Volunteering and society in the 21st century
By: Colin Rocherster, Angela Ellis Paine and Steven Howlett.
Contributors: Paine, Angela Ellis, 1975-; Howlett, Steven, 1965-
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230210585
Subjects: Voluntarism
Description: "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 todays world"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: PART I: Volunteering Today Making Sense of Volunteering: Capturing the Diversity of Voluntary ActionProfiling Voluntary ActionAn International PerspectivePART II: A Changing World A Changing SocietyPublic and Social Policy and its Impact The Changing Face of VolunteeringPART III: Issues of Organisation and Management Motivation and RecruitmentRewards and RetentionCo-ordination and ManagementMeasuring ImpactPART IV: Enduring ChallengesChanging the ImageMaking Volunteering InclusiveAsserting Volunteerings Independence from GovernmentDefending the Spirit of Volunteering from Formalisation.