Values of Volunteering Cross-Cultural Perspectives

Name: Values of Volunteering Cross-Cultural Perspectives
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ISBN: 9780306477379

ISBN-10: 0306477378

ISBN-13: 9780306477379

Edition: 2003

Authors: Paul Dekker, Loek Halman

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The Values of Volunteering examines volunteering in detail from a civil society perspective, using empirical data garnered from various sources for countries all over the globe. The contributions in this title deal with a broad spectrum of questions, ranging from the diversity, social and cultural determinants and organizational settings of volunteering, to its possible individual, social, and political effects. The Values of Volunteering explains not only the differences and similarities in volunteering between countries and the conditions that may be conducive to or hinder volunteering, it also discusses: -Why people volunteer; -How volunteers relate to each other and to the people…

Book details

List price: $109.99
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Springer
Publication date: 7/31/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 226
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.530
Language: English

Paul Dekker is a political scientist and head of the Participation and Government research unit of the Netherlands Institute for Social research/SCP and professor of Civil Society Studies at Tilburg University.




Volunteering and Values: An Introduction



Volunteering


Background


Outcomes


Structure of the Book


References



All in the Eyes of the Beholder? Perceptions of Volunteering Across Eight Countries



Introduction


The Questionnaire


A Cross-Cultural Analysis


Discussion and Implications


References



Volunteering in Global Perspective



The Rate and Scope of Volunteering in Various Countries


Defining Volunteering


Volunteering Rates by Nation


The Fields in Which Volunteers Are Active


Social Resources Theory


Discussion and Conclusions


References



Modernization and Volunteering



Volunteering in Knowledge Societies


Modernization and Cultural Change: Two Dimensions of Cross-Cultural Variation


Intergenerational Differences in Membership and Volunteering


Three Types of Volunteering


Conclusions


References



Institutional Roots of Volunteering: Toward a Macro-Structural Theory of Individual Voluntary Action



Introduction


Volunteering in 24 Countries: Major Findings


Explaining Patterns of Volunteering


Summary and Conclusions


References



Do People Who Volunteer Have a Distinctive Ethos? A Canadian Study



Prologue and Guiding Questions


Data and Analysis Strategy


Analysis


Concluding Commentary


Appendix


References



A Humanistic Perspective on the Volunteer-Recipient Relationship: A Mexican Study



Introduction


A Humanistic Approach to Volunteering


Volunteering as "Serving" and as "Helping"


An Empirical Study with Mexican Volunteers


The Dynamics of the Volunteer-Recipient Relationship


Outcomes and Conclusions


References



From Restitution to Innovation: Volunteering in Postcommunist Countries



Introduction


Marxist Theory and the Practice of Volunteering


Dynamics of Volunteering in Postcommunist Countries


Volunteering in Lithuania


Conclusion: The Future of Volunteering


References



Volunteering in Romania: A Rara Avis



Introduction


Conceptual Delimitations and Theoretical Background


Individual Determinants of Volunteering in Romania


Contextual Determinants of Volunteering in Romania


Conclusions


References



Generations and Organizational Change



Introduction: Where Have All the Volunteers Gone?


Design and Data


Generational Differences Reflect and Cause Social Change


The Results: Attitudes toward Voluntary Organizing


What Distinguishes New Organizations from Traditional Ones?


Toward a New Organizational Society?


References



Volunteering, Democracy, and Democratic Attitudes



Introduction


Some Theoretical Considerations


Data and Measurements


Analyses


References



Cultivating Apathy in Voluntary Associations



The Ideal


Volunteers Encouraging Each Other to Care


"We Accomplish a Lot": The "Frontstage" Is for Volunteer Groups


Backstage Complaints and Recognition of Problems


Officials Reinforce Volunteers' Political Avoidance


The Culture of Political Avoidance


Bridging Private and Public: The Strange Case of Child-Centered Civic Life in the United States


References


Index