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Community development activities in the context of contracting
Author(s) -
Rawsthorne Margot
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
australian journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1839-4655
pISSN - 0157-6321
DOI - 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2005.tb00968.x
Subject(s) - project commissioning , context (archaeology) , government (linguistics) , community development , publishing , public relations , business , community service , service provider , economic growth , service (business) , public administration , political science , marketing , economics , paleontology , linguistics , philosophy , law , biology
In Australia, as elsewhere, relations between government and community sector organisations * have undergone fundamental change over the past decade. Economic rationalism and new manageralism have reshaped funding arrangements, seeing the widespread introduction of contracts with service specifications, performance measures and reporting requirements. Within the literature there is considerable anxiety about the impact contracting may have on the community development activities of community sector organisations. This article draws on the experience of over 500 community sector organisations that provide human services to explore how contractual arrangements have affected some aspects of their community development activities. The research findings suggest that, from the perspectives of organisations, the adverse impacts have been less than anticipated.