| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 663 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Philanthropic and nonprofit studies |
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Philanthropic and nonprofit studies.
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| Contents |
The importance of studying volunteering -- What is volunteering? -- Personality -- Motives -- Values, norms, and attitudes -- Socio-economic resources -- Time and health -- Gender -- Race -- The life course: the early stages -- The life course: the later stages -- Social resources -- Volunteer recruitment -- Schools and congregations -- Community, neighborhood, city, and region -- Cross-national differences -- Trends in volunteering -- Volunteer tasks -- The volunteer role -- Citizenship and prosocial behavior -- Occupation, income, and health -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
A detailed portrait of the volunteer in contemporary society |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 581-632) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Voluntarism.
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Volunteers.
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Volunteers
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SELF-HELP -- Personal Growth -- Success.
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Voluntarism
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Volunteers
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Ehrenamtliche Tätigkeit
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Freiwilligkeit
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Ehrenamtlicher Mitarbeiter
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wilson, John, 1942-
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| ISBN |
9780253116864 |
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0253116864 |
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1282078321 |
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9781282078321 |
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9786612078323 |
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6612078324 |
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