This article draws together the findings from a program of research
undertaken in the United Kingdom during the decade 1980-1990 ("the
Thatcher period"). Using an analytic framework that distinguishes among
the activities of agencies, their implicit welfare policies, organizational
structures, governance systems, and human and financial resources, this
article explores changes in the work of local voluntary and nonprofit
agencies. Major changes in each of these dimensions are identified, and
the relationships among them are discussed. The broad objective of the
article is to increase understanding of the underlying structures of volun
tary agencies.
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