Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of tables, figures, maps and plates
- Notes on contributors
- Foreword: Beyond the shadow state?
- one Contemporary landscapes of welfare: the ‘voluntary turn’?
- two A ‘new institutional fix’? The ‘community turn’ and the changing role of the voluntary sector
- three Renewal or relocation? Social welfare, voluntarism and the city
- four Voluntarism and new forms of governance in rural communities
- five New times, new relationships: mental health, primary care and public health in New Zealand
- six Informal and voluntary care in Canada: caught in the Act?
- seven Competition, adaptation and resistance: (re)forming health organisations in New Zealand’s third sector
- eight The difference of voluntarism: the place of voluntary sector care homes for older Jewish people in the United Kingdom
- nine Values, practices and strategic divestment: Christian social service organisations in New Zealand
- ten Faith-based organisations and welfare provision in Northern Ireland and North America: whose agenda?
- eleven Government restructuring and settlement agencies in Vancouver: bringing advocacy back in
- twelve Developing voluntary community spaces and Ethnicity in Sydney, Australia
- thirteen The voluntary spaces of charity shops: workplaces or domestic spaces?
- fourteen The changing landscape of voluntary sector counselling in Scotland
- fifteen Volunteering, geography and welfare: a multilevel investigation of geographical variations in voluntary action
- sixteen Reflections on landscapes of voluntarism
- Index
seven - Competition, adaptation and resistance: (re)forming health organisations in New Zealand’s third sector
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 January 2022
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of tables, figures, maps and plates
- Notes on contributors
- Foreword: Beyond the shadow state?
- one Contemporary landscapes of welfare: the ‘voluntary turn’?
- two A ‘new institutional fix’? The ‘community turn’ and the changing role of the voluntary sector
- three Renewal or relocation? Social welfare, voluntarism and the city
- four Voluntarism and new forms of governance in rural communities
- five New times, new relationships: mental health, primary care and public health in New Zealand
- six Informal and voluntary care in Canada: caught in the Act?
- seven Competition, adaptation and resistance: (re)forming health organisations in New Zealand’s third sector
- eight The difference of voluntarism: the place of voluntary sector care homes for older Jewish people in the United Kingdom
- nine Values, practices and strategic divestment: Christian social service organisations in New Zealand
- ten Faith-based organisations and welfare provision in Northern Ireland and North America: whose agenda?
- eleven Government restructuring and settlement agencies in Vancouver: bringing advocacy back in
- twelve Developing voluntary community spaces and Ethnicity in Sydney, Australia
- thirteen The voluntary spaces of charity shops: workplaces or domestic spaces?
- fourteen The changing landscape of voluntary sector counselling in Scotland
- fifteen Volunteering, geography and welfare: a multilevel investigation of geographical variations in voluntary action
- sixteen Reflections on landscapes of voluntarism
- Index
Summary
Introduction
Recent changes in the health policy environment have profoundly affected ‘third sector’ health-related organisations in New Zealand, prompting a competitive ethic, various forms of organisational adaptation and, among some, a vehement resistance to a contractual culture. In this chapter, we trace the emergence of organisational adaptation and resistance as two responses to changes in the policy environment among third sector health providers. In particular we consider the role that key agents play in shaping the direction of these organisations. Our survey reaches into the origins of third sector activities in New Zealand. We pay particular attention to the effects of health sector restructuring during the 1980s and 1990s and the ensuing split between purchasers and providers.
Our thinking on these issues was prompted by comments made by Nowland-Foreman (1998, p 108), who depicts the forces of change that descended on third sector organisations in New Zealand during the 1980s and 1990s as being ‘gentle winds of change (that) turned into a hurricane that blew through an unsuspecting voluntary sector…’. The consequences of this change were apparent in comments made by the Community and Voluntary Sector Working Group (CVSWP) in 2001. This body was established in response to requests from the third sector that the New Zealand government review its relationship with these organisations. According to the CVSWG:
The Working Party heard a clear message that the social and economic reforms of the past two decades, particularly in the state sector, had a profound effect on the relationship between government and the community sector, leaving a residue of mistrust and tension…. (CVSWP, 2001, p 61)
In response to this observation, our chapter explores the relationship between the New Zealand government and the third sector during the 1990s, seeking to further understanding of the implications of this ‘hurricane’ for third sector health organisations. We contend that organisational characteristics alter with the life cycle of the organisation and the involvement of key individuals, both internally and externally. They are also influenced by social, economic and political change. The devolution of funding regimes that accompanied a neoliberally informed purchaser–provider split resulted in heterogeneous geographical experiences.
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- Landscapes of VoluntarismNew Spaces of Health, Welfare and Governance, pp. 115 - 134Publisher: Bristol University PressPrint publication year: 2006