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Voluntary organisations
Citizenship, learning and change
| Konrad Elsdon with John Reynolds and
Susan Stewart ISBN 1 872941 87 7 1995 (reprinted 1997, 2000) More titles on Informal Learning |
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We all think that voluntary organisations are a good thing, for their members and the community at large. The truth is that we know very little about them. What kinds are there? How many? Who belongs? What happens to them? Are the ripples of their learning and change passed on? How far? Do such organisations change? What is their effect on citizenship and the quality of life? Who runs them? What makes for effectiveness and good leadership, and what spells trouble?
This report of a six-year project in England, Scotland and Wales is the first attempt to answer these fundamental questions, and from its answers it draws important lessons for the voluntary sector, for the professions and training institutions, and for policy-makers in national and local government.
It will be essential reading for anyone concerned with community development, and for all those involved with social development and cultural activity and provision.
Readership: all concerned with community and social development, and cultural activity and provision.
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Contents
| Acknowledgements | |
| Chapter 1. | Introduction |
| Chapter 2. | Some contexts for the enquiry |
| Chapter 3. | Sources, patterns and an approximate model |
| Chapter 4. | Objectives and outcomes |
| Chapter 5. | Individual learning and change |
| Chapter 6. | Individual learners and group types |
| Chapter 7. | How do groups learn and change? |
| Chapter 8. | Are communities affected by LVOs? |
| Chapter 9. | Processes and outcomes |
| Chapter 10. | Some implications of the findings |
| Appendices | |
| 1. | The interview aide-memoire |
| 2. | The anonymous questionnaire |
| 3. | The Retford postal questionnaire |
| 4. | Statistical tables |
| 5. | Statistical procedures used, details of the three databases, and other archive material held |
| 6. | Some gaps in knowledge, and suggestions for further enquiry |
| Bibliography | |
| Index | |
| Flyout | List of organisations studied, with working titles |
| Glossary, abbreviations and definitions | |
| Sampling matrix |
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