Ben Cairns

• Sharing God’s love or meeting government goals? Local churches and public policy implementation

  Ben Cairn, Ben Cairns et al.•ARTICLE•Policy & Politics•2007•Cited by: 8

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  English Set within the context of the growing expectations on faith organisations in the UK to be involved in public policy implementation, this article considers the capacity of churches to contribute to implementation of the twin public policy themes of delivering public services and encouraging community engagement. Building on an empirical study, it suggests that churches can make an important contribution to the implementation of the twin po…

• Community-Wide Planning for Faith-Based Service Provision: Practical, Policy, and Conceptual Challenges

  Open Access•Margaret Harris, Romayne Hutchison et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Voluntary Action…•2005

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  The context for this article is the public policy interest in the United States and the United Kingdom in the contribution that faith-based organizations can make to the provision of welfare and other public services, and the corresponding demands on such organizations to consider how they plan and deliver services. The authors present findings from a major research program that aimed to facilitate the planning of service provision within one fai…

• So Many Tiers, So Many Agendas, So Many Pots of Money”: The Challenge of English Regionalization for Voluntary and Community Organizations

  Open Access•Margaret Harris, Ben Cairns et al.•ARTICLE•Social Policy and Administration•2004•Cited by: 5•References: 21

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  This paper looks at the challenges facing voluntary and community organizations (VCOs) within the new policy context of English “regionalism”, drawing primarily on an empirical study in one of the emerging Regions. Barriers to voluntary and community sector (VCS) engagement with the new regional governmental organizations and the new regional policy agenda are identified. The role of VCS “infrastructure” organizations in facilitating relationship…

• Sharing God’s love or meeting government goals? Local churches and public policy implementation

  Ben Cairn, Ben Cairns et al.•ARTICLE•Policy & Politics•2007•Cited by: 8

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  English Set within the context of the growing expectations on faith organisations in the UK to be involved in public policy implementation, this article considers the capacity of churches to contribute to implementation of the twin public policy themes of delivering public services and encouraging community engagement. Building on an empirical study, it suggests that churches can make an important contribution to the implementation of the twin po…

• So Many Tiers, So Many Agendas, So Many Pots of Money”: The Challenge of English Regionalization for Voluntary and Community Organizations

  Open Access•Margaret Harris, Ben Cairns et al.•ARTICLE•Social Policy and Administration•2004•Cited by: 5•References: 21

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  This paper looks at the challenges facing voluntary and community organizations (VCOs) within the new policy context of English “regionalism”, drawing primarily on an empirical study in one of the emerging Regions. Barriers to voluntary and community sector (VCS) engagement with the new regional governmental organizations and the new regional policy agenda are identified. The role of VCS “infrastructure” organizations in facilitating relationship…

• So Many Tiers, So Many Agendas, So Many Pots of Money”: The Challenge of English Regionalization for Voluntary and Community Organizations

  Open Access•Margaret Harris, Ben Cairns et al.•ARTICLE•Social Policy and Administration•2004•Cited by: 5•References: 21

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  This paper looks at the challenges facing voluntary and community organizations (VCOs) within the new policy context of English “regionalism”, drawing primarily on an empirical study in one of the emerging Regions. Barriers to voluntary and community sector (VCS) engagement with the new regional governmental organizations and the new regional policy agenda are identified. The role of VCS “infrastructure” organizations in facilitating relationship…

• Community-Wide Planning for Faith-Based Service Provision: Practical, Policy, and Conceptual Challenges

  Open Access•Margaret Harris, Romayne Hutchison et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Voluntary Action…•2005

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  The context for this article is the public policy interest in the United States and the United Kingdom in the contribution that faith-based organizations can make to the provision of welfare and other public services, and the corresponding demands on such organizations to consider how they plan and deliver services. The authors present findings from a major research program that aimed to facilitate the planning of service provision within one fai…

• Sharing God’s love or meeting government goals? Local churches and public policy implementation

  Ben Cairn, Ben Cairns et al.•ARTICLE•Policy & Politics•2007•Cited by: 8

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  English Set within the context of the growing expectations on faith organisations in the UK to be involved in public policy implementation, this article considers the capacity of churches to contribute to implementation of the twin public policy themes of delivering public services and encouraging community engagement. Building on an empirical study, it suggests that churches can make an important contribution to the implementation of the twin po…

Political science (3 works) · Public Administration (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Context (archaeology (2 works) · Faith (2 works) · Faith-Based Organizations (2 works) · Government (linguistics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Public Administration (2 works)