Examining the history of social movements and non-state socio-political action, this volume shows how Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) have proliferated in Britain since 1945, and how they have raised new political agendas, revived associational life, and arguably re-politicized generations disillusioned with the politics of the ballot box.

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MATT ANDERSON Doctoral Graduate, the University of Birmingham, UK CAITRIONA BEAUMONT Senior Lecturer in Social History, London South Bank University, UK LAWRENCE BLACK Senior Lecturer in Modern British History, Durham University, UK STEPHEN BROOKE Associate Professor of History, York University, Toronto, Canada TOM BUCHANAN Reader in Modern History, the University of Oxford, Department for Continuing Education, UK JODI BURKETT Doctoral Candidate, York University, Canada NICK CROWSON Reader in Contemporary British History, the University of Birmingham, UK TANYA EVANS Research Fellow at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia DARREN HALPIN Reader in the Department of Public Policy, The Robert Gordon University, UK MATTHEW HILTON Professor of Social History, the University of Birmingham, UK JAMES MCKAY Postdoctoral Research Fellow, the University of Birmingham, UK AUDRA MITCHELL Doctoral Candidate, the Queen's University of Belfast, UK ALEX MOLD Lecturer in History, the Centre for History in Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK CHRISTOPHER ROOTES Professor of Environmental Politics and Political Sociology, University of Kent, UK CLARE SAUNDERS Lecturer / RCUK Fellow in Politics, the University of Southampton, UK ROB SKINNER Department of Historical Studies, the University of Bristol, UK MATTHEW WAITES Lecturer in Sociology, the University of Glasgow, UK

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Introduction; J.McKay & M.Hilton Peace: Direct Action and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, 1958-62; J.Burkett International Aid and Development: British Humanitarian, Aid and Development NGOs, 1949-Present; C.Saunders Women: Housewives, Workers and Citizens: Voluntary Women's Organizations and the Campaign for Women's Rights in England and Wales during the Post-war Period; C.Beaumont Sexual Politics: The Sphere of Sexual Politics: the Abortion Law Reform Association, 1930s to 1960s; S.Brooke Gay Rights: Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual NGOs in Britain: Past, Present and Future; M.Waites Human Rights: Human Rights Campaigns in Modern Britain; T.Buchanan Anti-Apartheid: The Anti-Apartheid Movement: Pressure Group Politics, International Solidarity and Transnational Activism; R.Skinner Poverty: Stopping the Poor Getting Poorer: the Establishment and Professionalisation of Poverty NGOs, 1945-95; T.Evans Drugs: The Changing Role of NGOs in Britain: Voluntary Action and Illegal Drugs; A.Mold Reactionaries: There was Something About Mary: The National Viewers' and Listeners' Association and Social Movement History; L.Black Environmentalism: Environmental NGOs and the Environmental Movement in England; C.Rootes Fair Trade: NGOs and Fair trade: the Social Movement behind the Label; M.Anderson NGOs and the State: Transforming a Divided Civil Society? Governance, Conflict Transformation and NGOs in Northern Ireland, 1970-2006; A.Mitchell Democracy: NGOs and Democratisation: Assessing Variation in the Internal Democratic Practices of NGOs; D.Halpin