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Civil society in an age of uncertainty : institutions, governance and existential challenges /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Chaney, Paul (editor. .), Jones, Ian (Author of Driving Public Service Transformation and Innovation through the Invest to Save Fund) (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2022.
Series:Civil Society and Social Change Ser.
Subjects:
Civil society.
Public institutions.
Sociology.
Political planning.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • Series
  • Civil Society in an age of Uncertainty: Institutions, Governance and Existential Challenges
  • Copyright information
  • Table of contents
  • List of tables and figures
  • Notes on contributors
  • Cydnabyddiaethau/ Acknowledgements
  • 1 Introduction: Locating civil society
  • Conceptualising civil society
  • Civil society in the nations of the UK
  • Notes
  • References
  • 2 Existential challenges
  • The structure of this book
  • Note
  • References
  • 3 Civil society and the governance of city region economic development
  • City region 'growth machine'?
  • Civil society (re)positioning
  • New scalar relations
  • Accountability
  • Opportunities?
  • Conclusions
  • Note
  • References
  • 4 Civil society, pandemic and the crisis of welfare: exploring mixed economy models of welfare in domiciliary adult social care in a devolved UK
  • Research context
  • Legal and policy frameworks: exploring the mixed economies of welfare in ASC in a devolved UK
  • Wales
  • Scotland
  • England
  • Northern Ireland
  • Policy actors' views of the strengths and limitations of the different territorial approaches to welfare pluralism in ASC
  • Wales: pre-pandemic
  • Wales: pandemic response
  • Scotland: pre-pandemic
  • Scotland: pandemic response.
  • England: pre-pandemic
  • England: pandemic response
  • Northern Ireland: pre-pandemic
  • Northern Ireland: pandemic response
  • Discussion
  • Notes
  • References
  • 5 The contemporary threat to minority languages and cultures: civil society, young people and Celtic language use in Scotland and Wales
  • Introduction
  • National festivals and minority language use in social contexts
  • Cross-national comparison, data and methods
  • The Welsh language and the Eisteddfod
  • Scottish Gaelic and the Mòd
  • Discussion and recommendations
  • Note
  • References
  • 6 Digital threat or opportunity? Local civil society in an age of global inter-connectivity
  • Introduction
  • Digital technology and civil society: perspectives from the international literature
  • Case studies and methods
  • Digital media, global consciousness and local civil society engagement
  • Use of digital technologies by local civil society groups
  • The external reach of local civil society
  • Limitations of digital technologies in local civil society
  • Conclusion
  • Note
  • References
  • 7 Democratic decline? Civil society and trust in government
  • Defining trust and co-production
  • The decline of trust? Comparing the UK, France and Germany
  • A role for civil society?
  • Conclusion: building back better or plus ça change?
  • References
  • 8 Xenophobia, hostility and austerity: European migrants and civil society in Wales
  • Turbulence, precarity and liquid migration
  • Methodology
  • Migrants' participation in civil society
  • Anxiety, xenophobia and hate crime motivation
  • Austerity, precarity and participation
  • Conclusions
  • References