Volunteers : a social profile / Marc A. Musick and John Wilson.
A detailed portrait of the volunteer in contemporary society.
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| Language: | English |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
©2008.
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| Series: | Philanthropic and nonprofit studies.
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Table of 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.