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Since the formal establishment of IVAR in spring 2006 we have published two reports:
‘Making it Real. A report of the partnership improvement programme with voluntary and community organisations and local authorities’
‘Servants of the Community or Agents of Government? The role of community-based organisations and their contribution to public services delivery and civil renewal’
(Exec Summary)
Ben Cairns, Professor Margaret Harris and colleagues have previously produced a number of publications based on action research projects carried out at the Aston Centre for Voluntary Action Research.
Cairns B., Harris M. and Young P. ‘Building the Capacity of the Voluntary Nonprofit Sector: Challenges of Theory and Practice’ International Journal of Public Administration, 2005, 28, 869-885
Harris M, Cairns B. and Hutchison R. ‘So many tiers, so many agendas, so many pots of money: The Challenge of Regionalisation for Voluntary and Community Organisations’ Social Policy and Administration, 2004, 38(5) 525-40
Harris M, Hutchison R. and Cairns B. ‘Community-Wide Planning for Faith-Based Service Provision: Practical, Policy and Conceptual Challenges’ Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 2005, 34(1), 88-109
Cairns B. Harris M., Hutchison R. and Tricker M. 'Improving performance? The Adoption and Implementation of Quality Systems in UK Nonprofits’ Nonprofit Management and Leadership, 2005, 16(2), 135-151
Cairns B., Carroll M. and Harris M. ‘Action Research: Professional Researchers in the Community’ in Handbook of Community Movements and Local Organizations
Cnaan, Ram R.A.; Milofsky, Carl (Eds.) 2007, ISBN: 0-387-32932-3