Beyond 'the paradox of our own complicity
The place of activism and identity in 'voluntary sector' stories from Manchester and Auckland
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 3977348 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Richard G Kyle (0000-0002-6394-109X, University of Stirling), Robin Kearns (0000-0002-7890-1218, University of Auckland), Christine Milligan (0000-0002-8675-7244, Lancaster University) |
| Año | 2015 |
| Volumen | 16 |
| Número | 3 |
| Páginas | 315-331 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2015-04-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | No |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Social & Cultural Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 1464-9365 • E-ISSN: 1470-1197 |
| Editorial | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14649365.2014.983148 |
| OpenAlex | W1999555738 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 2 |
| Referencias citadas | 23 |
This paper problematises ‘sectors’ as the core organising concept for spaces within social policy and ‘third sector’ theory and practice. It does so by drawing on (auto) biographical narratives from a cross-national study of activism in the UK and New Zealand that explored activists’ experiences of, and motivations for, movement between the statutory and voluntary sectors. We argue that the perpetuation of sectoral thinking represents a paradox with which scholars have largely been complicit. That is, by embarking on ever more refined definitional exercises, the concept of sectors in general, and the tri-sectoral map (comprising state, market and third sector) in particular, remains uncontested. Through identifying reasons behind inter-sectoral shifts, we show how sectors are both enlisted and ‘erased’ by activists to achieve their aims, thus demonstrating the fuzziness of sectoral boundaries. (Auto)biographical approaches allow us to unpack the importance of time and place in shaping people’s activism. We conclude that if researchers can learn from activists, and tread a fine line between the utility and futility of sectors as a conceptual and empirical reality, then we might escape the paradox. Thus, new pathways through ‘third sector’ spaces can be explored and alternative policy solutions, free from myopic ‘sectoral’ thinking, can be envisioned
Aesthetics · Complicity · Identity (music · Narrative · Political economy · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Statutory law · Voluntary sector · Gender Studies · Law · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Political and Economic history of UK and US
Narratives in Social Science Research
The Wounded Storyteller
The Turn to Biographical Methods in Social Science
Griffins or Chameleons? Hybridity as a Permanent and Inevitable Characteristic of the Third Sector
Loss, collective memory and transcripted oral histories
Unpacking stored and storied knowledge
Spaces of Power
In search of the non-profit sector. I
Defining the Nonprofit Sector
A Comment on Salamon and Anheier’s “Social Origins of Civil Society”
Life and work history analysis
Crossing the Boundaries between ‘Third Sector’ and State
Working the Spaces of Neoliberal Subjectivity
The Third Sector and Domestic Missions
Space for emotion in the spaces of activism
Doing Organisational Space
Using Life Histories in Social Policy Research
The narrative constitution of identity
| Obras citantes distintas | 2 |
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| Citas por año | 0,2 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2016 - 2019 (4) |
| Velocidad de citación | historical |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 2 |