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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806890103321

Titolo

Civic service worldwide : impacts and inquiry / / edited by Amanda Moore McBride and Michael Sherraden ; foreword by Amitai Etzioni

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Armonk, N.Y. ; ; London, : M.E. Sharpe, 2007

ISBN

1-315-49743-3

1-315-49744-1

1-315-49745-X

1-280-91268-5

9786610912681

0-7656-2220-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

McBrideAmanda Moore <1971->

SherradenMichael W <1948-> (Michael Wayne)

Disciplina

361.26

Soggetti

Labor service

National service

Young volunteers in community development

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2007 by M.E. Sharpe.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword Civic Service Analysis Has Come of Age; Preface and Acknowledgements; I CONTEXT; II NATIONAL SERVICE POLICY,POTENTIAL,AND EFFECTS 2000,132).; III CIVIC SERVICE ACROSS THE LIFE COURSE; IV CIVIC SERVICE ACROSS BORDERS; V IMPACTS AND INQUIRY; About the Editors and Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A comprehensive collection of the research and policy developments in civic service worldwide, this work provides an assessment of what works and what doesn't work in the field. It presents a conceptualization and operational definition of civic service that allows for variations across nations and cultures.