Chasing a 'loose and baggy monster': almshouses and the geography of charity |
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| Authors: | John R Bryson Mark McGuiness & Robert G Ford |
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| Institution: | School of Geography and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham;, School of Geography and Development Studies, Bath Spa University College;, School of Geography and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham |
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| Abstract: | This paper goes some way towards redressing the lack of geographical literature on charity through exploring the geography of the British domestic charitable sector. The size and geography of the third sector is outlined, followed by an analysis of how almshouses can be understood as inherently geographical and deeply embedded in local social networks of inclusion as well as exclusion. |
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| Keywords: | UK charity third sector almshouses embeddedness welfare |
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