The Frontal Lobes and Voluntary Action
The Frontal Lobes and Voluntary Action

Author: Richard E. Passingham

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 1995-07-20

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 0191545686

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This book presents an argument rather than a review: that the frontal lobes as a whole are specialized for voluntary action. For each area within the frontal lobes, a specific role in the execution of voluntary action is proposed. Topics covered include the control of movement in the motor cortex and premotor areas, decision-making in the pre-frontal cortex, response learning in the basal ganglia, and the mental trial and error that forms the basis of future responses. This analysis is based on the author's own work using the most up-to-date imaging techniques. Controversial and thought-provoking, it will serve as the basis for future work and debate on the subject.

Continuity and Change in Voluntary Action
Continuity and Change in Voluntary Action

Author: Rose Lindsey

Publisher: Policy Press

Published: 2018-05-30

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 1447324862

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There are great expectations of voluntary action in contemporary Britain but limited in-depth insight into the level, distribution and understanding of what constitutes voluntary activity. Drawing on extensive survey data and written accounts of citizen engagement, this book charts change and continuity in voluntary activity since 1981. How voluntary action has been defined and measured is considered alongside individuals’ accounts of their participation and engagement in volunteering over their lifecourses. Addressing fundamental questions such as whether the public are cynical about or receptive to calls for greater voluntary action, the book considers whether respective government expectations of volunteering can really be fulfilled. Is Britain really a “shared society”, or a “big society”, and what is the scope for expansion of voluntary effort? This pioneering study combines rich, qualitative material from the Mass Observation Archive between 1981 and 2012, and data from many longitudinal and cross-sectional social surveys. Part of the Third Sector Research Series, this book is informed by research undertaken at the Third Sector Research Centre, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and Barrow Cadbury Trust.

Researching Voluntary Action
Researching Voluntary Action

Author: Jon Dean

Publisher: Policy Press

Published: 2023-03

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 1447356691

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With case studies from around the world, this accessible book explores the methodological complexities of research into voluntary action, charitable behaviour and participation in voluntary organisations.

Voluntary Action and Illegal Drugs
Voluntary Action and Illegal Drugs

Author: A. Mold

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2010-04-14

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 0230274692

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A unique exploration of the changing ideas about the place of voluntarism and health care within society in Britain since the 1960s. By considering the work of voluntary organisations with illegal drug users, the authors provide a lens through which wider developments in the relationship between the state and civil society are examined.

Feminism and Voluntary Action
Feminism and Voluntary Action

Author: L. Mahood

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2009-09-16

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 023024520X

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Eglantyne Jebb was a teacher, social investigator and founder of the Save the Children Fund. Her 'Declaration of the Rights of the Child', adopted by League of Nations, shows evolution from Charity Organization Society model to philosophy of international mutual responsibility, children's rights and humanitarianism.

Getting to the 21st Century
Getting to the 21st Century

Author: David C. Korten

Publisher: Kumarian Press

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13:

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This critique of current development policies and ideology provides alternative approaches for building a sustainable and just society for the new millennium.

International Perspectives on Voluntary Action
International Perspectives on Voluntary Action

Author: David Lewis

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9781844079308

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Presents a fresh perspective on the third sector organizations. This title explores the similarities, differences and growing connections between non-governmental organizations in both Northern and Southern contexts. It considers the differences in scale and priority that exist between the different types of third sector in different settings.

Technology in Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action
Technology in Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action

Author: John McNutt

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2018-06-05

Total Pages: 77

ISBN-13: 900437812X

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Information and communication technologies (ICT) are major forces shaping our current age. ICT affects many areas of human existence and influences the both human wellbeing and human evil. The nonprofit sector is already heavily involved in technology both as a way to pursue its mission and as an influential factor in the evolution of the sector. This article examines how technology affects the sector and how the sector uses technology in its work. The article begins with a discussion of how the emerging information society will change the nonprofit sector. The sector that we know is grounded on our experience in the agrarian and industrial periods in the United States and Europe. We then explore how technology evolved in the sector. This is followed by an examination of technology and nonprofit organizational behavior. Technology changes the organizations that make use of its capacities. Next is a discussion of the types of technology that nonprofit organizations use. The final three sections deal with technology and social change, technology in nonprofit settings, and issues and trends. This article provides the reader with a current appreciation of the scholarly and professional literature on ICT in the nonprofit sector.

Mobilising Voluntary Action in the UK
Mobilising Voluntary Action in the UK

Author: Irene Hardill

Publisher: Policy Press

Published: 2022-10-18

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 1447367235

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EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY licence. The COVID-19 pandemic transformed the landscape of voluntary action. Some volunteering projects had to be paused, while others were delivered in different ways, but across all four UK nations large numbers of people began volunteering for the first time. This book provides an overview of the constraints and opportunities of mobilising voluntary action across the four UK nations during the pandemic. Sector experts and academics examine the divergent voluntary action policy frameworks adopted, the state and non-state supported volunteer responses, the changes in the profile of volunteers and the plans to sustain their involvement. This book addresses the urgent policy and practice need for evidence-based considerations to support recovery from the pandemic and to prepare for future emergencies.