scholarly journals Resilient resistance? The third sector in the London Borough of Newham at a time of ‘post-racial’ politics

2020 ◽  
pp. 026101831989817
Author(s):  
Lindsey Garratt ◽  
Bridget Byrne ◽  
Bethan Harries ◽  
Andrew Smith
Keyword(s):  
Racial Politics ◽  
Third Sector ◽  
Symbolic Power ◽  
London Borough ◽  
Political Situation ◽  
The Third ◽  
Local Populations ◽  
Documentary Analysis ◽  
The Third Sector

This article engages with the shift towards an emphasis on ‘resilience’ in local government discourses. Using the London Borough of Newham as a case study, it will argue that contradictory definitions of the term have, until recently, been used to justify the erosion of the third sector in the borough, specifically groups who support religious and linguistic minorities. Interviews and documentary analysis are used to consider how the concept of resilience had a racializing effect in this borough, and we argue that as a facet of policy resilience risks treating plurality as a threat rather than a strength. This is highlighted through an examination of how the third sector was characterised as retarding individuals’ resilience and promoting ‘ethno-centrism’ in official resilience discourse. We offer three distinctive insights on the problem of resilience as a feature of policy, firstly, that resilience has a symbolic power that makes it difficult to securitize; secondly, resilience discourses risk instituting racism within policy; and thirdly, that resilience is built against collective forms of resistance and is therefore incapable of harnessing the resources and capacities of local populations. To conclude, we discuss the evolving political situation in the borough and the demise of the administration promoting resilience, through collective forms of resistance.

Harnessing Community Self-Help: Some Lessons from Rural England

2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 136-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin C. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Third Sector ◽  
Lower Income ◽  
Community Based ◽  
The Third ◽  
Self Help ◽  
One To One ◽  
The Third Sector ◽  
Rural England

Attempts to harness community self-help currently tend to follow the ‘third sector’ route of developing existing community-based groups. The aim of this paper is to evaluate critically this approach. Drawing upon case study evidence from rural England, existing community-based groups are displayed to be primarily sociability vehicles for higher-income populations. In consequence, if community self-help is to be harnessed to improve the material circumstances of lower-income populations, a ‘third sector’ approach is inappropriate. Instead, a ‘fourth sector’ approach is shown to be required that develops acts of one-to-one reciprocity. The paper concludes by outlining some possible initiatives to implement this policy approach.

scholarly journals Co-production and the third sector: A comparative study of England and France

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caitlin McMullin
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Third Sector ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Institutional Logics ◽  
Production Theory ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
The Third ◽  
Documentary Analysis

This thesis explores co-production between citizens and third sector professionals in England and France. I focus on five community regeneration organisations in Sheffield, England, and five in Lyon, France, followed by an analysis of comparator organisations in two further sectors of activity – parents’ organisations, and projects to reduce older people’s loneliness. The research is based on 57 semi-structured interviews, as well as event observations and documentary analysis. I employ an analytical framework of institutional logics to explore the ways in which the rules, practices and narratives of the case study organisations are specific to their city and national contexts and how these in turn drive and shape co-production practices.The study finds that while the Sheffield organisations are characterised by an assimilation of the state, community and market logics, the Lyon organisations demonstrate a blend of a ‘Napoleonic state’ logic, and a ‘local solidarity’ (rather than community) logic. These different combinations of logics illuminate two approaches to co-production. In France, co-production is informed by notions of citizenship, solidarity and participative democracy, leading to a greater focus on citizen involvement in organisational governance and greater influence of rules as an enabler and constraint to co-production. In Sheffield, co-production is seen as a way to improve communities, services and outcomes, and we therefore see more pragmatic attention to co-design and co-delivery activities. This thesis provides an important contribution both to co-production theory as well as to policy and practice, by demonstrating some of the cultural and contextual subjectivity of co- production, which has been overlooked in previous studies. In addition, employing institutional theory to study co-production enables me to produce evidence of meso and macro level factors that influence co-production behaviour.

Innovative partnerships for the utilization of confiscated assets previously owned by mafias

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni Maria Mazzanti ◽  
Giulio Ecchia ◽  
Tamami Komatsu
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Third Sector ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Third Sector ◽  
Historical Presence

Purpose The third sector is a producer of trust and positive social interactions, while the mafias destroy trust and social norms. Confiscation of assets and reusing confiscated assets are important tools from an economic and symbolic point of view for contrasting the mafias and promoting a sustainable and fair economy. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the role of the third sector for reusing confiscated assets. Design/methodology/approach The paper is based on a theoretical analysis of why a third sector role is utilized for reusing confiscated assets, thus focusing on the economic, social and cultural dimensions. Italian legislation and data are presented for showing the relevant and innovative role of the third sector for reusing confiscated assets. A case study of the city of Forlì, based in Northern Italy, is presented and is of particular interest because it is a part of Italy that does not have a historical presence of the mafias. The University of Bologna is now a partner of the project through the Observatory of Legality. Five hectares of confiscated, urban land have been given to two social cooperatives for organic agriculture and social gardening, which are managed by disadvantaged people working in the cooperatives. Findings The case study offers useful implications for other national and international situations. The results support that the third sector can be an effective partner in managing and restoring the goods to their community. Research limitations/implications A suggested focus on a European framework toward a more integrated approach for reusing confiscated assets. Practical implications An opportunity for policy decisions to be made toward a stronger approach for reusing confiscated assets via the third sector and civil society actors, starting from positive cases, such as the Forlì case study. Social implications Possibility of a stronger civic engagement for reusing confiscated assets previously owned by mafias. Originality/value Scaling up from a pioneering activity to a large-scale network of social enterprises and partnerships could make the difference.

scholarly journals Identification and Categorization of the Stakeholders from an Organization of the Third Sector

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 154-180
Author(s):  
Daiane Aparecida de Melo Heinzen ◽  
Carlos Ricardo Rossetto ◽  
José Roberto Altoff
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Third Sector ◽  
Nongovernmental Organization ◽  
Study Strategy ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
The Third ◽  
Current Article ◽  
The Third Sector ◽  
High Level

The current article aims at identifying which are the most relevant stakeholders that a NonGovernmental Organization understands as active on its connections net, as well as identifying the type of influence that these actors practice over the Organization. It is about a quantitative and descriptive research, where it has been used the case study strategy with focused interview. The data collection was carried on through a focused interview. The article presents a group of fifteen potential stakeholders of the organization, classifies each of these actors according to its influence over the organization and identifies the agents. The results show that all the stakeholders that are understood as influencers of the organizations inputs are also seen as influenced by their outputs, which characterizes a certain degree of Independence amongst its activities. The article yet shows four distinct types of actors’ categories: discretionary, demanding, irrelevant and dependent. It is verified a predominance of actors classified as discretionary, the ones that are characterized by the high level of their actions recognition, but do not show great meaningfulness on the level of power practiced over the actions.

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