Manufacturing Citizens
The Dichotomy Between Policy and Practice in Youth Volunteering in the UK
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12450722 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jon Dean (0000-0003-3338-1957, Sheffield Hallam University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 46-62 |
| Publication date | 2013-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Administrative Theory & Praxis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1084-1806 • E-ISSN: 1949-0461 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2753/atp1084-1806350104 |
| OpenAlex | W2005666870 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 25 |
Foucault's governmentality framework perceives the policy process as one of steering citizens into uncontroversial behaviors. This article argues that the call to create a "Big Society" of volunteering and engagement in the UK is a natural extension of such governmental practices. Drawing on qualitative interviews with volunteering professionals in England, the article analyzes the creation and implementation of youth volunteering policy, asking to what extent such policies can be an effective tool through which to instill Britain's youth with a sense of responsibility and whether indeed that is a deliverable aim. The article shows that social class divisions and the increasingly pressurized lives of young people hamper the take-up and effectiveness of volunteering policy. It concludes that volunteering has been conceptualized and delivered as a pathway to employment, leaving increased responsibility as a nebulous concept in the lives of young volunteers
Class (philosophy · Governmentality · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social responsibility · Sociology · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Law · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
A history of public health.
Building the Big Society
Discipline and Punish
Analytics of the Modern
Risk, Vulnerability and Everyday Life
Volunteering and Society in the 21st Century
Foucault, Health and Medicine
Powers of Freedom
Michel Foucault
The Logic of Practice
Out of the Generosity of Your Heart
Voluntary Action
From Hegemony to Governmentality
New Labour’s citizens
The Foucault Effect
Discipline and Punish
Political power beyond the State
Rethinking Governmentality
Growing Up in Poor Neighbourhoods
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,44 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |