scholarly journals The Multiple Regulator Model: A Case of Too Many Cooks?

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nur Azam Anuarul Perai
Keyword(s):  
Policy Development ◽  
Third Sector ◽  
Public Trust ◽  
Operational Efficiency ◽  
Regulatory Requirements ◽  
The Third ◽  
Third Sector Organisations ◽  
The Third Sector ◽  
Legal Forms ◽  
Regulatory Landscape

Abstract Regulation protects the third sector from mismanagement, provides data for policy development, and increases public trust and confidence in its organisations. Different agencies regulate Malaysian third sector organisations (TSO), based on their legal forms and varying activities or functions. Yet, can different regulations governing organisations with similar objectives effectively address issues affecting the sector as a whole? This study provides an overview of the Malaysian third sector regulatory landscape and examines the operational challenges caused by the multiple regulator environment. Third sector actors and regulators were interviewed to understand how they navigate legal and regulatory requirements. Findings show that regulation is hampered by discrepancies surrounding the interpretation and application of laws. This Malaysian study shows that regulatory inconsistencies affect the sector’s operational efficiency and diminish trust between the TSOs and regulators. Based on these findings, uniformity in regulation is crucial to build trust in the sector, as well as between actors and regulators.

Enterprising activism

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leah Bassel ◽  
Akwugo Emejulu
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Third Sector ◽  
Minority Women ◽  
Enterprise Culture ◽  
Women's Activism ◽  
The Third ◽  
Welfare Mix ◽  
Third Sector Organisations ◽  
The Third Sector ◽  
The Impact

In this chapter, we explore how the changing politics of the third sector under austerity problematises minority women’s intersectional social justice claims in Scotland, England and France. We begin by exploring the ‘governable terrain’ of the third sector in each country since the 1990s. As the principle of a ‘welfare mix’ becomes normalised in each country, the reality of having different welfare providers vying for state contracts seems to prompt isomorphic changes whereby third sector organisations refashion themselves in the image of the private sector as a necessity for survival. We then move on to discuss the impact these changes in the third sector are having on minority women’s activism. We analyse how the idea of enterprise has become entrenched within these organisations and how an enterprise culture is problematically reshaping the ways in which organisations think about their mission, practices and programmes of work—especially in relation to minority women. We conclude with a discussion about what the marketisation of the third sector means for minority women. We argue that political racelessness is enacted through enterprise as minority women’s interests are de-politicised and de-prioritised through the transformation of the third sector.

Is the third sector an extension of public administration? Reflections on the Gipuzkoan case

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 359-372
Author(s):  
Felix Arrieta ◽  
Ainhoa Izaguirre ◽  
Martín Zuñiga
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Basque Country ◽  
Third Sector ◽  
Welfare States ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
The Third ◽  
Third Sector Organisations ◽  
The Third Sector

The role of the third sector in the provision of welfare and its relationship with public administration have been gaining importance in political debates because of the difficulties that welfare states have in responding to emerging social needs. The ‘Gipuzkoan model’, based on a public‐private collaboration between third sector organisations and the public administration in Gipuzkoa in the Basque Country in Spain, has been drawing attention over the past 40 years. However, there is a debate concerning the role that each actor should play in the implementation of welfare policies. This article analyses, from a qualitative point of view, the role of the third sector in designing and providing public policy tools for the region within the context promoted by the Gipuzkoan model of public‐private collaboration. The results obtained illustrate a multifaceted scenario in which different visions converge around the same question: How should this collaboration be developed and what future awaits the third sector?

