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Author: C. Rochester
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2013-11-20
Total Pages: 386
ISBN-13: 1137029463
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVolunteering and voluntary organizations have become increasingly important in British social and political life but at a cost. Greater prominence has led to a narrow and distorted view of what voluntary action involves and how it is undertaken. This book reasserts the case for a broader view of voluntarism as a unique set of autonomous activities.
Author: C. Rochester
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2013-11-20
Total Pages: 285
ISBN-13: 1137029463
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVolunteering and voluntary organizations have become increasingly important in British social and political life but at a cost. Greater prominence has led to a narrow and distorted view of what voluntary action involves and how it is undertaken. This book reasserts the case for a broader view of voluntarism as a unique set of autonomous activities.
Author: Jon Dean
Publisher: Policy Press
Published: 2023-03
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 1447356691
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith 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.
Author: National Center for Voluntary Action
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Published: 1976
Total Pages: 13
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: William Henry Beveridge Baron Beveridge
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Published: 2000
Total Pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9780415212229
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Rose Lindsey
Publisher: Policy Press
Published: 2018-05-30
Total Pages: 301
ISBN-13: 1447324870
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThere 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.
Author: Canada. National Advisory Council on Voluntary Action
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: William H. Beveridge
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-11-27
Total Pages: 422
ISBN-13: 1317572998
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt is the author’s contention that an abundance of voluntary action outside the citizen’s home, both individually and collectively, for bettering his own and his fellows’ lives, are the distinguishing marks of a truly free society. This volume is a study of how such action can be kept alive in the face of the inevitable development of State action and suggests the new forms which co-operation between the State and voluntary Organizations may take, leaving a maximum of freedom and responsibility to the individual. Voluntary Action is a text of unique value because Beveridge here develops his vision of how a large ‘voluntary action’ sector could function as a type of buffer zone between the state and the market.
Author: William H. Beveridge
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-11-27
Total Pages: 334
ISBN-13: 1317572939
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis supplementary volume to Beveridge’s important work Voluntary Action sets out some of the important material on which the Report is based, and amplifies it by giving views and statements of fact submitted by many experts in the fields covered by his Inquiry.
Author: Justin Davis Smith
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2019-05-14
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 3030027740
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book explores the rich history of voluntary action in the United Kingdom over the past 100 years, through the lens of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO), which celebrates its centenary in 2019. From its establishment at the end of the First World War, through the creation of the Welfare State in the middle of the twentieth century, to New Labour and the Big Society at the beginning of this century, NCVO has been at the forefront of major developments within society and the voluntary movement. The book examines its many successes, including its role in establishing high-profile charities such as Age Concern, the Youth Hostels Association, and National Association of Citizens’ Advice Bureaux. It charts the development of closer relations with the state, resulting in growing awareness of the value of voluntary action, increased funding, and beneficial changes to public policy, tax and charity law. But it also explores the criticisms NCVO has faced, in particular that by pursuing a partnership agenda and championing professionalisation, it has contributed to an erosion of the movement’s independence and distinctiveness.
