Title: Voluntarism, community life, and the American ethic /
Authors: Ogilvie, Robert S., 1963-
Publisher: Indiana University Press,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Partnership for the Homeless (New York, N.Y.); Shelters for the homeless New York (State) New York.; Voluntarism New York (State) New York.
Abstract: "In this study of volunteers at the Partnership for the Homeless in New York City, Robert S. Ogilvie examines why people volunteer and what motivates them to stick with it. He describes, in the volunteers' own voices and through his own experience as director of volunteers, how participants become integrated into the Partnership's program and how the environment of the shelters connects people to one another and to sources of meaning and power. Voluntarism, Community Life, and the American Ethic provides a step-by-step analysis of the elements that contribute to a successful volunteer program."--Jacket.
Contents: Voluntarism and the American ethic -- The Partnership for the Homeless -- In the church shelters -- Why people volunteer in church shelters and why they keep at it -- The mediating role of the church shelters -- The moral effects of the volunteer experience -- The church shelters as community-generating institutions -- Social architecture.