Making volunteers : civic life after welfare's end

Making volunteers : civic life after welfare's end / Nina Eliasoph.

"Volunteering improves inner character, builds community, cures poverty, and prevents crime. We've all heard this kind of empowerment talk from nonprofit and government-sponsored civic programs. But what do these programs really accomplish? In Making Volunteers, Nina Eliasoph offers an in-...

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Main Author: Eliasoph, Nina
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2011.
Series:Princeton studies in cultural sociology.
Subjects:
Voluntarism > United States > Case studies.
Young volunteers in community development > United States > Case studies.
Volunteer workers in community development > United States > Case studies.
Community development > United States > Case studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Services.
Community development
Voluntarism
Volunteer workers in community development
Young volunteers in community development
United States
Electronic books.
Case studies
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Empower Yourself; Chapter 1: How to Learn Something in an Empowerment Project; Part One: Cultivating Open Civic Equality; Part Two: Cultivating Intimate Comfort and Safety; Part Three: Celebrating Our Diverse, Multicultural Community; Notes; References; Index.

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