Kategoria BISAC: Social Science >> Volunteer Work

Individuals who are civically active have three things in common: they have the capacity to do so, they want to, and they have been asked to participate. New Advances in the Study of Civic Voluntarism is dedicated to examining the continued influence of these factors resources, engagement, and recruitment on civic participation in the twenty-first century.

The contributors to this volume examine recent social, political, technological, and intellectual changes to provide the newest research in the field. Topics range from race and religion to youth in the digital age, to...

Individuals who are civically active have three things in common: they have the capacity to do so, they want to, and they have been asked to participate. New Advances in the Study of Civic Voluntarism is dedicated to examining the continued influence of these factors resources, engagement, and recruitment on civic participation in the twenty-first century.

The contributors to this volume examine recent social, political, technological, and intellectual changes to provide the newest research in the field. Topics range from race and religion to youth in the digital age, to...

Planning a volunteer trip can seem daunting since you have to sort through mountains of information to find a great project. Where do you start?

So You Want to Volunteer is a practical guide that helps you structure your research and plan your adventure. It is based on the experience of many volunteers and covers various aspects of the trip from packing lists to organizing your travel.

This book includes:

A structured approach to assessing volunteer agencies and projects

A guide for researching your host location

Charts to track your...

Sport volunteering is becoming an increasingly popular motive for international travel. Many tourism organisations now advertise sport volunteering projects, with colleges and universities also offering students the opportunity to participate in similar projects abroad. This is the first book to bring together diverse and interdisciplinary insights into the development of the contemporary sport volunteering phenomenon. It addresses conceptual uncertainties and challenges emerging from the growing international sport volunteering market, and offers insight into its future directions, impact...

Learning/volunteer abroad programmes provide opportunities for cross-cultural understanding, partnership-building and cooperative development, but there are also significant structural challenges and inequality of opportunity issues that result from these partnerships between host organizations in the Global South and learning/volunteer abroad for development (LVA4D) participants from the Global North. Learning and Volunteering Abroad for Development aims to unpack the complex benefits and disadvantages of learning/volunteer abroad programmes, using insights from the...

Learning/volunteer abroad programmes provide opportunities for cross-cultural understanding, partnership-building and cooperative development, but there are also significant structural challenges and inequality of opportunity issues that result from these partnerships between host organizations in the Global South and learning/volunteer abroad for development (LVA4D) participants from the Global North. Learning and Volunteering Abroad for Development aims to unpack the complex benefits and disadvantages of learning/volunteer abroad programmes, using insights from the...