Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Click here for more information Leadership, Fifth Edition

CiteULike is a free service for managing and discovering scholarly references - click here to get started.

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Right arrow Citing Articles via Scopus
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by McBride, A. M.
Right arrow Articles by Johnson, E.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Complore   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati   Add to Twitter  
What's this?

Civic Service Worldwide: Defining a Field, Building a Knowledge Base

Amanda Moore McBride

Washington University in St. Louis

Michael Sherraden

Washington University in St. Louis

Carlos Benítez

Washington University in St. Louis

Elizabeth Johnson

Washington University in St. Louis

Civic service appears to be a global phenomenon. The growth of service may warrant a distinct field of study in which a comparative knowledge base could inform development and implementation of policies and programs. In this article, the authors summarize results of a global assessment of civic service. Searching by country and using information from organizational memberships, publications, and the Internet, 210 civic service programs were identified in 57 countries. This study has many limitations, raising more questions than it answers. Nonetheless, it is the first worldwide empirical glimpse of service, shedding light on several key questions: What are the current status and forms of civic service? What are its structures, goals, and effects? This introductory article of the special issue frames these questions for consideration by the authors, who identify historical and cultural determinants, forms, and mediators of civic service in different regions of the world.

Key Words: civic service • volunteerism • comparative • international • development

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Vol. 33, No. 4 suppl, 8S-21S (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0899764004269746
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati   Add to Twitter Twitter    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector QuarterlyHome page
K. S. Jones
Giving and Volunteering as Distinct Forms of Civic Engagement: The Role of Community Integration and Personal Resources in Formal Helping
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, June 1, 2006; 35(2): 249 - 266.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector QuarterlyHome page
V. A. Hodgkinson
Developing a Research Agenda on Civic Service
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, December 1, 2004; 33(4_suppl): 184S - 197S.
[Abstract] [PDF]