Mexican Solidarity Citizen Participation and Volunteering /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Butcher, Jacqueline. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2010.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Regional planning.; Social policy.; Social sciences > Methodology.; Sociology.; Social Sciences.; Social Policy.; Regional and Cultural Studies.; Methodology of the Social Sciences.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1078-3

This comprehensive volume presents research on Mexican practices of solidarity where citizens were engaged in working towards helping others voluntarily. It set out to investigate the nature and quality of the work and time that volunteers give towards obtaining the common good, in a country where t...

Table of Contents:

• Conceptual Framework for Volunteer Action and Acts of Solidarity.-Analysis of the National Survey on Solidarity and Volunteer Action
• How to Become a Volunteer
• The Concept of Giving in Mexico
• Non-Profit Organizations in Mexico: Case studies
• Findings, Challenges, and Implications. - Appendices
• Index.