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A Social Policy Role for Faith-Based Organisations? Lessons from the UK Jewish Voluntary Sector

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2003

MARGARET HARRIS
Affiliation:
Aston Business School, Aston University, Birmingham, B4 7ET, Tel. 0121 359 3011, Fax. 0121 359 1148: e-mail: m.e.harris@aston.ac.uk
PETER HALFPENNY
Affiliation:
Centre for Applied Social Research, Department of Sociology, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, Tel. 0161 275 2493, Fax. 0161 275 491: e-mail: p.halfpenny@man.ac.uk
COLIN ROCHESTER
Affiliation:
School of Business, Computing and Technology, University of Surrey, Roehampton, London, SW15 5SL, Tel. 020 8392 3862, Fax. 020 9392 3646: e-mail: C.Rochester@roehampton.ac.uk

Abstract

After two decades of growing expectations that the UK voluntary (or ‘third’) sector will expand its social policy role, the spotlight is now focusing on specific types of voluntary organisations including community groups, black and minority ethnic associations and ‘faith-based organisations’. This article notes the growing cross-party interest in the UK in religious organisations and then presents findings from two recent empirical studies of the UK Jewish voluntary sector; one on financial resources and the other on governance. We discuss the implications of our findings for a possible expanded social policy role for faith-based organisations in the UK.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 2003 Cambridge University Press

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