Care and Community in Modern Society: Passing On the Tradition of Service to Future Generations
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PAUL G. SCHERVISH is associate professor of sociology and director of Social Welfare Research at Boston College. He is the coauthor of Empowerment and Beneficience.. VIRGINIA A. HODGKINSON is vice president of research at INDEPENDENT SECTOR and executive director of the National Center of Charitable Statistics. She is the author or coauthor of Giving and Volunteering in the United States (1992), The Nonprofit Almanac: Dimensions of the IndepAndent Sector 1992--1993 (1992), Governing Leading and Managing Nonprofit Organizations (1993). MARGARET GATES is a consultant to nonprofit organizations. As national executive director of Girls Incorporated, she was an advocate for girls and introduced programs to meet the special challenges of girls in contemporary society. She was Deputy Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Agriculture from 19791981.
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Introduction: Gentle as Doves and Wise as Serpents: The Philosophy of Care and the Sociology of Transmission
Part One: The Role of Family and Community in Transmitting the Tradition of Care
1. Key Factors Influencing Caring, Involvement, and Community(Virginia A. Hodgkinson)
2. How People Learn to Care(Ervin Staub)
3. Children of the Left: Sharing Values Across Generations(Martin Halpern)
4. Passing It On: The Transmission of Wealth and Financial Care(Paul G. Schervish)
Part Two: Children as Givers and Receivers of Care
5. Children as Philantrhopists: The Younger, the Better(Sylvia Blitzer Golombek)
6. Children as Volunteers: Learning by Doing(Virginia A. Walter)
7. The Effect of Boys and Girls Clubs on Promoting Caring in Public Housing(Steven Schinke, Roxanne Spillett)
Part Three: Civic and Religious Traditions of Care
8. A History of Leadership Education in the United States(Peter Dobkin Hall)
9. The Role of Free Loan Association in Jewish Communities(Eliezer David Jaffe)
10. Islamic Nonprofit Organizations: In the Process of Promoting a Caring Society(Amani Kandil)
11. The Catholic Ethic and the Protestant Ethic(John E. Tropman)
Part Four: Social and Political Environments of Care
12. How Institutions Shape a Caring Society(Emmet D. Carson)
13. Strengthening the Democratic Process(Michael K. Briand, Jennifer Alstad)
14. Corporate Concern for Racial and Ethnic Populations(Steven L. Paprocki, Robert O. Bothwell)
15. Improving Welfare: The Public Role in Caring for Poor Families with Children(Heidi Hartmann, Roberta Splater-Roth)
16. Caring Sector or Caring Society: Discovering the Nonprofit Sector Cross-Nationally(Lester M. Salamon, Helmut K. Anheier)
Part Five: Mobilizing Care Through Mutual Self-Interest
17. The Role of Self-Help Groups in Fostering a Caring Society(Thomasina Borkman, Maria Parisi)
18. How Volunteers Help Bosnian Refugees in Slovenia(Anica Mikus Kos)
19. The Activist and the Alienated: Participation TrAnds in Community Service(John Bell)
20. Fragmentation in America's Nonprofit Sector(Julian Wolpert)
Conclusion: Reflections on Caring and Community
Part One: The Role of Family and Community in Transmitting the Tradition of Care
1. Key Factors Influencing Caring, Involvement, and Community(Virginia A. Hodgkinson)
2. How People Learn to Care(Ervin Staub)
3. Children of the Left: Sharing Values Across Generations(Martin Halpern)
4. Passing It On: The Transmission of Wealth and Financial Care(Paul G. Schervish)
Part Two: Children as Givers and Receivers of Care
5. Children as Philantrhopists: The Younger, the Better(Sylvia Blitzer Golombek)
6. Children as Volunteers: Learning by Doing(Virginia A. Walter)
7. The Effect of Boys and Girls Clubs on Promoting Caring in Public Housing(Steven Schinke, Roxanne Spillett)
Part Three: Civic and Religious Traditions of Care
8. A History of Leadership Education in the United States(Peter Dobkin Hall)
9. The Role of Free Loan Association in Jewish Communities(Eliezer David Jaffe)
10. Islamic Nonprofit Organizations: In the Process of Promoting a Caring Society(Amani Kandil)
11. The Catholic Ethic and the Protestant Ethic(John E. Tropman)
Part Four: Social and Political Environments of Care
12. How Institutions Shape a Caring Society(Emmet D. Carson)
13. Strengthening the Democratic Process(Michael K. Briand, Jennifer Alstad)
14. Corporate Concern for Racial and Ethnic Populations(Steven L. Paprocki, Robert O. Bothwell)
15. Improving Welfare: The Public Role in Caring for Poor Families with Children(Heidi Hartmann, Roberta Splater-Roth)
16. Caring Sector or Caring Society: Discovering the Nonprofit Sector Cross-Nationally(Lester M. Salamon, Helmut K. Anheier)
Part Five: Mobilizing Care Through Mutual Self-Interest
17. The Role of Self-Help Groups in Fostering a Caring Society(Thomasina Borkman, Maria Parisi)
18. How Volunteers Help Bosnian Refugees in Slovenia(Anica Mikus Kos)
19. The Activist and the Alienated: Participation TrAnds in Community Service(John Bell)
20. Fragmentation in America's Nonprofit Sector(Julian Wolpert)
Conclusion: Reflections on Caring and Community