Non-State Care Homes for Older People as Third Sector Organisations in China's Transitional Welfare Economy

2006 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
LINDA WONG ◽  
TANG JUN
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Third Sector ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
The State ◽  
Urban China ◽  
Care Homes ◽  
Remarkable Feature ◽  
The Third ◽  
Third Sector Organisations ◽  
The Third Sector

The rise of the third sector has been a global welfare phenomenon. In China, the growth of social organisations has been a remarkable feature of the transitional society after the adoption of market reforms and political liberalisation. In its emergent welfare economy, the third sector has been hailed as a new growth point in social care as the state retreats from direct provision of welfare services. This article examines non-state care homes for older people in urban China based on a survey of 137 homes in three cities. It begins with a brief review of the theory of the third sector, non-governmental organisations and private markets in the production of welfare. This is followed by a discussion of third-sector organisations, markets and the state in the special context of China. The next section appraises the factors that contribute to the surge of non-state residential provision for the elderly. The final part of the article presents empirical findings on the development, key features and authority relations of 137 non-state care homes for older people. It is argued that their uniqueness marks them out as a special form of third-sector organisation in China's welfare economy.

Contextualising the Third Sector

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Keyword(s):  
Historical Development ◽  
Third Sector ◽  
Community Services ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Third Sector Organisations ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Third Sector ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Governance Arrangements

This chapter defines the third sector, tracks the historical development and the contextual background of the sector and its governance arrangements. The history of the UK third sector dates back to the Act 1601, the Relief of the Poor, which offered relief to individuals who could not work, were cared for in alms houses or sent to work-houses (Murdock, 2006). Throughout the centuries, the sector continued to provide services for those that the state considered beyond its remit. With high unemployment and the reduction of welfare provision towards the end of the twentieth century the UK government developed polices to help third sector organisations to bid for contracts to deliver welfare, housing and community services. The chapter concludes with a discussion of academic perspectives on the existence of the sector and the distinctiveness between the third sector, private sector and public sector are explained.

scholarly journals Involving the third sector in local service delivery in Bangladesh: Why and how?

2015 ◽  
pp. 105-119
Author(s):  
Shahriar Islam
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Third Sector ◽  
Local Service ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
The Third ◽  
Standard Procedures ◽  
Third Sector Organisations ◽  
The Third Sector ◽  
Competitive Contracting

The rise of involuntary and non-government efforts to deliver services in Bangladesh has opened the way for local government units to involve many community and voluntary organisations (CVOs) and non-governmental organisations (NGOs)– collectively described as the ‘third sector’ – in delivering local services. This article attempts to set out how the third sector can be incorporated into the stream of local service delivery. It analyses the rationale behind the engagement of the third sector in this area. It also looks at suitable mechanisms to enable local government institutions (LGIs) and third sector organisations to meet community objectives seamlessly, transparently and fairly. During the last two decades or so, many third sector organisations have collaborated with public sector organisations including LGIs regardless of any specific long term strategies. To involve the third sector in local service delivery there should be some clear cut standard procedures, strategies including commissioning, partnership, competitive contracting and co-production. The article concludes that, given the current situation of LGIs in Bangladesh, only co-production is a suitable mechanism for incorporating the third sector into local service delivery.

scholarly journals The third sector in a strategically selective landscape – the case of commissioning public services

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
ROB MACMILLAN ◽  
ANGELA ELLIS PAINE
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Third Sector ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
The Third ◽  
Third Sector Organisations ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Third Sector ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Theoretical Foundations

Abstract In the context of a mixed economy of welfare, public policy in the UK and elsewhere has long promoted third sector involvement in delivering public services. A growing research literature consistently highlights the challenges third sector organisations face engaging with a demanding public services commissioning environment, but it tends to lack a theoretical basis and can offer misleading accounts of third sector organisations as relatively passive and powerless in the face of wider forces. This article argues that third sector organisations actively operate within and seek to shape a commissioning context which advantages some strategies and some types of organisation over others. To provide stronger theoretical foundations for understanding public services commissioning and the third sector, the concept of ‘strategic selectivity’ (Hay, 2002) is applied to in-depth qualitative longitudinal data from third sector organisations delivering a range of public services. The article contributes new theoretical insights into the dynamic ways in which social policies and public services are organised. The analysis highlights how differently positioned organisations seek to read, navigate pathways through, and transform an uneven public services commissioning landscape.

scholarly journals Is community accountability being overlooked as a result of government-third sector partnering in New Zealand?

