Volunteering and Society in the 21st Century
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Volunteering and Society in the 21st Century

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

Volunteering and Society in the 21st Century

About this book

Expectations about the contribution that volunteering can make are at a new high. This book aims to meet this interest by bringing together in one volume what is known about the phenomenon of volunteering; the principles and practice of involving volunteers, and the enduring challenges for volunteering in today's world.

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Yes, you can access Volunteering and Society in the 21st Century by C. Rochester,A. Ellis Paine,S. Howlett,Kenneth A. Loparo,Kenneth A. Loparo,Meta Zimmeck,Angela Ellis Paine in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Public Policy. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Volunteering and Society in the 21st Century
  3. Contents
  4. Tables
  5. Figures
  6. Abbreviations
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Contributors
  9. 1 Introduction
  10. 2 Making Sense of Volunteering: Perspectives, principles and definitions
  11. 3 Capturing the Diversity of Voluntary Action
  12. 4 Profiling Voluntary Action: Who does what?
  13. 5 UK Volunteering in International Perspective
  14. 6 A Changing Society
  15. 7 Government and Volunteering: Towards a history of policy and practice
  16. 8 The Changing Face of Volunteering: Current and future trends
  17. 9 Motivation and Recruitment: Why and how do volunteers come?
  18. 10 Rewards and Retention: Why do volunteers stay?
  19. 11 Issues of Coordination and Management: How can the activities of volunteers be best organised?
  20. 12 Measuring the Impact of Volunteering
  21. 13 Changing the Image of Volunteering
  22. 14 Making Volunteering Inclusive
  23. 15 Maintaining the Independence of Voluntary Action
  24. 16 Defending the Spirit of Volunteering from Formalisation
  25. 17 Voluntary Action in the 21st Century
  26. References
  27. Index