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Public Funds, Private Provision

The Role of the Voluntary Sector

by (author) Josephine Rekart

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Nov 2011
Category
Social Work
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780774842839
    Publish Date
    Nov 2011
    List Price
    $34.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780774804530
    Publish Date
    Jan 1993
    List Price
    $21.95

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Public Funds, Private Provision analyzes the respective roles of government and the voluntary sector in the financing and administration of social services. Focusing on development in British Columbia from 1983 to 1991, when the Social Credit government actively pursued a policy of privatization, this book examines the growth of the voluntary sector there and presents data which track the impact of privatization on services. It examines the issues of funding and accountability of the voluntary sector as it adopts the public agent role and increasingly delivers services on behalf of government.

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Contributor Notes

Josephine Rekart is a research consultant working in areas of social policy and social research. She has had a long-term association with the Social Planning and Research Council of British Columbia (SPARC) and has worked with various levels of government and with non-profit agencies. She has also taught at the School of Social Work at the University of British Columbia.