Civic Engagement in Scandinavia Volunteering, Informal Help and Giving in Denmark, Norway and Sweden

Since the 1990’s, a number of studies have documented a remarkable high and stable amount of popular engagement in civic organizations in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. Often these countries have been considered deviant cases against the proliferating decline of social capital studies. However, despit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (-)
Otros Autores: Henriksen, Lars Skov (-), Strømsnes, Kristin, Svedberg, Lars
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing 2019.
Colección:Springer eBooks.
Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies, An International Multidisciplinary Series ;
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b39890296*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chp. 1: Civic Engagement in Scandinavia. Introduction to the Volume
  • Chp. 2: The Scandinavian Organizational Landscape. Extensive, Deviant and Important
  • Chp. 3: Trends in Volunteering in Scandinavia
  • Chp. 4: Patterns of informal helping in the Scandinavian welfare states
  • Chp. 5: Donations in a high tax environment
  • Chp. 6: New forms of civic participation – Implications of social media on civic participation and organization in Scandinavia
  • Chp. 7: The role of gender in volunteering and other non-profit activities in Scandinavia
  • Chp. 8: The societal role of volunteering – remarks on the moral logic of the Scandinavian volunteer sector.