Perspectives on Volunteering Voices from the South
This volume overlooks the distinct expressions and awareness of volunteering in the lived reality of people from different regions of the world. By casting the net widely this book not only expands the geographic reach of experiences, models and case stu
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Jacqueline Butcher Christopher J. Einolf Editors
Perspectives on Volunteering Voices from the South
Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies An International Multidisciplinary Series
Series Editors Paul Dekker Institute for Social Research, The Hague, The Netherlands Lehn Benjamin Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, USA
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/6339
Jacqueline Butcher • Christopher J. Einolf Editors
Perspectives on Volunteering Voices from the South
Editors Jacqueline Butcher CIESC School of Humanities and Social Sciences Tecnológico de Monterrey Mexico City Campus, Mexico
Christopher J. Einolf School for Public Service DePaul University Chicago, IL, USA
ISSN 1568-2579 Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies ISBN 978-3-319-39897-6 ISBN 978-3-319-39899-0 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-39899-0
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Preface
Research and experience tell us that volunteer activity is key to the creation and sustainability of modern societies. The importance of volunteering has become paramount for the creation and sustenance of democracy and the maintenance of social cohesion, as well as for securing and enhancing opportunities of engagement for development. Formal volunteering manifests itself through the individuals that participate in diverse types of associations and organisations throughout the world. Informal volunteering has grown from the roots of tradition and expressions of solidarity that are present, in different dimensions, in all societies. Furthermore, individuals’ voluntary gifts of time and effort to a cause in isolated forms can also be counted as solidarity and volunteer work. While the issue of volu
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