TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rochester,Colin
TI  - Volunteering and society in the 21st century
SN  - 0230210589
AV  - HN49.V64 V63885 2010
U1  - 302.14 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK, New York
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Voluntarism
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-266) and index; 1; Introduction --; 2; Making Sense of Volunteering: Perspectives, principles and definitions --; 3; Capturing the Diversity of Voluntary Action --; 4; Profiling Voluntary Action: Who does what? --; 5; UK Volunteering in International Perspective --; 6; A Changing Society --; 7; Government and Volunteering: Towards a history of policy and practice --; 8; The Changing Face of Volunteering: Current and future trends --; 9; Motivation and Recruitment: Why and how do volunteers come? --; 10; Rewards and Retention: Why do volunteers stay? --; 11; Issues of Coordination and Management: How can the activities of volunteers be best organised? --; 12; Measuring the Impact of Volunteering --; 13; Changing the Image of Volunteering --; 14; Making Volunteering Inclusive --; 15; Maintaining the Independence of Voluntary Action --; 16; Defending the Spirit of Volunteering from Formalisation --; 17; Voluntary Action in the 21st Century
N2  - "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
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