Challenging The Third Sector

Emeritus Professor Sue Kenny, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University Sue Kenny’s research interests include the role of third sector organisations in generating and nurturing active citizenship, post-disaster reconstruction, risk society, transnationalism and cosmopolitanism. Sue Kenny is Emeritus Professor in the Faculty of Arts and Education at Deakin University. Marilyn Taylor, Visiting Professor at Birkbeck, University of London Marilyn Taylor teaches in the areas of community involvement in neighbourhood renewal, partnerships, community participation. Her research interests include neighbourhood renewal, civil renewal, accountability, community participation and empowerment, voluntary and community sector role and development. Marilyn Taylor is a visiting research fellow at the Institute for Voluntary Action Research. Jenny Onyx is Professor of Community Management in the Business School at the University Technology Sydney (UTS). She is Co-Director of Cosmopolitan Civil Societies research center, and former Editor of Third Sector Review. She is particularly concerned with issues of advocacy, social capital, volunteering and civil society and has published widely in these fields. Marjorie Mayo is Emeritus Professor of Community Development, Goldsmiths, University of London. Her research has included learning for active citizenship, and access to justice in disadvantaged communities.

"This valuable new collection, drawing on much empirical evidence, shows how the third sector can be nurtured by active citizenship." Nicholas Deakin, Emeritus Professor of Social Policy, Birmingham University "At a time when the Third Sector globally is facing a perfect (political) storm, this world-leading team of writers analyse the pressures facing it and its uneven responses. They demonstrate that there are no easy ways forward." Gary Craig, Durham University "A broad and pleasantly written approach of the third sector and civil society in an emancipatory perspective. Recommended for both freshmen in the field and practitioners looking for theoretical refreshment." Paul Dekker, Professor of Civil Society, Tilburg University, the Netherlands

• Introduction;Civil Society and the Third Sector;Active Citizenship;Third Sector Organisations Nurturing Active Citizenship: The Claims;The Third Sector in Context;Active Citizenship as Civil Commitment;Active Citizenship as Civil Commitment: Cultural Considerations;Active Citizenship as Activism: Political Engagement Through the Third Sector;Active Citizens, Social Movements and Social Transformation;Active Citizenship and the Emergence of Networks;Shifting Paradigms;W(h)ither the Third Sector?.