Volunteering and society in the 21st century / 
Colin Rocherster [and others]. 
 - xiii, 274 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-266) and index. 
<br/><br/> Introduction --  Making Sense of Volunteering: Perspectives, principles and definitions --  Capturing the Diversity of Voluntary Action --  Profiling Voluntary Action: Who does what? --  UK Volunteering in International Perspective --  A Changing Society --  Government and Volunteering: Towards a history of policy and practice --  The Changing Face of Volunteering: Current and future trends --  Motivation and Recruitment: Why and how do volunteers come? --  Rewards and Retention: Why do volunteers stay? --  Issues of Coordination and Management: How can the activities of volunteers be best organised? --  Measuring the Impact of Volunteering --  Changing the Image of Volunteering --  Making Volunteering Inclusive --  Maintaining the Independence of Voluntary Action --  Defending the Spirit of Volunteering from Formalisation --  Voluntary Action in the 21st Century.  1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  7.  8.  9.  10.  11.  12.  13.  14.  15.  16.  17. 
<br/><br/> "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 today's world"--Provided by publisher. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0230210589 9780230210585 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009043970 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Voluntarism
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HN49.V64  / V63885 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>302.14