Capacity building in the minority ethnic voluntary sector
For Whom, How and for What Purpose
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6327110 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gina Netto (0000-0002-7552-5683, Heriot-Watt University), Nicolina Kamenou (Heriot-Watt University), Sheetal Venugopal (Glasgow Community and Safety Services, UK), Rabia Asghar (0000-0001-7093-8430, Royal Bank of Scotland) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 245-261 |
| Publication date | 2012-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Policy & Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-5736 • E-ISSN: 1470-8442 |
| Publisher | Bristol University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1332/030557312x638287 |
| OpenAlex | W2017653345 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 12 |
Changing trends in governance have contributed to the development of ‘capacity-building initiatives’ in the third sector to enable them to take a greater role in partnership approaches, service delivery and social entrepreneurship. However, analysts have argued that such initiatives are more likely to serve the interests of professionalised welfare groups rather than engage with communities’ own skills and interests. Drawing on in-depth individual interviews and case studies with those engaged in such activities in minority ethnic organisations in devolved Scotland, this paper reveals that ‘capacity’ is a socially constructed, negotiated process, which benefits some organisations more than others. We identify factors which are likely to either facilitate or hinder the process. While there is consensus among participants that such activities play a useful role in developing organisational capacity, we argue that the responsibility for addressing structural factors including socio-economic disadvantage and racism remains with government
Business · Capacity building · Corporate governance · Disadvantage · Economic growth · Economics · Ethnic group · General partnership · Government (linguistics · Political science · Process (computing · Public relations · Service (business · Service delivery framework · Voluntary sector · Community Development and Social Impact · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Social Capital and Networks · Marketing
The Discovery of Grounded Theory
Poverty and ethnicity in the UK
Generating Social Capital
Supporting Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Glasgow
Devolution, multicultural citizenship and race equality
Community capacity-building
Communities in the Lead
Regional Development Agencies and the 'New Regionalism' in England
The Third Sector and the Regional Development of Social Capital
Social Economy Involvement in Public Service Delivery
Re-embedding the ethnic business agenda
Multiculturalism in the Devolved Context
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |