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245 0 0 _aVolunteering as leisure/leisure as volunteering :
_ban international assessment /
_cedited by Robert A. Stebbins, University of Calgary and Margaret Graham, Caledonian University.
264 1 _aWallingford, Oxfordshire, UK :
_bCABI,
_c2004.
264 4 _c2004
300 _a1 online resource (xv, 253 pages) :
_billustrations, charts
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
520 3 _aThis 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.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction / 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.
506 _aAccess limited to subscribing institution.
530 _aAlso available in print format.
588 _aTitle from PDF title page (viewed August 13, 2013).
650 0 _aLeisure.
650 0 _aVoluntarism.
650 4 _aCommunity Participation and Development, (New March 2000)
650 4 _aLeisure.
650 7 _aLeisure.
_2cabt
650 7 _aLeisure services.
_2cabt
650 7 _aRecreation.
_2cabt
650 7 _aSocial participation.
_2cabt
650 7 _aVoluntary services.
_2cabt
650 7 _aVolunteers.
_2cabt
655 0 _aElectronic books.
690 _aUU450
690 _aUU600
700 1 _aGraham, Margaret,
_d1952-
_eeditor of compilation.
700 1 _aStebbins, Robert A.,
_d1938-
_eeditor of compilation.
710 2 _aC.A.B. International,
_eissuing body.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_tVolunteering as leisure/leisure as volunteering.
_dOxon, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI Pub., c2004.
_z0851997503
_w(DLC)2003016240
856 4 0 _uhttps://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9780851997506.0000
_zClick here to access resource
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