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Survey of voluntaristics : research on the growth of the global, interdisciplinary, socio-behavioral science field and emergent inter-discipline /

This article provides a survey of the growth of research on Nonprofit Sector and Voluntary Action Research, now termed simply voluntaristics . The author founded the organized, global, interdisciplinary, socio-behavioral science field of voluntaristics in 1971, with his formation and establishment o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Smith, David Horton (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2016.
Colección:Brill research perspectives.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Editorial Introduction; Author Biography; A Survey of Voluntaristics: Research on the Growth of the Global, Interdisciplinary, Socio-behavioral Science Field and Emergent Inter-discipline; Part One: Overview of Voluntaristics; 1 Introduction and Historical Background; a Voluntaristics, Altruistics, or Philanthropy-What's in a Name?; b Voluntaristics Research in Ancient Times; c Voluntaristics Research from Medieval Times to the Industrial Revolution; d Voluntaristics Research in the 1800s; e Voluntaristics Research 1900-1950; f Voluntaristics Research 1951 to the Present.
  • 2 Interdisciplinary Voluntaristics Associations and Subgroups of Researchersa Voluntaristics as an Interdisciplinary Field and Emerging Inter-discipline; b Founding of ARNOVA: Voluntaristics Becomes Organized for the First Time in History; c National and Regional/Local Voluntaristics Interdisciplinary Researcher Associations; d Other Global Interdisciplinary Associations of Individual Voluntaristics Researchers; e Voluntaristics Formal Sections of National or International Associations for Specific Academic Disciplines and Professions.
  • F Independent, World Region, Interdisciplinary Voluntaristics Research and Researcher Associationsg ICSERA: A New, Global, Infrastructure Organization, Research-Information Institute, and Umbrella Association for Voluntaristics Researcher Associations; 3 Voluntaristics Research Documents and Publications; a Academic Journals Focused Mainly on Voluntaristics Topics; b Academic Journal Articles, Dissertations, and Theses on Voluntaristics Topics; c Scholarly-Research Conferences and General Research Meetings on Voluntaristics Topics.
  • 4 Voluntaristics Structural Units as Elements of Global Academiaa Research and Information Centers/Institutes Focused Mainly on Voluntaristics Topics; b College- and University-based Courses, Majors and Minors (Fields of Concentration), Certificates, and Degree Programson Voluntaristics Topics; c University Departments Focused on Voluntaristics Topics; d University-based Schools, Colleges, or Divisions Focused on Voluntaristics Topics; Part Two: The Voluntaristics Field and Inter-discipline; 5 Theories and Paradigms in Voluntaristics; 6 Usable Knowledge About Voluntaristics.
  • 7 Future Trends and Needed Researcha New ARNOVA Common Interest Group (CIG) on Voluntaristics; b Future Research Needed on the Growth of Voluntaristics; i Changes in Government Regimes and Structures; ii Changes in Public Perceptions and Values; iii Changes in the Socio-economic Systems within and across Nations; iv Changes in Academia and the Global University System; 8 The Emerging Global Structure of Voluntaristics as an Academic (Inter- )Discipline; a Indicators of Voluntaristics as an Academic Discipline at Present.