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The Scope Of Volunteer Activity And Public Service, Eleanor Brown
The Scope Of Volunteer Activity And Public Service, Eleanor Brown
Law and Contemporary Problems
Brown offers an overview of the scope of volunteering in the US, beginning with a definition of volunteers. She then considers the purposes to which volunteer labor is put, and examines some determinates of volunteering, paying particular attention to factors shaping the volunteer activities of the young and the old.
Volunteering In Cross-National Perspective: Initial Comparisons, Helmut K. Anheier, Lester M. Salamon
Volunteering In Cross-National Perspective: Initial Comparisons, Helmut K. Anheier, Lester M. Salamon
Law and Contemporary Problems
Anheier and Salamon shed some light on volunteering in different parts of the world by exploring the conceptions and patterns of voluntary action cross-nationally. As a cultural and economic phenomenon, volunteering is part of the way societies are organized, how they allocate social responsibilities, and how much engagement and participation they expect from citizens.
Reviving The Criminal Jury In Japan, Lester W. Kiss
Reviving The Criminal Jury In Japan, Lester W. Kiss
Law and Contemporary Problems
Kiss analyzes whether the readoption of criminal jury trials in present-day Japan would be feasible from cultural, societal and legal viewpoints in light of Japan's prior experience with a jury system.