Grasping the Nettle: Espousing Economic Values in the Value Plural Operating Context of not-for-profit Social Services

From Governance to Ground

“…Implicit are the beliefs that small government is best, individuals are able to take responsibility for themselves, and the systemic environment in which all this takes place is benign. The pressure within the neoliberal environment to cut welfare spending, together with NPM and incomplete funding of services under contractual arrangements (Green, 2012), has intensified, rather than allayed, concerns about NFP financial viability and client wellbeing. Further, Carey and Riley (2012) argue that the choice and competition model for delivering health and welfare services is unlikely to improve health inequalities -and certainly in Australia we are seeing an increasing gap between those with wealth and those in disadvantaged circumstances (Richardson & Denniss, 2014).…”