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The Global Historical and Contemporary Impacts of Voluntary Membership Associations on Human Societies
Brill, 2018.
Smith D. H.
The Global Historical and Contemporary Impacts of Voluntary Membership Associations on Human Societies
Keywords: volunteering
Кайдышева Н. Н., Ученые записки НТГСПИ. Серия: История и филология 2024 № 4 С. 8–26
This article is devoted to the study of the history of volunteerism in the Soviet Union using the city of Nizhny Tagil as an example. The author substantiates the thesis that the social practices of Soviet citizens were a manifestation of charity. The work shows a wide range of forms of charity among the population ...
Added: February 22, 2026
Ivanov V., , in: ERNOP Conference Proceedings 2025.: European Research Network on Philanthropy, 2026. P. 90–95.
The historical development of volunteering and philanthropy in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan has been studied from ancient times to the present day. It was found that volunteering and charity in Central Asia have common historical roots. Nowdays in all countries surveyed, the state plays an active role in developing philanthropy and volunteering by introducing ...
Added: February 21, 2026
Ivanov V., Asadova E., Amreeva E. et al., Bonn: United Nations Volunteers, 2024.
The Review showcases the evolution of volunteering practices and highlights the value of volunteers' contribution to the development of Central Asian countries. The Review presents best practices of volunteering, the expertise of non-profit organizations, government agencies and volunteers themselves.
According to the Review:
More than 70% of the region’s volunteers participate in educational, environmental and social initiatives, ...
Added: March 3, 2025
Иванов Вячеслав, Асадова Э., Амреева Е. et al., Бонн: United Nations Volunteers, 2024.
The review is a first-of-its-kind comprehensive information product analysing the regulatory and legal frameworks in five countries that enable active citizens in the Central Asian region to volunteer. Split into five chapters, it serves as a tool to assess progress and take stock of the diverse ways in which volunteers contribute to the implementation of ...
Added: March 3, 2025
Jakobson L. I., Ivanova N., Mersiyanova I. V., , in: International Encyclopedia of Civil Society.: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2020. P. 1–6.
Volunteering is a complex phenomenon spanning a wide variety of activities, organization types, and sectors. Analysis of widely used definitions of the term allowed the identification of four common dimensions: volunteer nature of the activity; the nature of the reward; and activity context, formal or informal, and the beneficiary type. All of the aforementioned vary from ...
Added: November 30, 2024
Ivanov V., El Eryan Е., Changing Societies and Personalities 2024 Vol. 8 No. 1 P. 93–107
The paper examines the potential of Arab volunteers in solving social problems in their communities. Conceptually, volunteering is viewed as both part of social participation and a form of helping behavior. The research is based on the analysis of data from an online survey conducted among adult volunteers from 20 countries in the North Africa, Middle ...
Added: April 8, 2024
Irina V. Mersianova, Natalya V. Ivanova, Aleksandra S. Briukhno, Changing Societies and Personalities 2024 Vol. 8 No. 1 P. 78–92
An extensive body of research suggests a positive connection between subjective well-being (SWB) and volunteering. However, their relationship is often described in terms of health-related and personal psychological effects, thus raising an issue of elaborating proxies that would focus on the social effects and determinants of such relationship. This study aims to demonstrate a number of ...
Added: April 8, 2024
Zolotareva A., Хегай А. С., Kazennaya E. et al., Вопросы психологии 2023 Т. 69 № 3 С. 98–106
Numerous publications showed the positive impact of volunteering on the somatic and psychological health of the volunteers. The current study aimed to explore the relationship between volunteering engagement, somatization (the tendency to exhibit somatic responses to psychological distress), and psychological functioning (measuring emotional, social, and psychological well-being). The participants were 305 volunteers, comprising 36 men ...
Added: January 17, 2024
Gaete Sepulveda M. A., Kulbaeva A., Ким М., М.: Грифон, 2021.
The methodology was created as part of Service Learning, a joint initiative of the National Research University Higher School of Economics and the Agency for Social Investments and Innovations. This year the project was supported by the Presidential Grants Foundation. The Service Learning initiative is aimed at the development of intellectual volunteering among students: involvement ...
Added: January 17, 2024
Hampton D., Wiepking P., Chapman C. et al., Journal of Philanthropy and Marketing 2023 No. 1814 P. 1–7
This practice paper articulates the key learnings for philanthropic organizations based on their experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic. Which actions can philanthropic organizations take to best support community needs during times of crisis? To answer this question, we synthesize information about how philanthropic organizations responded during the early COVID-19 crisis (spring―fall 2020) across 11 countries: ...
Added: September 8, 2023
Udalowska A., Osin E. N., / Series n/a "n/a". 2023. No. 23.
A recent quantitative study showed volunteering to be an important protective factor against the negative psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to further explore this area of research by analysing the experiences of those volunteering during the pandemic using qualitative methodology. Semi-structured interviews of six individuals volunteering in various roles throughout the ...
