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Volunteering for all? Explaining patterns of volunteering and identifying strategies to promote it

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Susan Baines

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Abstract

In policy terms in the UK, as elsewhere, volunteering has become increasingly associated with training for the workplace; a view that offers little to individuals ‘beyond’ the labour market because of age, disability or care commitments. Using a neo-Durkheimian framework from a study of volunteers we examine how far the patterns of volunteering can be explained by the underlying institutional factors of strong and weak social regulation and social integration. This framework can offer insights into a range of possible policy levers for individuals rather than a ‘one size fits all’ emphasis on volunteering for personal gain for the workplace.

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Author(s): Hardill I, Baines S

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Policy and Politics

Year: 2007

Volume: 35

Issue: 3

Pages: 395-412

ISSN (print): 0305-5736

ISSN (electronic): 1470-8442

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/030557307781571669

DOI: 10.1332/030557307781571669

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