2017年1月1日
Self-help and mutual aid group volunteering
The Palgrave Handbook of Volunteering, Civic Participation, and Nonprofit Associations
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- 1
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- 開始ページ
- 393
- 終了ページ
- 416
- 記述言語
- 英語
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- DOI
- 10.1007/978-1-137-26317-9_19
- 出版者・発行元
- Palgrave Macmillan
This chapter explores a type of formal volunteering, carried out in groups, by peers who share a problematic health, economic, or social condition or situation. Peers meet together in self-help/mutual aid groups (SH/MAGs) to alleviate or improve their own circumstances. Of particular importance are the reciprocal social relationships in these groups — active participants both give and receive support. The chapter traces the broad history of SH/MAGs, reflecting similarities and differences in the co-authors’ regions of the world. The benefits that accrue to people active in SH/MAGs are highlighted at a personal, collective, and community level. The authors explore how self-help/mutual aid is enabled, given the challenges currently facing this form of volunteering, including global economic austerity and the dominance of professional and paternalistic modes of help.
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- DOI : 10.1007/978-1-137-26317-9_19
- SCOPUS ID : 85045986496