Volunteering and Social Inclusion

Interrelations between Unemployment and Civic Engagement in Germany and Great Britain

AvSusanne Strauß

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

Del i serien Life Course Research

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Beskrivning

Over the past few years, the area of volunteer work and civic engagement are topics that have received increasing attention from both the public as well as sociological research.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2008-04-24
Mått:148 x 210 x 16 mm
Vikt:381 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Life Course Research
Antal sidor:275
Upplaga:2008
Förlag:Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
ISBN:9783835070219

Utforska kategorier

Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik
Sociala grupper och identitet inom Samhälle och politik
Affärsetik inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap

Mer om författaren

Dr. Susanne Strauß holds a doctoral degree from the Graduate School of Social Sciences (GSSS) at the University of Bremen, Germany. She is an assistent professor at the Department of Sociology at the University of Tübingen, Germany.

Innehållsförteckning

A theoretical approach to the interrelation between volunteering and unemployment.- The role of volunteering for labour market integration or exclusion — German and British social policies compared.- Unemployment and volunteering — previous research revisited.- Hypotheses.- Methodological approach: cross-national and longitudinal.- Empirical results: Interrelations between volunteering and labour market inclusion or exclusion.- Discussion and conclusion.