Added: March 22, 2023
Kennon M. Sheldon, Titova L., Evgeny Osin et al., Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology 2023 Vol. 33 No. 3 P. 708–718
We assessed the motivations, commitment, and subjective well-being (SWB) of 441 food bank volunteers, using motivation scales derived from self-determination theory and functional motives theory. Replicating the findings of Sheldon, Wineland, Venhoeven, and Osin's (2016) study of environmental activists, all motivation scales could be located on the autonomous or controlled motivation factors specified by self-determination ...
Added: October 27, 2022
Krasnopolskaya I., Guseva P., Мейс Л. et al., Мониторинг общественного мнения: Экономические и социальные перемены 2022 № 2 С. 384–408
The article relies on the thesis of the importance of the satisfaction of occasional volunteers for their future participation in volunteer activities. The research focuses on those volunteers who occasionally participate in various volunteer activities and leave after their completion. This form of volunteer participation is quite widespread and replaces regular volunteering in nonprofit organizations, ...
Added: June 8, 2022
Sukharkova M., Вестник Кемеровского государственного университета. Серия: Политические, социологические и экономические науки 2021 № 3 С. 339–346
The research objective was to study the motivation of Russian and Chinese volunteers at the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2014 and 2022. Mega-sport events attract public attention worldwide and require a lot of volunteers. Based on the international scope of Olympic volunteer community, a cross-country analysis of volunteering experience is a relevant topic. The ...
Added: January 14, 2022
Sukharkova M., Теория и практика общественного развития 2021 № 7 С. 49–58
This paper is about the volunteering of Olympic volunteers who took part in organizing and hosting the 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and their participation in volunteer activities after the events. The Olympic Volunteer Program was the first comprehensive volunteer training, support and management program in Russia. Its participants have received training for Olympic volunteering ...
Added: January 14, 2022
Smith D. H., Koninklijke Brill NV, 2019.
The foundations of volunteering, charitable giving, voluntary associations, voluntary agencies, and other aspects of the Voluntary Nonprofit Sector (VNPS) collectively and individual voluntary action lie in various aspects of human nature and human societies. These may be referred to variously as altruism, morality, ethics, virtue, kindness, generosity, cooperation, social solidarity, and prosociality. Such foundations of ...
Added: January 12, 2022
Barsukova S., Звягинцев А. В., Лаптиева Л. С. et al., Мониторинг общественного мнения: Экономические и социальные перемены 2021 № 4 С. 300–318
The combination of the words «youth» and «politics» is often associated with rallies and protests. And this is true, given the average age of participants in such actions. However, this article is not about protests, but about young people doing certain work in the framework of election campaigns. Young people distribute campaign leaflets, collect signatures ...
Added: September 15, 2021
Mersiyanova I. V., Брюхно А. С., Мониторинг общественного мнения: Экономические и социальные перемены 2020 № 6 С. 357–375
The article examines the potential for using digital volunteer platforms in Russia and is based on quantitative and qualitative research conducted during the coronavirus lockdown (April – May 2020) by the HSE Centre for Studies
of Civil Society and the Non-Profit Sector. Relying on the data from a Russian nationwide survey (N = 2012), the authors ...
Added: December 31, 2020
Istyagina-Eliseeva E., Бариеникова Е. Е., Качулина Н. Н., [б.и.], 2015.
Теория и практика волонтерского движения [Электронный ресурс] : прогр. дисциплины : направление подгот. 034600.62 : профиль подгот. "Рекреатив.-оздоровит. деятельность (менеджмент рекреации и туризма)" : квалификация (степ.) выпускника - бакалавр : формы обучения - оч., заоч. : утв. и рек. эмс Гуманитар. ин-та фгбоу впо "РГУФКСМиТ" / сост.: Истягина-Елисеева Е.А., Качулина Н.Н., Бириеникова Е.Е. ; М-во ...
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Istyagina-Eliseeva E., Качулина Н. Н., Бариеникова Е. Е., [б.и.], 2015.
Волонтерское движение - теория и практика [Электронный ресурс] : прогр. дисциплины : направление подгот. 034400.62 : профили подгот.: "Адапт физ. воспитание", "Адапт. двигат. рекреация", "Лечеб. физ. культура","Физ. реабилитация" : квалификация (степ.) выпускника - бакалавр : формы обучения - оч., заоч. : утв. и рек. эмс Гуманитар. ин-та фгбоу впо "РГУФКСМиТ" / сост.: Истягина-Елисеева Е.А., Качулина ...
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Istyagina-Eliseeva E., Romanov E., Бариеникова Е. Е. et al., [б.и.], 2015.
Волонтерское движение - теория и практика [Электронный ресурс] : прогр. дисциплины : направление подгот. 034300.68 : магистер. прогр.: "Соц.-гуманитар. проблемы физ. культуры и спорта" : квалификация (степ.) выпускника - Магистр : форма обучения - оч. : утв. и рек. Эмс ИНПО ФГБОУ ВПО "РГУФКСМиТ" / сост.: Истягина-Елисеева Е.А. [и др.] ; М-во спорта РФ, Федер. ...
Added: December 9, 2020