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Title:

Care and community in modern society : passing on the tradition of service to future generations / Paul G. Schervish, Virginia A. Hodgkinson, Margaret Gates, [editors] and Associates.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Jossey-Bass Publishers,

Copyright Date:

c1995

Description:

xxvii, 505 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Public welfare--Philosophy.
Social service--Philosophy.
Voluntarism.
Caregivers.

Other Authors:

Schervish, Paul G.
Hodgkinson, Virginia Ann.
Gates, Margaret Jane.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents:

Passing it on : the transmission of wealth and financial care / Paul G. Schervish. The role of family and community in transmitting the tradition of care. Key factors influencing caring, involvement, and community / Virginia A. Hodgkinson -- How people learn to care / Ervin Staub -- Children of the left : sharing values across generations / Martin Halpern -- Passing it on : the transmission of wealth and financial care / Paul G. Schervish.
The role of free loan associations in Jewish communities / Eliezer David Jaffe. Children as volunteers : learning by doing / Virginia A. Walter -- The effect of boys and girls clubs on promoting caring in public housing / Steven Schinke, Roxanne Spillett -- Civic and religious traditions of care. A history of leadership education in the United States / Peter Dobkin Hall -- The role of free loan associations in Jewish communities / Eliezer David Jaffe.
Improving welfare : the public role in caring for poor families with children / Heidi Hartmann, Roberta Spalter-Roth. The Catholic ethic and the Protestant ethic / John E. Tropman -- Social and political environments of care. How institutions shape a caring society / Emmett D. Carson -- Strengthening the democratic process / Michael K. Briand, Jennifer Alstad -- Corporate concern for racial and ethnic populations / Steven L. Paprocki, Robert O. Bothwell -- Improving welfare : the public role in caring for poor families with children / Heidi Hartmann, Roberta Spalter-Roth.
Fragmentation in America's nonprofit sector / Julian Wolpert. Mobilizing care through mutual self-interest. The role of self-help groups in fostering a caring society / Thomasina Borkman, Maria Parisi -- How volunteers help Bosnian refugees in Slovenia / Anica Mikuš Kos -- The activist and the alienated : participation trends in community service / John Bell -- Fragmentation in America's nonprofit sector / Julian Wolpert.
Conclusion : reflections on caring and community / Margaret Gates.

Series:

The Jossey-Bass nonprofit sector series

ISBN:

9780787901097 (alk. paper)
0787901091 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)32272266

LCCN:

95013733

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)