Thursday, 29 November 2012

'Protecting the most vulnerable' in an economic crisis: a participatory study of civil society organisations in Ireland

an article by Gemma M. Carney, Tony Dundon and ÁIne Ní Léime (affiliation(s) not provided) published in Voluntary Sector Review Volume 3 Number 3 (November 2012)

Abstract

This paper advances knowledge of how civil society organisations (CSOs) negotiate the shift from boom-time public expenditure to governmental austerity.

The study focuses on the Republic of Ireland, where CSOs occupied an important role in providing a voice for “vulnerable” citizens in corporatism for over a decade. The global financial crisis and subsequent austerity measures caused the country’s model of corporatist-style “social partnership” to collapse.

The article connects CSOs’ adaptation to austerity measures when protecting the “people behind the cuts” to broader questions about co-optation of civil society through state-led policy-making institutions.


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