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 14-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenny Aimers ◽  
Peter Walker
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Third Sector ◽  
Third Way ◽  
The Third ◽  
Community Embeddedness ◽  
Third Sector Organisations ◽  
The Third Sector ◽  
Community Relationships

In recent years ‘third way’ style governments have sought to partner with third sector organisations in ‘joined up’ government. The neo-liberal basis for the third way model has sought to make government’s community collaborators more professional in their approach. This has been achieved by influencing third sector organisations to adopt quasi-business models of organisational practice and accountability.While the rationale for promoting these practices has resulted from a desire to afford third sector organisations a level of social efficacy similar to that of the professions. an increasing number of researchers (Aimers Walker, 2008; Mulgan, 2006; Barr, 2005; Craig, 2004; Walker, 2002) have argued that business or quasi-business models are not always appropriate measures of success for the work of the third sector.We argue that with the growing emphasis on government and third sector partnerships, the relationship between the third sector and its communities is at risk of being overlooked due to the lack of insistence that such organisation should seek direction setting from local communities. One of the core characteristics of the third sector has been its embeddedness within its community. If organisations become more focused on their relationship with the state, at the expense of their community relationships, they risk overlooking a core part of their identity and purpose. We believe that community-based directional accountability provides a basis from which effective community relationships can grow.In this article we discuss how partnering with government has put community relationships of third sector community organisations at risk and offer three models of community accountability derived from real-life examples, which such organisations could use to help retain and strengthen their community embeddedness. 

Capturing Diversity: A Typology of Third Sector Organisations’ Responses to Contracting Based on Empirical Evidence from Homelessness Services

2012 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 569-589 ◽  
Author(s):  
HEATHER BUCKINGHAM
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Third Sector ◽  
Government Contracting ◽  
Community Based ◽  
The Third ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Third Sector Organisations ◽  
The Third Sector ◽  
South East England ◽  
Different Response

AbstractThe impacts of government contracting on third sector organisations (TSOs) have attracted much discussion; however, the diversity of the organisations that comprise the third sector means that these impacts in fact vary considerably between TSOs. In order to better understand this complexity and to analyse and articulate TSOs’ experiences more effectively, it is useful to think about different response types. Based on empirical evidence from a study of homelessness TSOs in two South East England local authorities, this paper presents a typology of organisational responses to contracting. The four types identified are: Comfortable Contractors, Compliant Contractors, Cautious Contractors, and Community-Based Non-Contractors. The varied experiences of these different types of organisation with regard to contracting are described in the paper and point to the need for greater precision and differentiation within academic debates, and in the formulation of social policy relating to the third sector.

scholarly journals Marginal Players? The Third Sector and Employability Services for Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the UK

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesca Calò ◽  
Tom Montgomery ◽  
Simone Baglioni
Keyword(s):  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Third Sector ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Main Function ◽  
The Third ◽  
Third Sector Organisations ◽  
The Third Sector ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Refugees And Asylum Seekers ◽  
The Impact

AbstractLiterature in the field of employability and the third sector has focused upon the impact of marketisation on third sector providers, elaborating how commissioning processes have led to a contraction of (smaller) third sector organisations (TSOs) and an expansion of larger private sector bodies. Extant research does not however explore the role of third sector organisations in the employability of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. Therefore, our paper explores this gap by adopting a qualitative approach via a total of 36 interviews involving migrants, refugees, asylum seekers and managers of third sector organisations, alongside a categorisation of TSOs. Our findings reveal that TSOs are the primary (and for asylum seekers perhaps the only) providers of integration support services and training or education services. We found that only a limited number of organisations provide formal employability services or skills development services which seem to be only residual in terms of the range of activities that TSOs can organise. Thus, perhaps the main function that TSOs perform that enables integration into the UK labour market is providing a safe and trusted environment that people can use to increase their confidence, improve their well-being, broaden their social circle, learn the language or increase their work experience.

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