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. Ed(S): Butcher, Jacqueline; Einolf, Christopher J. - Perspectives on Volunteering - 9783319398976 - V9783319398976
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Perspectives on Volunteering

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Description for Perspectives on Volunteering Hardback. Editor(s): Butcher, Jacqueline; Einolf, Christopher J. Series: Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies. Num Pages: 297 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 6 colour illustrations, 5 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JKSN1; KJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 613.

​This volume overlooks the distinct expressions and awareness of volunteering in the lived reality of people from different regions of the world. By casting the net widely this book not only expands the geographic reach of experiences, models and case studies but also transcends the conventional focus on formal volunteering. It highlights institutional forms of volunteering specific to developing nations and also describes volunteering that is more loosely institutionalized, informal, and a part of solidarity and collective spirit.  As a result this book provides a different look at the values, meaning, acts and expressions of volunteering.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
297
Condition
New
Series
Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319398976
SKU
V9783319398976
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About . Ed(S): Butcher, Jacqueline; Einolf, Christopher J.
Jacqueline Butcher is Director of the Centro de Investigación y Estudios sobre Sociedad Civil, (CIESC) (Center for Civil Society Research and Studies) in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Tecnológico de Monterrery, Mexico City Campus. Her areas of research focus on civil society, volunteering and solidarity. Her work has appeared in various academic journals such as Voluntas, ... Read more

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