Politics and Volunteering in Japan (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521869492)

Politics and Volunteering begins by painting a portrait of volunteering in Japan, and demonstrates that our current understandings of civil society have been based implicitly on a U.S. model that does not adequately consider participation patterns found in other parts of the world. The book develops a theory of civic participation that, incorporates citizen attitudes about governmental and individual responsibility, with societal and governmental practices that support (or hinder) volunteer participation. This theory is tested using cross-national and sub-national statistical analysis, and it is refined through detailed case studies of volunteering in three Japanese cities. The findings are then used to build the Community Volunteerism Model, which explains and predicts both the types and rates of volunteering in communities around the world. The model is tested using four cross-national case studies (Finland, Japan, Turkey and the United States) and three sub-national case studies in Japan.

Author: Mary Alice Haddad
ISBN-10: 0521869498
ISBN-13: 9780521869492
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/05/2007
Pages: 236
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.07lbs
Size: 9.44h x 6.08w x 0.85d