Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0348546

Funded Activity Summary

Community Management of Human Services in the Quasi-market: A critical examination of management practices in government funded community service providers. Small community organisations providing human services in Australia are in crisis following introduction by governments of funding practices based on quasi-market constructs of 'purchasing' and 'contracting'. These organisations traditionally based their structure and practices on participation of, and accountability to, the local community. Explicit positioning of government as "customer" fundamentally alters this relationship. The research partners are increasingly aware of the practical issues for community management committees attempting to mediate these changes. In this research the emergent structures and practices of community organisations will be critically examined, and their impact on service provision analysed, through qualitative methods and textual analysis.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 18-09-2003

End Date: 17-06-2007

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $69,099.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Applied Sociology, Program Evaluation And Social Impact Assessment | Counselling, Welfare And Community Services | Social Work | Social Policy

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Public services management | Community services not elsewhere classified |

Other Keywords

Applied Sociology, Program Evaluation And Social Impact Assessment | Community services not elsewhere classified | Counselling, Welfare And Community Services | Public services management | Social Policy | Social Work

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