Politics and volunteering in Japan a global perspective - Haddad, Mary Alice 1973- (Cambridge Cambridge University Press, 2007)
Introduction -- Performing their civic duty : a theory of volunteer participation -- Patterns of participation : volunteering around the world -- Volunteering in Japan : not where you would expect -- Practices that count : legitimizing, organizing, and funding volunteers -- Engaged communities : the community voluntarism model -- Cross-national volunteer participation : testing the community voluntarism model -- Conclusion.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-214) and index.
Keywords: Voluntarism -- Cross-cultural studies; Voluntarism -- Japan; Social participation -- Cross-cultural studies; Social participation -- Japan; Community organization -- Cross-cultural studies; Community organization -- Japan