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-...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©2011.
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Colección: | Princeton studies in cultural sociology.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.