The Palgrave Handbook of Volunteering, Civic Participation, and Nonprofit Associations (eBook)

David Horton Smith, Robert A. Stebbins, Jurgen Grotz (Herausgeber)

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2017 | 1. Auflage
XLIII, 1505 Seiten
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-26317-9 (ISBN)

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Written by over 200 leading experts from over seventy countries, this handbook provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of the latest theory and research on volunteering, civic participation and nonprofit membership associations. The first handbook on the subject to be truly multinational and interdisciplinary in its authorship, it represents a major milestone for the discipline. Each chapter follows a rigorous theoretical structure examining definitions, historical background, key analytical issues, usable knowledge, and future trends and required research. The nine parts of the handbook cover the historical and conceptual background of the discipline; special types of volunteering; the major activity areas of volunteering and associations; influences on volunteering and association participation; the internal structures of associations; the internal processes of associations; the external environments of associations; the scope and impacts of volunteering and associations; and conclusions and future prospects.
This handbook provides an essential reference work for third-sector research and practice, including a valuable glossary of terms defining over eighty key concepts. Sponsored by the International Council of Voluntarism, Civil Society, and Social Economy Researcher Associations (ICSERA; www.icsera.org), it will appeal to scholars, policymakers and practitioners, and helps to define the emergent academic discipline of voluntaristics.

David Horton Smith is Research and Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Boston College, USA, and an Honorary Visiting Professor at universities in the UK and Russia. The founder of ARNOVA and ICSERA, he won the Lifetime Achievement Award of ARNOVA in 1993. With a biography in the International Encyclopedia of Civil Society, Smith has written or edited many books and journal articles, including several encyclopedia entries.
Robert Stebbins is Professor Emeritus at the University of Calgary, Canada. His research and theoretic interests lie in work, leisure, and volunteering. His most recent books include Careers in Serious Leisure: From Dabbler to Devotee in Search of Fulfillment (Palgrave, 2014) and The Idea of Leisure ( 2012).
Jurgen Grotz is the Research Manager at the Institute for Volunteering Research, UK, and a Visiting Fellow at the School of Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, UK. He has over 25 years' research experience in the Voluntary and Community Sector, and has contributed to publications such as The State of the World's Volunteerism Report by UNV (2011).

Inhalt

Cover 1
Table of Contents 8
List of Figures and Tables 12
Preface 13
Acknowledgments 26
Notes on Contributors 27
Introduction 46
Part I: Historical and Conceptual Background 66
1 History of Associations and Volunteering 68
2 Theories of Associations and Volunteering 104
3 Typologies of Associations and Volunteering 135
4 Leisure and Time-Use Perspectives on Volunteering 171
5 Volunteering as Related to Other Leisure Activities 190
6 Associations and Social Capital 223
7 Associations and Social Networks 243
8 Hybrid Associations and Blurred Sector Boundaries 251
Part II: Special Types of Volunteering 266
9 Informal, Unorganized Volunteering 268
10 Stipended Transnational Volunteering 287
11 Stipended National Service Volunteering 304
12 Volunteer Tourism and Travel Volunteering 320
13 Online and Virtual Volunteering 335
14 Spontaneous Volunteering in Emergencies 356
15 Formal Volunteer Service Programs 375
16 Changing Nature of Formal Service Program Volunteering 394
Part III: Major Activity Areas of Volunteering andAssociations 412
17 Traditional Philanthropic Service Volunteering 414
18 Self-Help and Mutual Aid Group Volunteering 438
19 Participation in Trade and Business Associations 462
20 Participation in Worker Cooperatives 481
21 Volunteering in Consumer and Service Cooperatives 499
22 Volunteering in Religious Congregations and Faith-Based Associations 517
23 Political Parties and Political Volunteering/Participation 540
24 Social Movements and Activist-Protest Volunteering 561
Part IV: Influences on Volunteering and AssociationParticipation 584
25 Physiological Correlates of Volunteering 586
26 Conducive Macro-Contexts Influencing Volunteering 625
27 Conducive Meso- and Micro-Contexts Influencing Volunteering 652
28 Conducive Social Roles and Demographics Influencing Volunteering 677
29 Volunteering in Three Life Stages 727
30 Conducive Motivations and Psychological Influences on Volunteering 747
31 S-Theory as a Comprehensive, Interdisciplinary Explanation of Volunteering and Pro-Social Behavior 797
Table of Contents 856
List of Figures, Tables and Maps 860
Preface 861
Acknowledgments 874
Notes on Contributors 875
Part V Internal Structures of Associations 894
32 Local or Grassroots Associations: Micro-Associations 896
33 National and Other Supra-Local Associations: Meso-Associations 925
34 Transnational Associations and INGOs: Macro-Associations 963
35 Governance, Boards, and Internal Structures of Associations 983
36 Leadership and Management of Associations 1004
37 Life Cycles of Individual Associations 1039
Part VI Internal Processes of Associations 1062
38 Member Acquisition and Retention in Associations 1064
39 Resource Attraction and Marketing by Associations 1081
40 Avoiding Bureaucratization and Mission Drift in Associations 1096
41 Self-Regulation in Associations 1114
42 Accountability and Social Accounting in Associations 1134
43 Information and Technology for Associations 1149
44 Economics of Associations and Volunteering 1163
Part VII External Environments of Associations 1180
45 Civil Liberties and Freedoms as Association Contexts 1182
46 Corporatism versus Pluralism and Authoritarianism as Association Contexts 1205
47 Legal, Registration, and Taxation Issues of Associations 1228
48 Relationships and Collaboration among Associations 1251
49 Public Perceptions of and Trust in Associations and Volunteers 1275
50 Prevalence Rates of Associations across Territories 1299
Part VIII Scope and Impacts of Volunteering and Associations 1328
51 Scope and Trends of Volunteering and Associations 1330
52 Longer-Term Volunteering Impacts on Volunteers and Association Members/Participants 1373
53 Volunteering Impacts on Volunteers: Immediate Positive Emotional-Cognitive Effects and Longer-Term 1401
54 Crime, Misconduct, and Dysfunctions in and byAssociations 1420
Part IX Conclusions and Future Prospects 1450
55 Conclusions and Future Prospects 1452
Part X Appendix 1478
Glossary of Key Concepts and Terms 1480
Erratum 1504

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.1.2017
• Zusatzinfo: XLIV, 1460 p.
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: and associations • Capital • citizen participation • Demography • Environment • History of associations • hybrid associations • influences on volunteering and participation • informal volunteering • leisure and volunteering • Leisure General Activity Pattern/LGAP • membership associations • Nation • Nature • online volunteering and cyber-associations • Participation • pluralism • serious leisure • Service • Social capital • Social Networks • Society • stipended transnational and national service volunteering • Technology • theories of associations and volunteering • Tourism • tourism volunteering • Tradition • transnational • Trust • typologies of associations and volunteering • voluntaristics • Voluntary associations • Volunteering
• ISBN-10: 1-137-26317-2 / 1137263172
• ISBN-13: 978-1-137-26317-9 / 9781137263179