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 in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Social Work. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Year

2016

ISBN

9780230279438

Topic

Social Sciences

Subtopic

Social Work

Index

Social Sciences

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