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Voluntarism, community life, and the American ethic / Robert S. Ogilvie.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Philanthropic and nonprofit studiesPublication details: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2004.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 272 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0253110203
  • 9780253110206
  • 9780253344236
  • 0253344239
  • 128207220X
  • 9781282072206
  • 9786612072208
  • 6612072202
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Voluntarism, community life, and the American ethic.DDC classification:
  • 362.5/83 22
LOC classification:
  • HV4506.N6 O35 2004eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Voluntarism and the American ethic -- The Partnership for the Homeless -- In the church shelters -- Why people volunteer in church shelters and why they keep at it -- The mediating role of the church shelters -- The moral effects of the volunteer experience -- The church shelters as community-generating institutions -- Social architecture: The art of building community-generating institutions.
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  • digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve
Summary: Presenting an account of why people volunteer and the factors that motivate them, this study describes how volunteer programs, such as the Partnership generate ethical development in and among participants. It also suggests that the American ethic is essential for sustaining community life and to the future well-being of a democratic society.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-261) and index.

Voluntarism and the American ethic -- The Partnership for the Homeless -- In the church shelters -- Why people volunteer in church shelters and why they keep at it -- The mediating role of the church shelters -- The moral effects of the volunteer experience -- The church shelters as community-generating institutions -- Social architecture: The art of building community-generating institutions.

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Presenting an account of why people volunteer and the factors that motivate them, this study describes how volunteer programs, such as the Partnership generate ethical development in and among participants. It also suggests that the American ethic is essential for sustaining community life and to the future well-being of a democratic society.

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