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245 00 $aVolunteering and society in the 21st century /$cColin Rocherster [and others].
260 $aBasingstoke, UK ;$aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2010.
300 $axiii, 274 pages :$billustrations ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Making sense of volunteering : perspectives, principles and definitions -- Capturing the diversity of voluntary action -- Profiling voluntary action : who does what? -- UK volunteering in international perspective -- A changing society -- Government and volunteering : towards a history of policy and practice -- The changing face of volunteering : current and future trends -- Motivation and recruitment : why and how do volunteers come? -- Rewards and retention : why do volunteers stay? -- Issues of coordination and management : how can the activities of volunteers be best organised? -- Measuring the impact of volunteering -- Changing the image of volunteering -- Making volunteering inclusive -- Maintaining the independence of voluntary action -- Defending the spirit of volunteering from formalisation -- Voluntary action in the 21st century.
520 $a"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"--Provided by publisher.
650 0 $aVoluntarism.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85144334
700 1 $aRochester, Colin.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94020792
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