Continuity and Change in Voluntary Action - Patter ns, Trends and Understandings

Rose Lindsey

ISBN 10: 1447324838 / ISBN 13: 9781447324836

Edité par Bristol University Press, 2018

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• Titre: Continuity and Change in Voluntary Action - Patter ns, Trends and Understandings
• Éditeur: Bristol University Press
• Date de parution: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1447324838
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781447324836
• Reliure: HRD
• État de l'article: New
• Poids: 655 grammes

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Synopsis

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.

À propos de l?auteur

Dr Rose Lindsey has experience of working both in academia and in the voluntary sector. She is currently a Senior Research Fellow based in the Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology at the University of Southampton. She has been the CEO of a domestic abuse charity and a trustee for several charities.

Dr Sarah Bulloch manages the research team at Scope; she was previously a researcher in the Third Sector Research Centre, University of Southampton.

Elizabeth Metcalfe started working on the 'Continuity and Change in Volunteering' study in September 2013 within the Third Sector Research Centre at the University of Southampton.

John Mohan works in the third sector research centre (TSRC) University of Birmingham, where he directs quantitative work on datasets on third sector organisations and volunteering.