An article examined how civil society organizations fared in gaining funds from the 2007-2013 European Social Fund (ESF) programmes in Wales. It argued that organizations that were structurally embedded would be most successful in gaining ESF funds, with other organizations 'structurally excluded'.
Source: Rebecca Rumbul, 'Structurally excluded? Structural embeddedness and civil society competition for funding', Journal of Civil Society, Volume 9 Number 4
Links: Abstract
Date: 2013-Dec
A new book said that, far from being an alien English import, the 'Big Society' was more Welsh than English. Wales could contribute to the development of Big Society ideas in practice – and at the same time renew its own economic life, identity, and traditions.
Source: Dan Boucher, The Big Society in a Small Country: Wales, social capital, mutualism and self-help, Institute of Welsh Affairs
Links: Summary | Click on Wales blog post
Date: 2013-Apr
