in Times of Recession . (Eds: Laforest, Rachel), Queen's Policy Studies Series DSDNI (2011) Concordat Between the Voluntary and Community Sector and the Northern Ireland Government, Belfast: Department for Social Development DSDNI (2013a) 2013 Annual Report on the Concordat Between the Voluntary and Community Sector and the Northern Ireland Government, Belfast: Department for Social Development DSDNI (2013b) Addressing Bureaucracy: a report on tackling government funding to the Voluntary and Community Sector, Belfast: Department for Social Development Devine, P., G. Kelly, and G. Robinson. 2011. An Age of Change? Community Rela- tions in Northern Ireland. ARK research update 72. Belfast: ARK publications. Gray, A.M., D. Birrell (2012) ‘Coalition Government and Northern Ireland: Social Policy and the Lowest Common Denominator Thesis’, Social Policy and Society 11 (1) 15-26. Kane, D., P. Bass, J. Heywood, V. Jochum, D. James, G. Lloyd (2014) UK Civil Society Almanac, London: National Council for Voluntary Organisations Mullins, D. Muir, J and Acheson, N (2013) Third Sector Housing Partnerships in Northern Ireland. Belfast: Northern Ireland Housing Executive. NIAO (2010) Creating Effective Partnerships between Government and the Voluntary and Community Sector. Belfast: Northern Ireland Audit Office. NICVA (2012) State of the Sector VI, Belfast: Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action. NIE (2012) Programme for Government 2011-15, Belfast: Northern Ireland Executive. NI Public Accounts Committee (2012) Report on Creating Effective Partnerships between Government and the Voliuntary and Community Sector, Belfast, NI Assembly http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/Documents/Reports/Public-Accounts/Report%20on%20Creating%20Effective%20Partnerships%20between%20Government%20and%20the%20Voluntary%20and%20Community%20Sector.pdf (accessed 11.04.2014) Morison, (2001) ‘The Government-Voluntary Sector compacts: Governance, Governability and Civil Society’, Journal of Law and Society 27 (2) 98-132 Nolan, P. (2012) Northern Ireland Peace Monitoring Report, Number one. Belfast: Community Relations Council. Nolan, P. (2014) Northern Ireland Peace Monitoring Report, Number three. Belfast: Community Relations Council. Williamson, A., D. Scott, P. Halfpenny (2000) ‘ Rebuilding Civil Society in Northern Ireland: the Community and Voluntary Sector’s Contribution to the European Union’s Peace and Reconciliation Distract Partnership Programme, Policy & Politics 288 (1) 49-66

PY - 2014/8/13

Y1 - 2014/8/13

N2 - The paper seeks to summarise and identify the main similarities and differences between Northern Ireland and other jurisdictions in the UK, paying particular attention to the political context, the nature of Northern Irish society and what is currently known about the scope and size of voluntary action, before seeking to identify the state of current relations with government and the key drivers of change.

AB - The paper seeks to summarise and identify the main similarities and differences between Northern Ireland and other jurisdictions in the UK, paying particular attention to the political context, the nature of Northern Irish society and what is currently known about the scope and size of voluntary action, before seeking to identify the state of current relations with government and the key drivers of change.

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BT - Lenin's Useful Idiots: Voluntary Action and Public Service Reform in Northern Ireland

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