Active ageing : Voluntary work by older people in Europe
eBook - PDF

Active ageing : Voluntary work by older people in Europe

  1. 370 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Active ageing : Voluntary work by older people in Europe

About this book

In this topical book older people's volunteering is studied in eight European countries at the structural, macro, meso and micro levels. Overall it highlights how different interactions between the levels facilitate or hinder older people's inclusion in voluntary work and makes policy suggestions for an integrated strategy.

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Information

Publisher
Policy Press
Year
2014
Topic
Social Sciences
eBook ISBN
9781447354765
Subtopic
Sociology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. ACTIVE AGEING
  2. Contents
  3. List of tables and figures
  4. Notes on the contributors
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Foreword
  7. 1. Introduction: enhancing volunteering in later life in Europe
  8. 2. Volunteering in older age: a conceptual and analytical framework
  9. 3. Older volunteers in Italy: an underestimated phenomenon?
  10. 4. Older volunteers in Denmark: a large voluntary sector in a highly developed welfare state
  11. 5. Older volunteers in Germany: opportunities and restrictions in the welfare mix
  12. 6. Older volunteers in England: towards greater flexibility and inclusiveness?
  13. 7. Older volunteers in France: recognising their social utility in a less and less corporatist welfare state
  14. 8. Older volunteers in Poland: the heritage of a Socialist regime
  15. 9. Older volunteers in Sweden: a welfare state in transition
  16. 10. Older volunteers in the Netherlands: new challenges to an old tradition
  17. 11. Voluntary organisations’ characteristics and practices towards older volunteers
  18. 12. Organisational reflections on the impact of working and caring on older volunteering
  19. 13. Organisations’ age management of older volunteers: pointing to the future
  20. 14. Conclusions: enhancing volunteering by older people in Europe
  21. Index

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