Divergent geographies of policy and practice? Voluntarism and devolution in England, Scotland and Wales

被引:10
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作者
Woolvin, Mike [1 ]
Mills, Sarah [2 ]
Hardill, Irene [3 ]
Rutherford, Alasdair [4 ]
机构
[1] SRUC, Rural Soc Res, Edinburgh EH9 3JG, Midlothian, Scotland
[2] Univ Loughborough, Dept Geog, Loughborough LE11 3TU, Leics, England
[3] Northumbria Univ, Dept Social Sci & Languages, Northumbria Ctr Civil Soc & Citizenship, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8ST, Tyne & Wear, England
[4] Univ Stirling, Sch Appl Social Sci, Stirling FK9 4LA, Scotland
来源
GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL | 2015年 / 181卷 / 01期
关键词
voluntarism; devolution; civil society; England; Wales; rural Scotland; 3RD SECTOR; SOCIETY; SPACES; STATE;
D O I
10.1111/geoj.12069
中图分类号
P9 [自然地理学]; K9 [地理];
学科分类号
0705 ; 070501 ;
摘要
Across Great Britain, engagement with civil society is an increasingly central component of public policy and governance rhetoric. However, attention has tended to focus on policy developments emanating from Westminster that relate to England, rather than the policy and governance spaces' emerging in the devolved administrations, such as Scotland and Wales. It has also tended to focus on the organisations through which voluntary participation takes place, rather than on voluntary participation itself. In this paper we examine the extent to which there are divergent governance spaces with regards to voluntarism apparent at the national levels of England, Wales and Scotland, set against a backdrop of wider debates on devolution, civil society, community, and the Big Society. Given the common driver of public service reform which emerges from our review, we then examine the emergence of sub-national spaces' through the example of rural Scotland, in which the delivery of public services can be particularly challenging. Overall, we contend that public policy towards volunteering and the voluntary and community sector (VCS) in Scotland, Wales and England has been shaped by similar drivers, but the rhetoric surrounding their deployment and the distinct governance landscapes in Wales and Scotland have the capacity to influence the deployment of these goals in distinct ways. We also argue that greater attention may need to be paid to emergent sub-national' governances spaces of voluntarism.
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页码:38 / 46
页数:9
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