Voluntarism, Community Life, and the American Ethic
Why do people volunteer, and what motivates them to stick with it? How do local organizations create community? How does voluntary participation foster moral development in volunteers to create a better citizenry? In this fascinating study of volunteers at the Partnership for the Homeless in New York City, Robert S. Ogilvie provides bold and engaging answers to these questions. He describes how volunteer programs such as the Partnership generate ethical development in and among participants and how the Partnership's volunteers have made it such a continued success since the early 1980s. Ogilvie's examination of voluntarism suggests that the A…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-253-34423-6
- EAN: 9780253344236
- Produktnummer: 1561270
- Verlag: Indiana Univ Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
- Seitenangabe: 272 S.
- Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.6 cm x D1.8 cm 581 g
- Gewicht: 581
- Sonstiges: Ab 18 J.
Über den Autor
Robert S. Ogilvie is assistant professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of California, Berkeley, where he teaches classes in community development and urban studies. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from Columbia University. He is the former director of volunteers at the Partnership for the Homeless in New York City.
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