ABSTRACT
The first part of this volume focused on the most important ‘input’ resources, and cross-cutting or ‘horizontal’ policy processes, relating to the voluntary sector in Britain. The overall scope and scale of the UK voluntary sector was examined, set it in comparative context internationally (with reference to the third sector abroad) and domestically (compared with the for-profit and public sectors), noting the significant changes that took place during the course of the 1990s. The book then addressed how and why, at the ‘horizontal’ level, voluntary sector policy has come to the fore in recent years, and looked at the somewhat piecemeal evidence that has become available on the nature and effects of relevant institution-building processes that has been associated with that development.
