Perspectives on volunteering : voices from the South /: voices from the South. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jacqueline Butcher, Christopher J. Einolf, editors.
• Editors: Butcher, Jacqueline; Einolf, Christopher J, 1969-
• Contents: Part I: Volunteering: An Introduction and Theoretical Framework -- 1: Volunteering: A Complex Social Phenomenon -- Part II: Cross-national Approaches -- 2. The Economic Value of Volunteering: Comparative Estimates among Developing, Transitional, and Developed Countries -- 3. Perceptions of Volunteering and Their Effect on Sustainable Development and Poverty alleviation in Mozambique, Nepal and Kenya -- 4. The Role of Civic Service in Enhancing Youth Employability: Reflections on National Youth Programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa -- 5. Corporate Volunteering in the Global South -- 6. The Value of Volunteers in Community-Based Organisations: Insights from Southern Africa -- 7. Models, Developments and Effects of Trans-Border Youth Volunteer Exchange Programmes in Eastern and Southern Africa -- Part III: Country studies -- 8. Global Solidarity: Learning from Volunteer Frameworks in Peru -- 9. Beyond Images and Perceptions: Conceptualizing and Measuring Volunteerism in Buenos Aires -- 10. Solidarity and Volunteering: A View from Mexico -- 11. Volunteerism and the State: Understanding the Development of Volunteering in China -- 12. Volunteering in Armenia: Leaving the Soviet Legacy Behind? -- 13. The Current State of Volunteering in Turkey -- Part IV: Conclusion -- Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: Switzerland : Springer Nature
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 302/.14; Social sciences; Voluntarism -- Cross-cultural studies; PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology; Voluntarism; Social Science -- General; Business & Economics -- Business Ethics; Cultural studies; Business ethics & social responsibility; Business ethics; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Sociology; Electronic books; Cross-cultural studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319398990; 3319398997
• Related ISBNs: 9783319398976
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 17, 2016).
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