Grass Roots Family Action and Military Policy Responses

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Reconsideration of the Problem of Complicity between Volunteering Activities and Neo‐liberalism

There are two opposite opinions on volunteer activities. The advocates applaud them because they could solve problems caused by the nation and the market. The critics of neo‐liberalism, on the other hand, are apprehensive that they would promote social change in line with neo‐liberalism. The aim of this paper is to reconsider the discussions comprehensively and to show theoretical points that avoid complicity with neo‐liberalism. The problems of complicity could be classified into two types. One is at the level of condition, and the other is at the level of consequence. At the level of condition, complicity would occur when volunteer activities function as a replacement for institutions of welfare states, and when volunteers become moralistic and easy to be governed. On the other hand, at the level of consequence, complicity would happen when social disparity that exists among participants in volunteers is mobilized to protect themselves by excluding others. It is then shown that this complicity doesn't always happen and there are ways to avoid it. Such methods are found by considering the “other” who has difficulty in gaining people's sympathy and is neglected in most discussions of volunteers.     

青年志愿者行动在和谐社会中的作用初探

青年志愿者行动在志愿服务的领域和志愿者队伍建设方面不断发展,成为目前中国青年参与面最广、参与程度最高、具有极高社会知名度的群众性公益活动,不仅在客观上满足了许多急迫的社会需求,而且在缓解社会压力、促成社会安定、构建新型人际关系、增进社会福利等方面都起着重要的作用,同时为构建社会主义和谐社会、建设社会主义新农村做出了积极贡献.     

大学生开展社区志愿服务模式探究与实践--以佛山科学技术学院为例

从大学生开展社区志愿服务发展背景入手,分析大学生在城市社区志愿服务的现状,以佛山科学技术学院大学生参与地方社区志愿服务为例,探讨大学生组团结对社区开展志愿服务模式,并介绍大学生组团进社区开展志愿服务取得的阶段性成果以及努力方向。     

时间银行——中国志愿服务模式优化的新路径

"时间银行"作为一种新兴的志愿服务激励机制受到社会各界的广泛关注。发展于美国的"时间银行"摆脱传统思想的束缚,倡导"时间回报",通过"时间货币"与志愿服务激励机制的结合,构建了志愿服务事业发展的新模式。但"时间银行"在中国的发展并不是一帆风顺,顶层设计不规范、专业管理人才缺失等问题日益突出,在借鉴美国成功经验的基础上,构建系统完善、符合中国特色的中国式"时间银行"迫在眉睫。     

Projections and Policies for Volunteer Programs: The Implications of the Serve America Act for Volunteer Diversity and Management

This article explores the limits of public policy as it affects volunteerism in the United States. Our analysis focuses on the potential of the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act (2009), the most sweeping volunteer legislation in U.S. history, to raise the level of volunteering and national service in the United States, particularly among young people, older people, and minorities—the primary target populations of the act. The Serve America Act aims to increase service‐learning opportunities and national service placements substantially. However, the long‐term impact of these changes on the rate of volunteering and the composition and character of the volunteering population remains unclear. Using data from the Current Population Survey's annual Supplement on Volunteering, we examine a variety of reasonable policy scenarios to see how the Serve America Act might affect future volunteering through the year 2050. The findings suggest that even if the Serve America Act is fully funded and implemented, it is unlikely to have a long‐term impact on the overall volunteering rate and, consequently, that altering the national volunteering rate might be an unrealistic public policy goal. Nevertheless, the analysis shows that because of naturally occurring changes in the population, the composition of the volunteer pool is likely to change as we move toward 2050—a demographic shift that will present increased challenges for volunteer managers. We discuss these challenges and how managers might deal with them effectively.     

高校青年志愿者组织发展机制研究

我国高校青年志愿者组织经历了从无到有,并逐步走向成熟和完善的阶段.当前高校青年志愿者组织发展存在志愿者自主化力量不足、志愿活动缺乏社会认同、激励机制尚不健全等问题.高校青年志愿组织发展机制的进一步的发展和完善,既需要高校共青团组织、志愿者组织管理人员对志愿者工作进行长期规划和引导,又需要社会各界的充分重视和大力支持,同时也需要更多大学生的积极参与.只有通过多方努力形成合力,才能进一步推动高校志愿组织的发展和完善.     

What is Old is New Again: Achieving Effectiveness with Volunteer Programs in Kazakhstan

Abstact This study based on Kazakhstan nonprofit organizations (NPOs) is the first to address the important issue of the relationship between volunteer management and volunteer program effectiveness in an international setting. Our inquiry is informed by findings of US scholars that show that the adoption of a recommended set of volunteer management practices is related to the level of effectiveness achieved with volunteer involvement in NPOs. The paper advances a path model to explain volunteer program effectiveness, with volunteer management practices the crucial intermediate variable. Based on data collected in a survey of Almaty (Kazakhstan) NPOs in 2004, the empirical analysis yields considerable support for a path model that focuses on both the adoption of these practices and the attainment of program effectiveness. Given the heterogeneity of NPOs, not every organization can be expected to benefit from the adoption of the recommended practices. Nevertheless, results suggest that they offer one workable means for successfully integrating volunteers.     

中国特色志愿服务理论建构中的“中国梦”目标定向

中国梦的提出为中国特色志愿服务发展确定了方向,也为其提供了基本的功能指向。中国特色志愿服务通过制度化建设,发挥社会个体的积极作用等方式实现其经济建设、人力资本增值和社会结构建设的功能;它以社会主义为根本道路,进一步凝聚人民大众这一社会基础,全面提升国家软实力,是凝聚民族振兴大业的社会基础;同时,它以社会和谐为目标,践行公平正义理念,追求人的高层次满足,实现百姓幸福的极大化,是人民幸福的重要社会元素。     

志愿服务增强青年价值观自信研究

价值观自信是中国人民对社会主义核心价值观所持的积极肯定的态度。志愿服务的内在价值追求和外在实践形式,使其与价值观自信具有很大的内在契合度和关联性。志愿服务是教育青年、引导青年的载体,是青年增长才干、提升自我的平台,是青年了解中国、认识世界的窗口,因此是增强青年价值观自信的有力抓手。基于志愿服务增强青年群体价值观自信,就必须进一步重视志愿服务、弘扬志愿精神,延伸志愿服务的广度和深度,构建志愿服务的长效体制机制。