Active ageing : Voluntary work by older people in Europe /

'Active ageing' has become a key phrase in discourses about challenges and remedies for demographic ageing and the enrolment of older adults into voluntary work is an important dimension of it. The pattern and factors conditioning volunteering among older people has so far been an under-re...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Other Authors: Principi, Andrea
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bristol : Policy Press, 2014.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:'Active ageing' has become a key phrase in discourses about challenges and remedies for demographic ageing and the enrolment of older adults into voluntary work is an important dimension of it. The pattern and factors conditioning volunteering among older people has so far been an under-researched topic in Europe and this is the first book to study volunteering among older people comparatively and comprehensively.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
ISBN:9781447307211
1447307216
1306823811
9781306823814