Reimagining Voluntary Sector Leadership : The Influence and Impact of Place

The voluntary sector plays a crucial role in shaping place, and is in turn shaped by that context, yet this ‘place leadership’ role has been underexplored in research. This interdisciplinary book brings together leading scholars and practitioners to examine this intriguing phenomenon in different political and cultural contexts.

Using case studies from the UK, the US, China and Europe, the book provides fresh insights into the dynamic relationship between place, leadership and voluntary action. Written in an accessible, jargon-free style, it sets state-of-the-art agendas for understanding and strengthening the voluntary sector’s influence in place leadership.

Susanne Martikke leads on research at Greater Manchester Centre for Voluntary Organisation (GMCVO), the voluntary sector support organisation for the city-region of Greater Manchester. She has more than twelve years’ experience of conducting research with and about the voluntary sector. Some of this research has been in partnership with academics at local and national universities. She is now working on a collaborative Studentship in Sociology at the University of Manchester.

Louise Warwick-Booth is a Reader and Associate Director of the Centre for Health Promotion Research at Leeds Beckett University.

Susan Coan is a Research Officer at Leeds Beckett University.

James Rees is Reader at the Institute for Community Research and Development (ICRD) at the University of Wolverhampton.