National Service and Volunteerism

Achieving Impact in Our Communities
Herausgeber: Bryer, Thomas A.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

National service and volunteerism enjoy a rich history in the United States and an emergent future in other parts of the world. However, there remains relatively scant evidence of overall impact of national service programs and volunteer effectiveness. This condition continues to threaten national service and volunteer programs with the risk of defunding and/or the risk of not investing sufficiently from the start. This book brings together a selection of diverse chapters written by a combination of academicians, students, and practitioners from three countries and across multiple states in the United States. Each chapter approaches its topic uniquely but links with all others in identifying the impacts of service and volunteerism for volunteers, for beneficiaries of service, for the institution of volunteering, and/or for whole communities. The book is divided in five sections: (1) developing volunteer initiatives to achieve impact, (2) impact for and by youth volunteers, (3) impact in social or policy areas, specifically economy and financial success, education, and emergency response, (4) international perspectives with focus on Chile, Venezuela, the United Kingdom, and the post-communist states of Lithuania and Romania, and (5) conclusion with summary and suggestions for future research and practice.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 631g
• ISBN-13: 9780739196939
• ISBN-10: 0739196936
• Artikelnr.: 41478098

Autorenporträt

Edited by Thomas A. Bryer - Contributions by Maria-Elena Augustin; Emily Bachman; Koen P. R. Bartels; Jodi Benenson; Valerie Beynon; Thomas A. Bryer; Julia Carboni; Guido Cozzi; Na'eem H. Crawford-Muhammad; Todd Joseph Currie; Deborah Jospin; Jay D. Jurie

Inhaltsangabe

Part One: Partnerships for Service and Volunteerism Chapter One: Key
Drivers of Successful Implementation of Mayor-led Impact Volunteering
Strategies in American Cities Na'eem H. Crawford-Muhammad, Deborah Jospin,
Myung J. Lee, Katharine Leonberger, and Shirley Sagawa Chapter Two: Three
Sectors and a University: The Creation of a High Impact AmeriCorps VISTA
Project Thomas A. Bryer, Maria-Elena Augustin, and Emily Bachman Chapter
Three: Connecting With the Community in an Applied Sociology Class Norma A.
Winston Chapter Four: The Meaning of Volunteerism to Older Adult RSVP
Volunteers Karen Kopera-Frye and Rita Massey Chapter Five: Managing Risk
while Managing Volunteers: Avoiding Disastrous Outcomes Dorothy
Norris-Tirrell and Stephanie Krick Part Two: Youth Volunteer Impact Chapter
Six: Investing in Engagement: Volunteerism and Charitable Giving among
Millennials Sara Strickhouser, Jessica Kleinberger, and James D. Wright
Chapter Seven: Investing In Civic Health - A Case for Strengthening Civic
Infrastructure and Civic Education Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg and Peter Levine
Chapter Eight: VolunteerUCF: IgKnighting Volunteerism Jarrad Plante, Todd
Joseph Currie, and Shelby Olson Part Three: Volunteer Impact on Social and
Economic Issues Chapter Nine: HBI Mentoring: A Pathway to Promoting
Economic Opportunity for Youth Dennis O. Torbett and Tadar Muhammad Chapter
Ten: Social Capital and Human Capital Assets: Bridging Civic Engagement and
Economic Mobility for Low-income Individuals Jodi Benenson Chapter Eleven:
Community Engagement as a Predictor of Higher Education Matriculation Julia
Carboni, Connie L. McNeely, Sarah Maxwell Chapter Twelve: City Year
History, Model, and Impact Alice Neira and Jarrad Plante Chapter Thirteen:
Digital Humanitarianism in Global Disaster Response Valerie Beynon Part
Four: International Perspectives Chapter Fourteen: It Takes Two to Tango:
 Civic Engagement in Venezuela Jay D. Jurie Chapter Fifteen: Servicio Pais:
A Chilean Case of Professional Volunteering Cristian Pliscoff Chapter
Sixteen: The Big Society: The Rhetoric and Practice of Volunteerism in the
UK Koen P.R. Bartels, Guido Cozzi, Noemi Mantovan Chapter Seventeen:
Volunteerism in Post-Communist Countries: Snapshots of Lithuania and
Romania Thomas A. Bryer Part Five: Chapter Fifteen: Conclusion Thomas A.
Bryer