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Volunteers A Social Profile

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ISBN-10: 025334929X

ISBN-13: 9780253349293

Edition: 2007

Authors: Marc A. Musick, John Wilson

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A detailed portrait of the volunteer in contemporary society
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Book details

List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 11/28/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 680
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.25" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 2.464
Language: English

Marc A. Musick is Associate Professor of Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin. He specializes in the sociology of health and social psychology.John Wilson is Professor of Sociology at Duke University. He has published more than 50 articles on volunteerism and the impact of race, gender, religion, and leisure on volunteering in publications such as Contemporary Sociology, Social Forces, Social Science Quarterly, and American Sociological Review.

Preface
Acknowledgments
An Introduction to Volunteering
The Importance of Studying Volunteering
What Is Volunteering?
Subjective Dispositions
Personality
Motives
Values, Norms, and Attitudes
Individual Resources
Socio-Economic Resources
Time and Health
Gender
Race
The Social Context of Volunteering
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
The Organization of Volunteer Work
Volunteer Tasks
The Volunteer Role
The Consequences of Volunteering
Citizenship and Prosocial Behavior
Occupation, Income, and Health
Conclusion
Appendix
Notes
References
Index