{"id":859,"date":"2014-07-22T10:57:30","date_gmt":"2014-07-22T17:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/?p=859"},"modified":"2014-07-22T10:57:30","modified_gmt":"2014-07-22T17:57:30","slug":"istrbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2014\/07\/istrbook\/","title":{"rendered":"Perspectives on Volunteering: Voices from the South"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new book on volunteer activity is in the making for the ISTR Book Series: Perspectives on Volunteering: Voices from the South<\/em>. The aim of this volume is to articulate and examine theories, and perspectives on volunteering in the “South”, meaning presenting\u00a0various\u00a0angles of volunteer activity in countries considered developing countries and countries in transition. Comparative issues of all countries are welcome as well as examples of volunteering in \u00a0North\/South or South\/South experiences.<\/p>\n

There is a group authors already involved in this publication. “We are interested in would be authors that are working on these issues<\/strong>. To researchers with an interest in this topic, this is an open invitation \u00a0to attend a meeting at the ISTR conference in Muenster [Germany]. For those who cannot attend and are interested, please\u00a0contact the editor.”<\/p>\n

Place: University of Muenster (Germany). Room Vom Stein Haus \u00a0VS-17
\nTime : Friday, July 25. \u00a0\u00a012:30\u00a0PM.
\nparallel to the International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR) International Conference<\/a><\/p>\n

Editor: \u00a0Jacqueline Butcher, Ph. D
\nRSVP:\u00a0jacqueline.butcher@ciesc.org.mx<\/a><\/p>\n

More info:<\/p>\n

The chapters in this book approach volunteering through a series of essays and case studies that present recent academic research, thinking and practice on volunteering. Working from the premise that volunteering is \u201cuniversal\u201d this collection draws on experiences from Latin America, Africa including Egypt and selected parts of Asia. There is a focus on developing countries and countries in transition documents a fresh set of experiences and perspectives on volunteering. These accounts complement the conventional focus in the literature on \u2018the developed\u2019 world – largely northern or western experiences from Europe and North America. While developing countries and countries in transition are in the spotlight for this volume, the developed country experience is not ignored. Rather it is used in this anthology, as a critical reference point for comparisons, allowing points of convergence, disconnect and intersection to emerge.<\/p>\n

The primary aim and contribution of this anthology will be to articulate and examine the opinions and perspectives on volunteering in the South. The second objective is to provide a counter point to the dominant conceptual and empirical account of volunteering. Consequently, in identifying chapters the proposed editor did not discount evidence from northern and western countries and rather included this where possible in survey and quantitative studies as a useful reference point and basis for comparison. Finally, the tertiary objective promotes the fuller complexity and texture on volunteering, highlighting its promotion through an appreciation of its potential and promise for expression and impact in different cultures and contexts.<\/p>\n

Authors and suggested chapters to date:<\/p>\n

Section 1: Volunteering: An introduction and theoretical framework<\/p>\n

Chapter 1: Volunteering: a complex social phenomenon
\nJacqueline BUTCHER<\/p>\n

Section 2: Patterns of Volunteering<\/p>\n

Chapter 2: The economic value of volunteering: Comparative estimates among developing, transitional, and developed countries.
\nLester SALAMON and Megan HADDOCK<\/p>\n

Chapter 3: The effects of volunteering on poverty and development in China, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nepal and the Philippines
\nVolunteer Services Overseas (VSO) and the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex University.<\/p>\n

Chapter 4: Youth, service and volunteering: A comparative perspective in developing nations.
\nNational Youth Service (NYS)<\/p>\n

Chapter 5: The global perspective in corporate volunteering: a focus on the South.
\nKen ALLEN<\/p>\n

Section 3: Empirical approaches<\/p>\n

Chapter 6: Organic\/ indigenous practices of volunteering in Uruguay: The influence on Public Policy.
\nAnal\u00eda BETTONI and Javier PEREIRA<\/p>\n

Chapter 7: Solidarity and Volunteering: a Mexican Study.
\nJacqueline BUTCHER and Gustavo VERDUZCO<\/p>\n

Chapter 8: Individual volunteering and giving: How and why ordinary individuals give in the context of South Africa: a case study of Gauteng Province.
\nSusan WILKINSON-MAPOSA<\/p>\n

Chapter 9: Promising practices from national programs across the African continent: Preparing youth for citizenship , employment and sustainable livelihoods.
\nHelene PEROLD and Karena CRONIN<\/p>\n

Chapter 10: A typology of local and International volunteering experiences from Tanzania and Mozambique.
\nHelene PEROLD<\/p>\n

Chapter 11: Volunteering at the grassroots: Celebrating the Joy of Volunteering in India
\nN. DADRAWALA<\/p>\n

Chapter 12: Beyond images and perceptions: How important is voluntary action in Buenos Aires?
\nMario ROITTER<\/p>\n

Chapter 13: Employee volunteering in South Africa.
\nFiona BUDD<\/p>\n

Chapter 14: Models, developments and effects of trans-border youth volunteer exchange programmes in eastern and southern Africa.
\nJacob MATHI<\/p>\n

Chapter 15 : Volunteerism and the state: understanding the development of volunteering in China
\nYing XU and Ngai PUN<\/p>\n

Chapter 16: NGO management of volunteers: the case of Egypt.
\nHisham EL ROUBY<\/p>\n

Section 4 Conclusions -Volunteer participation.<\/p>\n

Chapter 17: Conclusions about experiences and perspectives that come from the South.
\nJacqueline BUTCHER<\/p>\n

More information about the editor:
\nDra. Jacqueline Butcher Garc\u00eda-Col\u00edn
\nDirectora,\u00a0Centro de Investigaci\u00f3n y Estudios sobre Sociedad Civil<\/a>, A.C.
\nconocimiento \u00a0para la acci\u00f3n social
\nTecnol\u00f3gico de Monterrey, Campus Ciudad de M\u00e9xico
\nEscuela de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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