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Making volunteers : civic life after welfare's end /

"Volunteering improves inner character, builds community, cures poverty, and prevents crime. We've all heard this kind of empowerment talk from nonprofit and government-sponsored civic programs. But what do these programs really accomplish? In Making Volunteers, Nina Eliasoph offers an in-...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Eliasoph, Nina
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2011.
Colección:Princeton studies in cultural sociology.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Empower Yourself; Chapter 1: How to Learn Something in an Empowerment Project; Part One: Cultivating Open Civic Equality; Part Two: Cultivating Intimate Comfort and Safety; Part Three: Celebrating Our Diverse, Multicultural Community; Notes; References; Index.