Social Science : Volunteer Work

This work looks at service learning. It cover such topics as: challenges for service-learning research; enhancing theory-based research on service learning; ......

This volume is the seventh in the Advances in Service-Learning Research series, and presents a collection of papers selected from those presented at the Sixt......

If you care about social change but hate feel-good platitudes, Do It Anyway is the book for you. Courtney Martin’s rich profiles of the new genera......

Groomology will help loving husbands-to-be navigate the confusing wedding planning process to benefit both himself and his bride. Author: Skog, Susan Publis......

In this volume, practitioners and researchers present methods and strategies for assisting and collaborating with groups and agencies serving families. Helpi......

A complete and revealing history of the Peace Corps—in time for its fiftieth anniversary When the World Calls is the first complete and balanced l......

When Ingrid E. Newkirk almost singlehandedly set into motion the largest animal-rights organization in the world, she knew that one person can make a differe......

When Ingrid E. Newkirk almost singlehandedly set into motion the largest animal-rights organization in the world, she knew that one person can make a differe......

American Christians, veteran reporter John Donnelly has discovered, are an ever-increasing source of aid in Africa, with some experts estimating that U.S. ch......

“An invaluable and inspiring read”* offering a new perspective to people entering their 50s, 60s, and 70s asking the question: What’s next?(......

Be the Change celebrates the personal transformations of men and women who, by working to change the world, changed themselves. Featuring interviews with ove......

Although a range of program and policy responses to youth gangs exist, most are largely based on suppression, implemented by the police or other criminal jus......

Visionaries In Our Midst is a compilation of essays, each focusing on an individual or individuals who saw an unmet social need in their community and did so......

African Son records the author's many trips to Africa as a Peace Corps volunteer, Fulbright scholar, teacher, and traveler. These personal essays range from ......

A Peace Corps volunteer’s inspirational story about the power of small change In 2001, Peace Corps volunteer Rajeev Goyal was sent to Namje, a remote v......

Going beyond the simple focus on food that typical diet guides perpetuate, this book shows how true health and well-being is obtained when people become free......

Lately, troubled teens have been dominating the headlines. But there are other stories that deserve the spotlight--stories about the many teenagers who have ......

Most people agree that jobs fall into two categories--those in which you work to make the world a better place and those in which you make money. There is a...

In 365 Ways to Raise Funds for Your Nonprofit, April Jervis presents nonprofit professionals with new and diverse methods for using community-building experi......

Interest in and research on civic engagement and service-learning have increased exponentially. In this rapid growth, efforts have been made to institutional......