Marc A. Musick, John Wilson

Gebundenes Buch

Volunteers

A Social Profile

Beschreibung

Who tends to volunteer and why? What causes attract certain types of volunteers? What motivates people to volunteer? Making use of survey information to offer a detailed portrait of the volunteer in America, this work provides a resource for everyone who works with volunteers or is interested in their role in contemporary society.

Autor

Marc A. Musick is Associate Professor of Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin. He specializes in the sociology of health and social psychology. John Wilson is Professor of Sociology at Duke University. He has published more than 50 articles on volunteerism and the impact of race, gender, religion, and leisure on volunteering in publications such as Contemporary Sociology, Social Forces, Social Science Quarterly, and American Sociological Review.

Produktdetails

• Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies
• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 680
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 1078g
• ISBN-13: 9780253349293
• ISBN-10: 025334929X
• Artikelnr.: 22897490