Enterprising care?: Unpaid voluntary action in the 21st century
Author:   Irene Hardill ,  Susan Baines
Publisher:   Policy Press
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9781847427229


Pages:   216
Publication Date:   14 September 2011
Format:   Electronic book text
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Enterprising care?: Unpaid voluntary action in the 21st century


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More and more is being expected of volunteers and the voluntary sector in the UK. But what does it mean to be a volunteer today? This book seeks to add new insights into individual action in that part of the economy that is beyond the state and the market. Volunteering is examined from the perspective of the individual, the organisation, and the community (of place, identity or interest).

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Author:   Irene Hardill ,  Susan Baines
Publisher:   Policy Press
Imprint:   Policy Press
ISBN:  

9781847427229


ISBN 10:   1847427227
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   14 September 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Electronic book text
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Table of Contents

Fixing Britain's 'broken' society: from the Third Way to Big Society; Theoretical underpinnings of voluntary work and voluntary organisations: work, care or enterprise?; Understanding the journeys of individual volunteers: demanding community concern, or demonstrating job readiness?; A professional paradox? 'Managing' volunteers in voluntary and community sector organisations; Voluntary and community sector organisations as enterprising care providers: keeping organisational values distinctive; Volunteering: an articulation of caring communities; Volunteering: caring for people like me; The big issue of the Big Society: mobilising communities alongside fiscal austerity

Reviews

This book, from authors who know their field very well, is a valuable resource, giving this reader, at last, a fresh sense of the complexity of unpaid voluntary action, a good sense of the reality on the ground and a range of useful ways to understand it. Marilyn Taylor, Journal of Social Policy


Author Information

Irene Hardill is Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Centre for Civil Society and Citizenship, Northumbria University, UK. Co-author of Enterprising Care (Policy Press, 2011), her work focuses on theorising work (paid and unpaid).

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