...This chapter argues the case for the importance of active engagement to build social solidarity across the broadest possible range of civil-society organisations. Having set out the case for the importance of third-sector involvement overall, it moves on to focus on third-sector challenges...

... in the most developed welfare regimes, and social innovations often provide more developed and effective responses than government in this area. Voluntary and civil society organisations have pioneered a variety of innovations to feed vulnerable groups while also reducing surplus food waste. These initiatives...

... a decade of research with informal community groups and small scale civil society organisations. It explores the wealth and diversity of their forms and activities, their fragility, strategies for survival and their position in relation to a range of public policy objectives. In particular the book...

... and volunteering by retirees charities Volunteering Retirement Professionalisation of civil society organisations Grey economy This chapter explores the role played by volunteering in the lifecourse transition from paid work to retirement. As life expectancy rises, the increasing proportion of over-50s...

... as long as NGOs and other supportive parties provide adequate input for provisional capacity building. Finally, the article underscores challenges to and prerequisites for enabling other NGOs to play such a role, to serve as a resource for other civil society organisations. civil society organisations...

... youth employment and education in informal settlements, and territorial characteristics; the role of civil society organisations in the dynamics of capability expansion in informal settlements; and the role of culture and religion in promoting agency and capability expansion. The chapter concludes...

... different groups to join community development practices. These efforts stem both from the public authorities and the renewed Finnish Local Government Act of 2017, as well as from projects undertaken by civil society organisations (CSOs). Further, there is a long tradition of building civil society...

... movement and civil society organisations. Jones identifies the gradual shift in these campaigns from pressure for corporate social responsibility (CSR) to more radical demands for corporate accountability. After reviewing the reform proposals of these and other advocates, he isolates the shareholder...

...Women are at the heart of civil society organisations. Through them they have achieved many successes, challenged oppressive practices at local and global levels and have developed outstanding entrepreneurial activities. Yet CSO research tends to ignore considerations of gender and the rich history...

... Thanks to Eva Maria Hinterhuber and Gesine Fuchs for the summary of Nancy Fraser’s arguments, which we have incorporated into this chapter. This introductory chapter presents a brief review of major themes in civil society organisations research and also feminist orientated research...

.... They specifically focus on the role of civil society organisations and return to the challenging question of whether CSOs are maintaining or challenging the status quo. civil society organisations CSOs domination emancipation Fraser Nancy feminism France Italy Kenya Millennium Development Goals UNMDGs...