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Volunteering as leisure/leisure as volunteering
Title statement Volunteering as leisure/leisure as volunteering : an international assessment / edited by Robert A. Stebbins, University of Calgary and Margaret Graham, Caledonian University. Publication Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2004. Copyright notice date ?004 Phys.des. 1 online resource (xv, 253 pages) : illustrations, charts Internal Bibliographies/Indexes Note Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents Introduction / Robert A. Stebbins -- Volunteering as Heritage/Volunteering in Heritage / Margaret Graham -- Adopting Sustainable Ethics : Voluntary Practice Amongst Event Organizers / Graham Berridge -- Paths to Volunteer Commitment : Lessons from the Sydney Olympic Games / B. Christine Green and Laurence Chalip -- Volunteer Satisfaction and Serious Leisure in Rural Fire Departments : Implications for Human Capital and Social Capital / Kenneth B. Perkins and John Benoit -- Understanding American Parks and Recreation Volunteers Utilizing a Functionalist Perspective / Kenneth E. Silverberg -- A Logistical Regression Model of the Decision of Volunteers to Enter a Sports Coach Education Programme / Brian E. Wilson -- Defining Field Characteristics of Museums and Art Museums : an Australian Perspective / Deborah Edwards -- Volunteering in the Canadian Context : Identity, Civic Participation and the Politics of Participation in Serious Leisure / Susan M. Arai -- Managing Volunteers in Different Settings : Membership and Programme Management / Lucas C.P.M. Meijs and Linda Bridges Karr -- Pressures on Volunteers in the UK / Geoff Nichols -- Examining Best Practice in Volunteer Tourism / Stephen Wearing -- Fostering Human Resources in the Leisure Field : 'Serious Leisure' and the Potential Role of Volunteers. A Proposal for Developing Countries / Antonio Carlos Bramante. Notes to Availability Access limited to subscribing institution. Another responsib. Graham, Margaret, 1952- Stebbins, Robert A., 1938- Another responsib. C.A.B. International, Subj. Headings Leisure. * Voluntarism. * Community Participation and Development, (New March 2000) * Leisure. * Leisure. * Leisure services. * Recreation. * Social participation. * Voluntary services. * Volunteers. Form, Genre Electronic books. Country Anglie Language angličtina Document kind Electronic sources URL Click here to access resource 
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This book, with 12 chapters divided into 4 parts, examines critical aspects of contemporary volunteerism, from the perspective of a variety of volunteering contexts. It will appeal to academic researchers and students in disciplines such as leisure, recreation, tourism, management and sociology as well as practitioners in the voluntary sector (including volunteers), national and local government and those organizing special events that depend on voluntary support.
Introduction / Robert A. Stebbins -- Volunteering as Heritage/Volunteering in Heritage / Margaret Graham -- Adopting Sustainable Ethics : Voluntary Practice Amongst Event Organizers / Graham Berridge -- Paths to Volunteer Commitment : Lessons from the Sydney Olympic Games / B. Christine Green and Laurence Chalip -- Volunteer Satisfaction and Serious Leisure in Rural Fire Departments : Implications for Human Capital and Social Capital / Kenneth B. Perkins and John Benoit -- Understanding American Parks and Recreation Volunteers Utilizing a Functionalist Perspective / Kenneth E. Silverberg -- A Logistical Regression Model of the Decision of Volunteers to Enter a Sports Coach Education Programme / Brian E. Wilson -- Defining Field Characteristics of Museums and Art Museums : an Australian Perspective / Deborah Edwards -- Volunteering in the Canadian Context : Identity, Civic Participation and the Politics of Participation in Serious Leisure / Susan M. Arai -- Managing Volunteers in Different Settings : Membership and Programme Management / Lucas C.P.M. Meijs and Linda Bridges Karr -- Pressures on Volunteers in the UK / Geoff Nichols -- Examining Best Practice in Volunteer Tourism / Stephen Wearing -- Fostering Human Resources in the Leisure Field : 'Serious Leisure' and the Potential Role of Volunteers. A Proposal for Developing Countries / Antonio Carlos Bramante.
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