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Governing Independence and Expertise
Shortlisted for the SLSA-Hart Socio-Legal Book Prize 2011 Governing, Independence and Expertise tells the story of the not-for-profit housing sector in England, focusing on its representative body, the National Housing Federation. The story tells of how the Federation and associations influenced their own space of governing through deploying discourses of independence and expertise; how being governed, and governing, become, at times, one and the same. The National Federation of Housing Societies was born in 1935 out of the apparent failure of housing societies, associations and charitable trusts to tackle the 'problem of the slums'. Its story was a familiar one - organisations have often se...
Sweet Charity
This book focuses on the ever-changing world of charities: the skills needed to manage, fundraise, run a successful lobbying campaign or attract new work and the way in which UK charities will increasingly operate in a European environment.
Housing Associations
Part of the "Macmillan Building and Surveying" series, this book looks at housing associations past and present, the housing corporation and other organizations, the financial framework, the revenue regime and housing management and maintenance. It also discusses the needs of elderly people.
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The Conduct of Philanthropy
The CONDUCT OF PHILANTHROPY reassesses the place of charity in 20th century English housing through a rich and detailed case study. It presents an analysis of the William Sutton Trust, a philanthropic housing agency founded in 1900 and the wealthiest most ambitous housing trust of the age. The 'failure' of philantropy in the 20th century has often been attributed to its narrow financial base and its parochial outlook. The William Sutton Trust, by contrast, was a formidable, well-endowed and professional philoanthropic body. It was not, however, regarded as an exemplar. Rather; its size and scope were presented as a threat to social and political stability and to proper conduct of philanthropy.
