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Active ageing : voluntary work by older people in Europe / edited by Andrea Principi, Per H. Jensen and Giovanni Lamura.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Voluntarism--Europe.
- Voluntarism.
- Older people--Europe.
- Older people.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 352 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol Policy Press 2014
- Bristol : Policy Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this topical book, older people's volunteering is studied in eight European countries at the structural, macro, meso and micro levels. Overall it highlights how different interactions between the levels facilitate or hinder older people's inclusion in voluntary work and makes policy suggestions for an integrated strategy.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I Realising volunteering by older people in Europe An overarching approach
- one. Introduction: enhancing volunteering in later life in Europe / Andrea Principi
- two. Volunteering in older age: a conceptual and analytical framework / Andrea Principi
- pt. II Opportunities and restrictions for older volunteers National experiences
- three. Older volunteers in Italy: an underestimated phenomenon? / Giovanni Lamura
- four. Older volunteers in Denmark: a large voluntary sector in a highly developed welfare state / Per H. Jensen
- five. Older volunteers in Germany: opportunities and restrictions in the welfare mix / Frerich Frerichs
- six. Older volunteers in England: towards greater flexibility and inclusiveness? / Yuxin Li
- seven. Older volunteers in France: recognising their social utility in a less and less corporatist welfare state / Melissa Petit
- eight. Older volunteers in Poland: the heritage of a Socialist regime / Jolanta Perek-Bialas
- nine. Older volunteers in Sweden: a welfare state in transition / Dominique Anxo
- ten. Older volunteers in the Netherlands: new challenges to an old tradition / Wieteke Conen
- pt. III Opportunities and restrictions for older volunteers Case studies in European voluntary organisations
- eleven. Voluntary organisations' characteristics and practices towards older volunteers / Jolanta Perek-Bialas
- twelve. Organisational reflections on the impact of working and caring on older volunteering / Andrea Principi
- thirteen. Organisations' age management of older volunteers: pointing to the future / Andrea Principi
- pt. IV Conclusions
- fourteen. Conclusions: enhancing volunteering by older people in Europe / Per H. Jensen.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Mar 2022).
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- CC BY-NC
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed September 10 2025)
- ISBN:
- 9781447354765
- 1447354761
- 9781447303145
- 1447303148
- 9781447307211
- 1447307216
- OCLC:
- 1229788153
- Access Restriction:
- Open Access Unrestricted online access
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