The Values of Volunteering (eBook, PDF)

Cross-Cultural Perspectives
Redaktion: Dekker, Paul; Halman, Loek

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines volunteering in detail from a civil society perspective, using empirical data garnered from various sources for countries all over the globe. The contributions deal with a broad spectrum of questions, ranging from the diversity, social and cultural determinants and organizational settings of volunteering, to its possible individual, social, and political effects.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer New York
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781461501459
• Artikelnr.: 44179749

Inhaltsangabe

1 - Volunteering and Values: An Introduction.- Volunteering.- Background.- Outcomes.- Structure of the Book.- References.- 2 - All in the Eyes of the Beholder? Perceptions of Volunteering Across Eight Countries.- The Questionnaire.- A Cross-Cultural Analysis.- Discussion and Implications.- References.- 3 - Volunteering in Global Perspective.- The Rate and Scope of Volunteering in Various Countries.- Defining Volunteering.- Volunteering Rates by Nation.- The Fields in Which Volunteers Are Active.- Social Resources Theory.- Discussion and Conclusions.- References.- 4 - Modernization and Volunteering.- Volunteering in Knowledge Societies.- Modernization and Cultural Change: Two Dimensions of Cross-Cultural Variation.- Intergenerational Differences in Membership and Volunteering.- Three Types of Volunteering.- Conclusions.- References.- 5 - Institutional Roots of Volunteering: Toward a Macro-Structural Theory of Individual Voluntary Action.- Volunteering in 24 Countries: Major Findings.- Explaining Patterns of Volunteering.- Summary and Conclusions.- References.- 6 - Do People Who Volunteer Have a Distinctive Ethos? A Canadian Study.- Prologue and Guiding Questions.- Data and Analysis Strategy.- Analysis.- Concluding Commentary.- References.- 7 - A Humanistic Perspective on the Volunteer-Recipient Relationship: A Mexican StudyIll.- A Humanistic Approach to Volunteering.- Volunteering as "Serving" and as "Helping".- An Empirical Study with Mexican Volunteers.- The Dynamics of the Volunteer-Recipient Relationship.- Outcomes and Conclusions.- References.- 8 - From Restitution to Innovation: Volunteering in Postcommunist Countries.- Marxist Theory and the Practice of Volunteering.- Dynamics of Volunteering in Postcommunist Countries.- Volunteering inLithuania.- Conclusion: The Future of Volunteering.- References.- 9 - Volunteering in Romania: A Rara Avis.- Conceptual Delimitations and Theoretical Background.- Individual Determinants of Volunteering in Romania.- Contextual Determinants of Volunteering in Romania.- Conclusions.- References.- 10 - Generations and Organizational Change.- Introduction: Where Have All the Volunteers Gone?.- Design and Data.- Generational Differences Reflect and Cause Social Change.- The Results: Attitudes toward Voluntary Organizing.- What Distinguishes New Organizations from Traditional Ones?.- Toward a New Organizational Society?.- References.- 11 - Volunteering, Democracy, and Democratic Attitudes.- Some Theoretical Considerations.- Data and Measurements.- Analyses.- References.- 12 - Cultivating Apathy in Voluntary Associations.- The Ideal.- Volunteers Encouraging Each Other to Care.- "We Accomplish a Lot": The "Frontstage" Is for Volunteer Groups.- Backstage Complaints and Recognition of Problems.- Officials Reinforce Volunteers' Political Avoidance.- The Culture of Political Avoidance.- Bridging Private and Public: The Strange Case of Child-Centered Civic Life in the United States.- References.

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From the reviews:

"This book examines volunteering in detail from a civil society perspective, using empirical data garnered from various sources for countries all over the globe. The contributions deal with a broad spectrum of questions, ranging from the diversity, social and cultural determinants and organizational settings of volunteering, to its possible individual, social, and political effects. "The values of this relatively unique work lies in the many comparisons and analyses based on cross-cultural data." (Social and Behavioral Sciences, 41:10)

"In summary, this volume is all the more impressive given the difficulty of the subject matter with which it deals. It should be required reading for any scholar interested in the nonprofit sector, volunteering, and the comparative study of civil society more generally." (John Wilson; American Journal of Sociology, 109:6)

"The Values of Volunteering, presents chapters that ... advance a vision of volunteering as involving more than a way of providing service to persons in need. ... A second goal of the work is to 'contribute to the recognition of volunteering as an interesting topic for further social research. To these ends, the chapters are rich and rewarding and have been well crafted to provide a coherent advance of the book's argument." (Jon Van Til, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Vol. 34 (2), June, 2005)