Continuity and Change in Voluntary Action: Patterns, Trends and Understandings - Brossura

Lindsey, Rose; Mohan, John; Metcalfe, Elizabeth; Bulloch, Sarah

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1447324846 ISBN 13: 9781447324843

Casa editrice: Policy Pr, 2019

Riassunto

There are great expectations of voluntary action in contemporary Britain but limited in-depth insight into the level, distribution and understanding of what exactly constitutes such activity. Drawing on extensive survey data and written accounts of citizen engagement, this book charts change and continuity in voluntary activity 1981 to the present. Addressing fundamental questions such as whether the public are cynical about or receptive to calls for greater voluntary action, the book considers whether respective government expectations of volunteering can really be fulfilled. This pioneering study combines a wealth of qualitative material from the Mass Observation Archive between 1981 and 2012, and data from many longitudinal and cross-sectional social surveys.
 

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Rose Lindsey is senior research fellow in the Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology at the University of Southampton. John Mohan is professor of social policy at the University of Birmingham and director of the Third Sector Research Centre. Elizabeth Metcalfe is a former research fellow in the Third Sector Research Centre. Sarah Bulloch is a teaching fellow at the University of Surrey.
 

Dr Rose Lindsey has experience of working both in academia and in the voluntary sector. She is currently a Senior Research Fellow based in the Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology at the University of Southampton. She has been the CEO of a domestic abuse charity and a trustee for several charities.

John Mohan is Professor of Social Policy, University of Birmingham, and Director of the Third Sector Research Centre. He has published extensively on contemporary and historical aspects of the third sector, with a particular recent focus on analyses of volunteering and the resources and characteristics of voluntary organisations.

Elizabeth Metcalfe was a research fellow in the Third Sector Research Centre, working on quantitative analyses of survey datasets for this project. She has subsequently moved to data scientist positions in ONS and the private sector.

Sarah Bulloch worked in the Third Sector Research Centre in the early stages of this project; from there she became research manager at Scope. She is currently a Teaching Fellow at the University of Surrey; and an associate of QDAS, specialising in mixed-methods approaches to research and teaching.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Policy Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2019
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1447324846
• ISBN 13: 9781447324843
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 224
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile