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Voluntary work, a diversity of forms

Voluntary work, a diversity of forms
Author(s) Paul Dekker and Joep de Hart (eds)
Publication date 07 May 2009
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Price €
Number of pages 285
ISBN/ISSN/other 3789037703481
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Research group Participation and Governance
Original title: Vrijwilligerswerk in meervoud.
By international standards, the level of participation in voluntary work in the Netherlands is high, and the signs are that this will continue. On the other hand, the type of voluntary work and the groups in which it is concentrated are changing. Is there a trend towards looser, more individual arrangements? Do rising education levels and postmaterialist values compensate for the fact that people are increasingly turning their backs on the Church? Do newcomers to Dutch society do less voluntary work than the indigenous population, and will they make up the gap? How does voluntary work fit in with today's busy lives? What is the relationship between voluntary work and membership of clubs and associations? Is there a discernible shift from giving time to giving money? Is the business community becoming more involved in voluntary work, and if so what consequences does this have?
These are just some of the questions addressed in this fifth and final part of the series Civil society and voluntary work (Civil society en vrijwilligerswerk). A group of researchers in the field of voluntary engagement in the Netherlands look at voluntary work in its diverse forms, from citizen initiatives to business innovations, from lifestyle descriptions to survey data, from more institutionalisation to informalisation, from personal motivations to neighbourhood characteristics, from hither to yon.