The Voluntary City: Choice, Community, and Civil Society more books like this

by David T Beito, Alexander Tabarrok (Editor), Deborah Gordon, M.D. (Editor)

Challenges the orthodoxy that insists government alone can improve community life

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A City Year: On the Streets and in the Neighborhoods with Twelve Young Community Service Volunteers more books like this

by Suzanne Goldsmith (Introduction by)

A City Year is both the story of a battle in urban America and a recipe for social change.

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In Service to America (P) more books like this

by Marvin Schwartz

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City Year more books like this

by Suzanne Goldsmith

Two years ago Goldsmith, a young Harvard-educated reporter, signed on for her own "season of service" with City Year, the highly publicized, Boston-based community service program that is frequently endorsed by President Clinton and others as a model for the nation. The first true glimpse of what "a season of service" really means. Photos.

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Building America PB more books like this

by Harry C Boyte, Nancy N Kari

Throughout history, work has always been the taproot of American democracy, enabling diverse people to forge connections with each other and to address the nation's problems. Through work, people gain greater visibility, authority, and a larger intellectual horizon. They come to see themselves as creators of their communities, stakeholders in the ...

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Community Volunteers in Japan: Everyday Stories of Social Change more books like this

by Lynne Y Nakano

Volunteering is a highly visible phenomenon in Japan, adopted as a meaningful social activity by millions of Japanese, and covered widely in the Japanese media. This book, based on extensive original research, explores the reality of volunteering in an urban residential Japanese neighbourhood.

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Simply Living: The Story of Compassion and the Wonderbox more books like this

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Winter Into Summer: Lapland Diary, 1945-46 more books like this

by Naomi J Groves

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Building America CL more books like this

by Harry C Boyte, Nancy N Kari

Throughout history, work has always been the taproot of American democracy, enabling diverse people to forge connections with each other and to address the nation's problems. Through work, people gain greater visibility, authority, and a larger intellectual horizon. They come to see themselves as creators of their communities, stakeholders in the ...

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Using Technical Skills in Community Development: An Analysis of Vso's Experience more books like this

by Jonathan Dawson, Mog Ball (Editor)

Using case studies from Nepal, Kenya, Tanzania and elsewhere, the experiences of technically skilled volunteers in community-based projects are analyzed to show the effectiveness, or ineffectiveness, of their impact on people's lives, and the lessons to be learnt from their mistakes.

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The camel strayed : an aid worker's view of Islam in the modern world more books like this

by Richard Poole

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Never the Same Again: A History of VSO more books like this

by Dick Bird, OBE

The complete history of the Voluntary Service Overseas, Europe's largest volunteer agency. Using personal accounts the book explores its history, looking at the experiences of founder Alec Dickson, differing attitudes to the service and the vital work done by volunteers abroad.

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Community Action for Social Justice: Grassroots Organizations in India more books like this

by Shashi Ranjan Pandey

This book focuses on the role of voluntary agencies in initiating social change in India. Community action groups have revived the idea of self-help and community development and have helped in the active participation of rural people. This book evaluates the performance of these agencies in evolving alternative approaches to rural development in ...

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Healing the Heart, Healing the 'Hood: Olgen Williams's Story of Rebuilding His Life & Neighborhood more books like this

by Olgen Williams, Sr.

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Using urban wasteland : a guide for community groups more books like this

by Susan Lobbenberg

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L'aventure solidaire : volontaires pour le Tiers Monde more books like this

by Jean-Dominique Boucher

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