<title>Abstract</title> The prior history of voluntary and community organisations (VCOs) as pioneers of public services during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century has lead to reification of the innovativeness of these organisations. Is this reification justified -- are VCOs inherently...

This article evaluates the current attempt to develop local ‘compacts’ 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...

The UK voluntary sector operates in an arguably enabling policy context. Yet, other external environmental influences have posed major challenges for charitable organizations within the wider voluntary sector. This paper aims to rectify the current lack of empirical research on how charitable...

<title/> 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...

Osborne S. P. and McLaughlin K. (2004) The cross-cutting review of the voluntary sector: where next for local government-voluntary sector relationships?, Reg. Studies 38, 573-582. This paper evaluates the impact of the recent 'cross- cutting review of the voluntary sector' by HM Treasury in the...

This article presents an initial assessment of the impact of the HM Treasury's 'Cross Cutting Review' (CCR) of the role of the voluntary and community sector in service provision in the UK. The analysis offered focuses in particular upon the rising agenda towards <italic>voluntary sector modernization</italic>...

Comparative perspectives on modernizing local governance provide a useful context for discussing change and continuity within the New Public Management paradigm. They highlight divergence within nation states as well as across nation states. The modernizing local governance debate challenges...

<title>Abstract</title> Contemporary non-profit strategic management/marketing literature suggests that non-profit organizations, including charities, adopt positioning strategies to differentiate themselves in increasingly competitive operating environments. However, the extant literature lacks adequate...

<title>Abstract</title> This article employs a comparative case study methodology to critically examine the types of marketing activity undertaken by two local government organizations that are involved in providing discretionary and non-discretionary services, respectively. Achievement of income targets and...