Cover of Rediscovering Voluntary Action The Beat Of A Different Drum

Book 2013

Rediscovering Voluntary Action The Beat Of A Different Drum

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Published
2013
  • Voluntarism
  • Associations, institutions, etc.
  • Great britain, social conditions
  • History
  • Society
  • Voluntarismus

Volunteering and voluntary organisations have become increasingly important in British social and political life but at a cost. Greater prominence has led to a narrow and distorted view of what voluntary action involves and how it is undertaken. This book reasserts the case for a broader view of voluntarism as a unique set of autonomous activities.