Volunteering in cross-national perspective: initial comparisons.

Law and Contemporary Problems, September, 1999 by Anheier, Helmut K.; Salamon, Lester M.

HELMUT K. ANHEIER [*]

LESTER M. SALAMON [**]

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INTRODUCTION

Volunteering has not only become an important issue in the United States; it is also receiving much more attention in many other countries. In many ways, volunteering enjoys greater political and cultural recognition today than it did in past decades. As frequently happens, however, greater awareness seems related to the extent to which an issue is seen as problematic, or as something beneficial that no longer can be taken for granted. The environment, the family, community, and social security are cases in point, and, as we suggest in this article, so is volunteering, particularly when seen from a cross-national perspective.

In the past, volunteering was...

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