Landscapes of Voluntarism: New Spaces of Health, Welfare and Governance

Landscapes of Voluntarism collects new and innovative work by researchers from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom—sites where voluntarism has become increasingly important in the development and delivery of social welfare policy. With a preface by one of the foremost geographers in the field, this book features empirical and theoretical work from both emerging and well-established scholars. These contributors explore the interactions between voluntarism and a range of issues including governance, health, community action, faith, ethnicity, counselling, and professionalization.

Christine Milligan is associate dean in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and a senior lecturer in Health Research at Lancaster University, UK. David Conradson is a senior lecturer in human geography at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.