This article reviews the role of local voluntary and community sector infrastructure bodies in promoting and supporting community involvement in rural regeneration partnerships. It shows that they are an essential element in addressing the power and structural inequalities that have often dogged...

This paper argues that the ‘New Public Management’ paradigm for public management theory and practice that has prevailed for the last thirty years is both flawed in theory and has failed in practice. We argue for an alternative to this paradigm that is rooted with the New Public Governance...

A cikk amellett érvel, hogy a közszolgálati céloknak nem teljesen felel meg a marketing hagyományos formája. Ez ugyanis túlságosan be van ágyazva a klasszikus közgazdaságtanba és az egyéni döntésekre, illetve a rivalizáló versenyre épít. Ezzel szemben mind az üzleti élet jó...

This article explores the implications of a proposed model that integrates the multi-dimensional factors influencing strategic positioning in charities that provide public services. It argues that the existing commercial marketing/strategy interpretations of strategic positioning, such as...

This article evaluates the current attempt to develop local quot;compactsquot; between local government and the voluntary and community sector, as a way of structuring the evolving relationships between these sectors. It is based on documentary analysis and semi-structured interviews with key...