Gifts, Virtues and Obligations of University Volunteering: The Proper Thing to Do

Gifts, Virtues and Obligations of University Volunteering: The Proper Thing to Do

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Publisher's Synopsis

This book takes a critical, grounded and ethnographic approach to elicit a deeper understanding of university volunteering. Anthropological theories of reciprocal gift exchange are used to re-visit some of the value-laden and at times conflicting ways of understanding volunteering as freely undertaken or coerced, altruistic or self-interested. It also explores how some of the changing uses and expectations of volunteering are related to the exercise of power and to the effect of social norms or structural constraints on agency. The book contains a detailed case study of a UK university, focusing on its relationships with local communities and voluntary organisations to illustrate the complex and culturally situated nature of volunteering and the gift. Joanna Puckering also draws on examples from countries such as the United States and Australia to address wider questions of why people do what they do, and why volunteering motives and outcomes attract differing interpretations. This volume will be relevant to scholars from anthropology, sociology and geography as well as those involved in the higher education and voluntary, corporate and social enterprise sectors.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780367859541
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Imprint: Routledge
Pub date:
DEWEY: 378.103
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 256
Weight: 453g
Height: 234mm
Width: 156mm
Spine width: 16mm