Politics and volunteering in Japan : a global perspective /

Politics and Volunteering begins by painting a portrait of volunteering in Japan, and demonstrates that our current understandings of civil society have been based implicitly on a U.S. model that does not adequately consider participation patterns found in other parts of the world. The book develops...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Haddad, Mary Alice, 1973-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Temas:
Voluntarism > Cross-cultural studies.
Voluntarism > Japan.
Social participation > Cross-cultural studies.
Social participation > Japan.
Community organization > Cross-cultural studies.
Community organization > Japan.
Participation sociale > Études transculturelles.
Participation sociale > Japon.
Organisation communautaire > Études transculturelles.
Organisation communautaire > Japon.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > City Planning & Urban Development.
Community organization
Social participation
Voluntarism
Japan
Cross-cultural studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Performing their civic duty : a theory of volunteer participation
  • Patterns of participation : volunteering around the world
  • Volunteering in Japan : not where you would expect
  • Practices that count : legitimizing, organizing, and funding volunteers
  • Engaged communities : the community voluntarism model
  • Cross-national volunteer participation : testing the community voluntarism model
  • Conclusion.

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