Volunteers : a social profile / Marc A. Musick and John Wilson.
| Author/creator |
Musick, Marc A. |
| Other author/creator | Wilson, John, 1942- |
| Format | Electronic and Book |
| Publication Info | Bloomington : Indiana University Press, |
| Description | vi, 663 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete |
| Subject(s) |
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| Series | Philanthropic and nonprofit studies |
| Contents | The importance of studying volunteering -- What is volunteering? -- Personality -- Motives -- Values, norms, and attitudes -- Socio-economic resources -- Time and health -- Gender -- Race -- The life course: the early stages -- The life course: the later stages -- Social resources -- Volunteer recruitment -- Schools and congregations -- Community, neighborhood, city, and region -- Cross-national differences -- Trends in volunteering -- Volunteer tasks -- The volunteer role -- Citizenship and prosocial behavior -- Occupation, income, and health -- Conclusion. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [581]-632) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2007005798 |
| ISBN | 9780253349293 (cloth) |
| ISBN | 025334929X (cloth) |
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