Research theme: Charity and politics

Here you will find our latest research findings on the topic of politics in the third-sector, covering the following:

• Charity and social cohesion, including charity’s role in understanding and meeting the needs of vulnerable and marginalised groups of people and articulating the needs of communities not met through political process.
• Justice and ethics: the achievements of charity in developing, promoting and defending norms of social justice and equality, and the performance of charitable organisations in exemplifying such norms.
• Charity’s part in a flourishing democracy – the idea of voluntary action; the relationship between the State and the charitable sector; charity’s role in securing democratic change and holding to account elected and non-elected public authorities.