Voluntary Action and Social Policy in Northern Ireland Book

	Foreword
	List of Abbreviations
	The Contributors
1	Introduction: Voluntary Action in Northern Ireland: some contemporary themes and issues	1
2	The Development of Government Policy and its Strategy toward the Voluntary and Community Sectors	11
3	A Partnership of Dilemmas and Contradictions: Unresolved issues in Government-Voluntary Sector Relations	33
4	The European Union and the Development of Supra-National Policy toward the Voluntary Sector	47
5	Managing Community Relations and Conflict: Voluntary Organizations and Government and the Search for Peace	63
6	Government, Community Development and the Housing Association Movement	84
7	The Protestant and Catholic Churches and Social Welfare: Voluntary Action and Government Support	101
8	Voluntary Action, Rural Policy and Social Development	115
9	Informal Welfare, Voluntary Action and Community Care	135
10	Women, Peace, Community Relations and Voluntary Action	145
11	The Origins of Voluntary Action in Belfast	161
12	Government Financial Support for Voluntary Organizations: a preliminary analysis and discussion	181
	Index	196