Musick, Marc A.,

Volunteers : a social profile / Marc A. Musick and John Wilson. - vi, 663 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. - Philanthropic and nonprofit studies . - Philanthropic and nonprofit studies. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 581-632) and index.

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.

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Voluntarism
Volunteers.

HN49.V64 / M87 2008

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