Robert S Ogilvie

Voluntarism, Community Life, and the American Ethic

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Ogilvie's examination of voluntarism suggests that the American ethic is essential for sustaining community life and to the future well-being of a democratic society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juni 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 581g
• ISBN-13: 9780253344236
• ISBN-10: 0253344239
• Artikelnr.: 21285693

Autorenporträt

Robert S. Ogilvie

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Voluntarism and the American Ethic
1. The Partnership for the Homeless: The Tradition of Churches Helping the
Homeless in New York
2. In the Church Shelters
3. Why People Volunteer in Church Shelters and Why They Keep at It
4. The Mediating Role of the Church Shelters
5. The Moral Effects of the Volunteer Experience
6. The Church Shelters as Community-Generating Institutions
7. Social Architecture: The Art of Building Community-Generating
Institutions
Conclusion
Appendix: Research Methods
Notes
Bibliography
Index