P11 SIG Civil society and community self-organizations

Panel chairs

Kelly Hall (University of Birmingham) k.j.hall@bham.ac.uk - corresponding chair  

Richard Hazenberg (University of Northampton) 

Malika Igalla (Erasmus University Rotterdam)  

José Nederhand (Erasmus University Rotterdam) - review group chair

Madeline Powell (University of York)  

Sanna Tuurnas (Tampere University)  

Edwina Zhu (University of Edinburgh)   

Francesca Calo (Open University 

Unprecedented social challenges have stimulated collaboration between citizens, civil society and public administration to (co)produce public services. This panel invites scholars to introduce, explore and explain how civil society and community self-organisations (including social enterprises, charities and community initiatives) can meet social needs and tackle social problems that include social inequality. We encourage papers that explore the increasingly complex relationships between civil society and governments and the role that social capital plays in these relationships. We also seek papers that examine the capacity and durability of civil society organisations to (co)produce public services, their impact on the principles and practices of public services and their effectiveness at delivering positive public and social value

We welcome conceptual and empirical studies that seek to critically address key questions like:

• How can civil society and community self-organisations tackle complex social problems, and create a more social equitable and environmentally sustainable world?
• How should governments be organised to facilitate public participation, co-production and self-organisation within civil society?
• What challenges do civil society and community self-organisations face when managing hybrid social and economic aims?
• What role does social capital play in the relationship between civil society and governments?
• What are the determinants for legitimate and effective (co)production between actors from civil society, community self-organisations and the state?
• What is the capacity of community self-organisations to co-create value for beneficiaries, the local community and wider society?

Abstracts should be no longer than 400 words and should include a reference list.