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Volunteering and Social Inclusion
Susanne Strauss
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Description for Volunteering and Social Inclusion
Paperback. Mit einem Geleitwort von Prof. Dr. Steffen Hillmert Series: Life Course Research. Num Pages: 275 pages, 32 black & white illustrations, 28 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB; KJVX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 385.
Over the past few years, the area of volunteer work and civic engagement are topics that have received increasing attention from both the public as well as sociological research. In particular, there has been a controversy as to what - gree voluntary work can be regarded as a collective solution for attenuating - bour market problems and risks of social exclusion. Empirical evidence for the employment effects of voluntary work has made scholars more sceptical than many optimistic scenarios. So far, however, the links between paid work and voluntary work have mainly been discussed as either a phenomenon on the ... Read more
Over the past few years, the area of volunteer work and civic engagement are topics that have received increasing attention from both the public as well as sociological research. In particular, there has been a controversy as to what - gree voluntary work can be regarded as a collective solution for attenuating - bour market problems and risks of social exclusion. Empirical evidence for the employment effects of voluntary work has made scholars more sceptical than many optimistic scenarios. So far, however, the links between paid work and voluntary work have mainly been discussed as either a phenomenon on the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
Series
Life Course Research
Number of Pages
275
Place of Publication
Weisbaden, Germany
ISBN
9783835070219
SKU
V9783835070219
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99-15
About Susanne Strauss
Dr. Susanne Strauß holds a doctoral degree from the Graduate School of Social Sciences (GSSS) at the University of Bremen, Germany. She is an assistent professor at the Department of Sociology at the University of Tübingen, Germany.
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