Volunteering and Society in the 21st Century

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introduction....Pages 1-8
Making Sense of Volunteering: Perspectives, principles and definitions....Pages 9-23
Capturing the Diversity of Voluntary Action....Pages 24-37
Profiling Voluntary Action: Who does what?....Pages 38-52
UK Volunteering in International Perspective....Pages 53-68
A Changing Society....Pages 69-83
Government and Volunteering: Towards a history of policy and practice....Pages 84-102
The Changing Face of Volunteering: Current and future trends....Pages 103-118
Motivation and Recruitment: Why and how do volunteers come?....Pages 119-132
Rewards and Retention: Why do volunteers stay?....Pages 133-146
Issues of Coordination and Management: How can the activities of volunteers be best organised?....Pages 147-160
Measuring the Impact of Volunteering....Pages 161-175
Changing the Image of Volunteering....Pages 176-189
Making Volunteering Inclusive....Pages 190-205
Maintaining the Independence of Voluntary Action....Pages 206-219
Defending the Spirit of Volunteering from Formalisation....Pages 220-232
Voluntary Action in the 21st Century....Pages 233-247
Back Matter....Pages 248-274