What have charities ever done for us? : the stories behind the headlines / Stephen Cook and Tania Mason.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cook, Stephen, 1949- author.

Mason, Tania, author.

Contributor:

JSTOR (Online Service)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Charities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

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Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2021.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Front cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

List of abbreviations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part I: What are charities, and why do we argue about them?

1. The many faces of charities

2. What has gone wrong?

3. 'Stick to your knitting': the curbs on campaigning

Part II: Changing the world

4. The health of the nation

5. Equality, slavery and human rights

6. Rights for women and gay liberation

7. Protecting animals and the natural world

Part III: Improving lives and communities

8. Local action and self-help

9. Supporting other people

10. The wider world

11. Community arts

Part IV: A junior partner in the welfare state?

12. Public service contracts

13. Reducing the burden on the state

14. Charities as pioneers

Part V: Preserving the past, preparing for the future

15. Castles, canals and stately homes

16. Museums and the perils of charitable status

17. The minefield of charitable education

18. Pushing the boundaries of medicine and science

Part VI: The way ahead

19. Reviews and strategies

20. Charity governance: fit for purpose?

21. Coming clean with the public

22. The pursuit of independence

Postscript

Notes

Index

Back cover

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 13, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version: Cook, Stephen What Have Charities Ever Done for Us?

ISBN:

9781447359906

1447359909

Publisher Number:

40030488916

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.