Volunteering and Society in the 21st Century

by Rochester, Colin; Paine, Angela Ellis; Howlett, Steven

• ISBN13: 9780230210585
• ISBN10: 0230210589
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-12-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

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 todays world.

Author Biography

COLIN ROCHESTER founded the Centre for the Study of Voluntary and Community Activity at Roehamptom University. ANGELA ELLIS PAINE is Director of the Institute for Volunteering Research, UK. STEVEN HOWLETT is Director of the Centre for the Study at Voluntary and Community Activity at Roehampton University, UK. MICHAEL LOCKE is Director of Public Affairs at Volunteering England.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	p. ix
List of Figures	p. x
Abbreviations	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xii
Notes on Contributors	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Making Sense of Volunteering: Perspectives, principles and definitions	p. 9
Capturing the Diversity of Voluntary Action	p. 24
Profiling Voluntary Action: Who does what?	p. 38
UK Volunteering in International Perspective	p. 53
A Changing Society	p. 69
Government and Volunteering: Towards a history of policy and practice	p. 84
The Changing Face of Volunteering: Current and future trends	p. 103
Motivation and Recruitment: Why and how do volunteers come?	p. 119
Rewards and Retention: Why do volunteers stay?	p. 133
Issues of Coordination and Management: How can the activities of volunteers be best organised?	p. 147
Measuring the Impact of Volunteering	p. 161
Changing the Image of Volunteering	p. 176
Making Volunteering Inclusive	p. 190
Maintaining the Independence of Voluntary Action	p. 206
Defending the Spirit of Volunteering from Formalisation	p. 220
Voluntary Action in the 21st Century	p. 233
References	p. 248
Index	p. 267
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