This article aims to present semi-structured interviewing as a pivotal tool used in research on
the expressions of informal civil society, including the narratives of activists outside the third …

Volunteering research focuses predominantly on predicting participation in volunteering,
proceeding from the quasi-hegemonic foundation of resource theory and dominant-status …

This paper explores volunteering and inequality in the global South through an analysis of
volunteering remuneration. We argue that the growing remuneration of volunteers reflects …

Increasing third-party intervention in volunteering represents a key change in the
environment of volunteering. One significant expression is “workfare volunteering”: the …

In the past 20 years, older adults' civic participation has received considerable attention.
Current literature shows that rates of voting and volunteering have been consistently lower …

Although it has been widely acknowledged that hope, career competency, and outcomes of
social well-being (ie, social integration, social contribution, and civic engagement) are key …

Living at or near poverty can be isolating for individuals and their families. Using the
ecological perspective with emphasis on transactions across systems, we examine the …

In Spring 2022, I had the opportunity to teach our upper-division, undergraduate grant
writing course. I taught at our public, four-year university for ten years and, though I had …

The engagement of participants in mandatory national youth service programs is a
potentially important, but often neglected factor in understanding why these programs do or …

Poverty in the US is not invisible. A large number of Americans are low-income and
experience homelessness. This population relies on scarce-resourced public services for …