Description
Book SynopsisDrawing on extensive survey data and written accounts of citizen engagement, this pioneering book charts change and continuity in voluntary activity since 1981. Part of the Third Sector Research Series.
Trade Review"An important and innovative contribution to understanding how and why people engage in voluntary activity; how important they feel it is in their lives; and the ways in which it contributes to the wider community." Colin Rochester, London School of Economics
Table of ContentsIntroduction; The changing policy environment for voluntary action from 1979; Data, sources and definitions; Trends in volunteering and trends in the voluntary sector; Content and Context of Volunteering; Why people volunteer: contextualising motivation; Volunteering trajectories: individual patterns of volunteering over the life-course; Attitudes to voluntary action; Conclusion.
