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"Beyond silent organisations"
— a reflection of the UK Chinese people and their community organizations | | Author(s) | Chak Kwan Chan, Bankole Cole, Graham Bowpitt |
| Journal title | Critical Social Policy, vol 27, no 4, issue 93, November 2007 |
| Pages | pp 509-533 |
| Source | http://csp.sagepub.com |
| Keywords | Chinese people ; Self help organisations ; Voluntary agencies ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | The UK Chinese community has long been perceived as having a high degree of solidarity and self-sufficiency. On the other hand, it is argued that the sense of community and mutual help among Chinese people has been weakened by their competitive approach to business. This study is based on an ESRC-funded national study of UK Chinese people's help-seeking behaviour, "The UK Chinese people: diversity and unmet needs". It found that Chinese people - both where their populations are dispersed or concentrated - actively formed organisations to meet their social and cultural needs. However, Chinese organisations were weakened by inadequate resources and the diverse needs of different Chinese groups. Thus, the UK Chinese people were neither self-sufficient nor isolated from each other. The experiences of Chinese organisations further show that in spite of government expectations of community organisations, state input has been mainly in terms of regulations and control. Without financial support, UK Chinese organisations will slip from being weak organisations into "silent" ones. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-071107210 A |
| Classmark | TKL: PQ: PK: 3F |
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