{"product_id":"accounting-for-the-varieties-of-riccardo-guidi-9783030705459","title":"Accounting for the Varieties of Volunteering: New Global Statistical Standards Tested","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor a long time, volunteering lacked standardized data sets allowing methodologically robust comparative analyses and global policy making. Starting from 2011, the International Labour Office (ILO) and the United Nations (UN) have provided global statistical standards for organization-based and direct volunteering which offer path-breaking opportunities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe global statistical standards on volunteering are however only relatively known. They also have to face difficult methodological and substantial challenges: Can they really account for the local varieties of volunteering in the different areas of the world? Does their adoption further develop our knowledge of volunteering both at national and international level?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeyond illustrating which innovations these statistical standards bring and critically assessing the tensions between the global guidelines and the local differences, the book shows how the ILO and the UN standards can be implemented into national statisticsand which advancements in the understanding of characters, antecedents and impacts of contemporary organization-based and direct volunteering they allow. The Volume takes Italy as an illustrative case that offers global value.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This multidisciplinary book demonstrates that a holistic approach to the implementation of the ILO and UN guidelines permits to virtuously balance international statistical standards and locally embedded cultures as well as to move knowledge of volunteering forward in a complexity-driven agenda. The book provides tools, evidences and inspiration for scholars, statistical agencies, practitioners and policy-makers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Riccardo Guidi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3030705455\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783030705459\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Springer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/08\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 361\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.88d","brand":"Riccardo Guidi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48486761988351,"sku":"9783030705459","price":159.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_97045c0c-b672-44b3-8ec7-afeb5d848221.jpg?v=1778056593","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/accounting-for-the-varieties-of-riccardo-guidi-9783030705459","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}