Posted on October 27th, 2009 by Eddie Cowling in Other news
Tagged as: civic engagement, international, leisure, lifestyle, public participation, social participation, volunteering
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The first paper explores whether volunteering is ‘work’, a prosocial activity, or a leisure or lifestyle activity. Drawing on a national survey in the US, the author finds the data provided weak support for the idea of volunteering as work or a work substitute. Greater support was found for volunteering as prosocial behaviour or volunteering as a leisure or lifestyle activity. Interestingly however, the strongest results related to the continuity of volunteering over time. Thus, as people age, it appears that lifestyle patterns from earlier in their lives influence the activities they select.
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The second paper points out that current ageing policy emphasizes the importance of volunteering and civic engagement as critical elements of successful ageing. It provides a historical overview of this strategy and describes three predictions about civic engagement and volunteerism among baby boomers.
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