NGOs in Contemporary Britain

1. Introduction
James McKay, Matthew Hilton

2. Direct Action and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, 1958–62
Jodi Burkett

3. British Humanitarian, Aid and Development NGOs, 1949–Present
Clare Saunders

4. Housewives, Workers and Citizens: Voluntary Women’s Organisations and the Campaign for Women’s Rights in England and Wales during the Post-War Period
Caitriona Beaumont

5. The Sphere of Sexual Politics: The Abortion Law Reform Association, 1930s to 1960s
Stephen Brooke

6. Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual NGOs in Britain: Past, Present and Future
Matthew Waites

7. Human Rights Campaigns in Modern Britain
Tom Buchanan

8. The Anti-Apartheid Movement: Pressure Group Politics, International Solidarity and Transnational Activism
Rob Skinner

9. Stopping the Poor Getting Poorer: The Establishment and Professionalisation of Poverty NGOs, 1945–95
Tanya Evans

10. The Changing Role of NGOs in Britain: Voluntary Action and Illegal Drugs
Alex Mold

11. There Was Something About Mary: The National Viewers’ and Listeners’ Association and Social Movement History
Lawrence Black

12. Environmental NGOs and the Environmental Movement in England
Christopher Rootes

13. NGOs and Fair Trade: The Social Movement Behind the Label
Matthew Anderson

14. Transforming a Divided Civil Society? Governance, Conflict Transformation and NGOs in Northern Ireland, 1970–2006
Audra Mitchell

15. NGOs and Democratisation: Assessing Variation in the Internal Democratic Practices of NGOs
Darren Halpin

Keywords: History, History of Britain and Ireland, Political History, Social History, Cultural History, Political Communication, Modern History