Tthis handbook provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of the latest theory and research on volunteering, civic participation and nonprofit membership associations.

Table of Contents

• List of Figures and Tables
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Notes on Contributors
• Introduction - David H. Smith (USA) with Robert A. Stebbins (USA)
• Volume 1
• Part I Historical and Conceptual Background
• 1 History of Associations and Volunteering - Bernard Harris (UK), Andrew Morris (USA), Richard S. Ascough (Canada), Grace L. Chikoto (Zimbabwe), Peter R. Elson (Canada), John McLoughlin (UK), Martti Muukkonen (Finland), Tereza Pospíšilová (Czech Republic, formerly part of Czechoslovakia), Krishna Roka (Nepal), David H. Smith (USA), Andri Soteri-Proctor (UK), Anastasiya S. Tumanova (Russia), and Pengjie YU (China)
• 2 Theories of Associations and Volunteering - David H. Smith (USA), with Stijn Van Puyvelde (Belgium)
• 3 Typologies of Associations and Volunteering - David H. Smith (USA), with Robert A. Stebbins (USA), Jurgen Grotz (Germany), Pradeep Kumar (India), Janice L. H. Nga (Malaysia), and Stijn Van Puyvelde (Belgium)
• 4 Leisure and Time-Use Perspectives on Volunteering - John P. Robinson (USA), Jonathan Gershuny (UK), David H. Smith (USA), Kimberly Fisher (UK), Chang-Won Lee (South Korea), and Robert A. Stebbins (USA)
• 5 Volunteering as Related to Other Leisure Activities - David H. Smith (USA), with Sarah Dury (Belgium), John Mohan (UK), and Robert A. Stebbins (USA)
• 6 Associations and Social Capital - Jan W. van Deth (The Netherlands), Bob Edwards (USA), Gabriel Bădescu (Romania), Alisa Moldavanova (Ukraine), and Michael Woolcock (Australia)
• 7 Associations and Social Networks - Vincent Chua (Singapore) and Bonnie H. Erickson (Canada)
• 8 Hybrid Associations and Blurred Sector Boundaries - David Billis (UK)
• Part II Special Types of Volunteering
• 9 Informal, Unorganized Volunteering - Christopher J. Einolf (USA), Lionel Prouteau (France), Tamara Nezhina (Russia), and Aigerim R. Ibrayeva (Kazakhstan)
• 10 Stipended Transnational Volunteering - Benjamin J. Lough (USA), Peter Devereux (Australia), Helene Perold (South Africa), and Agnes Uhereczky (Hungary)
• 11 Stipended National Service Volunteering - Thomas A. Bryer (USA), Cristian Pliscoff (Chile), Benjamin J. Lough (USA), Ebenezer Obadare (Nigeria), and David H. Smith (USA)
• 12 Volunteer Tourism and Travel Volunteering - Stephen L. Wearing (Australia), Angela M. Benson (UK), and Nancy McGehee (USA)
• 13 Online and Virtual Volunteering - Helen K. Liu (USA), Yvonne D. Harrison (Canada), Jackie J. K. Lai (Hong Kong, China), Grace L. Chikoto (Zimbabwe), and Karina Jones-Lungo (El Salvador)
• 14 Spontaneous Volunteering in Emergencies - Benigno E. Aguirre (Cuba), Jesus Macias-Medrano (Mexico), José Luis Batista-Silva (Cuba), Grace L. Chikoto (Zimbabwe), Quintus R. Jett (USA), and Karina Jones-Lungo (El Salvador)
• 15 Formal Volunteer Service Programs - Jeffrey L. Brudney (USA), Young-joo Lee (South Korea), Suad A. Bin Afif (Saudi Arabia), Nick Ockenden (UK), and Aminata Sillah (Liberia)
• 16 Changing Nature of Formal Service Program Volunteering - Lesley Hustinx (Belgium), Itamar Y. Shachar (Israel), Femida Handy (India), and David H. Smith (USA)
• Part III Major Activity Areas of Volunteering and Associations
• 17 Traditional Philanthropic Service Volunteering - Angela Ellis-Paine (UK), Steinunn Hrafnsdóttir (Iceland), Chul-Hee Kang (South Korea), Laila Kundziņa-Zwejniec (Latvia), Sarah Jane Rehnborg (USA), Kalinga T. Silva (Sri Lanka), and David H. Smith (USA)
• 18 Self-Help and Mutual Aid Group Volunteering - Carol Munn-Giddings (UK), Tomofumi Oka (Japan), Thomasina Borkman (USA), Grace L. Chikoto (Zimbabwe), Jürgen Matzat (Germany), and Rolando Montaño-Fraire (Mexico)
• 19 Participation in Trade and Business Associations - Marina Saitgalina (Russia), Ting ZHAO (China), Robert A. Stebbins (USA), and David H. Smith (USA)
• 20 Participation in Worker Cooperatives - Marcelo Vieta (Argentina), Jack Quarter (Canada), Roger Spear (UK), and Alexandra Moskovskaya (Russia)
• 21 Volunteering in Consumer and Service Cooperatives - Victor Pestoff (USA), Akira Kurimoto (Japan), Caroline Gijselinckx (Belgium), Ann Hoyt (USA), and Mirta Vuotto (Argentina)
• 22 Volunteering in Religious Congregations and Faith-Based Associations - Ram A. Cnaan (USA), Siniša Zrinščak (Croatia), Henrietta Grönlund (Finland), David H. Smith (USA), Ming HU (China), Meme D. Kinoti (Kenya), Boris Knorre (Russia), Pradeep Kumar (India), and Anne B. Pessi (Finland)
• 23 Political Parties and Political Volunteering/Participation - Annette Zimmer (Germany), David H. Smith (USA), and Abdalhadi Alijla (Palestine)
• 24 Social Movements and Activist-Protest Volunteering - Jacob Mwathi Mati (Kenya), Fengshi WU (China), Bob Edwards (USA), Sherine N. El Taraboulsi (Egypt), and David H. Smith (USA)
• Part IV Influences on Volunteering and Association Participation
• 25 Physiological Correlates of Volunteering - René Bekkers (The Netherlands), Sara H. Konrath (USA), and David H. Smith (USA)
• 26 Conducive Macro-Contexts Influencing Volunteering - Doug Baer (Canada), Lionel Prouteau (France), David Swindell (USA), Aida Savicka (Lithuania), David H. Smith (USA), and Kuang-Ting TAI (Taiwan)
• 27 Conducive Meso- and Micro-Contexts Influencing Volunteering - Rebecca Nesbit (USA), Alisa Moldavanova (Ukraine), Carlos E. Cavalcante (Brazil), Veronique Jochum (Belgium), Lin NIE (Hong Kong, China), and Savaş Z. Şahin (Turkey)
• 28 Conducive Social Roles and Demographics Influencing Volunteering - David H. Smith (USA) and Lili Wang (China)
• 29 Volunteering in Three Life Stages - Debbie Haski-Leventhal (Israel), Ed Metz (USA), Edward Hogg (UK), Barbara Ibrahim (USA), David H. Smith (USA), and Lili Wang (China)
• 30 Conducive Motivations and Psychological Influences on Volunteering - David H. Smith (USA), with Boguslawa Sardinha (Portugal), Alisa Moldavanova (Ukraine), Hsiang-Kai Dennis DONG (Taiwan), Meenaz Kassam (India), Young-joo Lee (South Korea), and Aminata Sillah (Liberia)
• 31 S-Theory as a Comprehensive, Interdisciplinary Explanation of Volunteering and Pro-Social Behavior - David H. Smith (USA) with Stijn Van Puyvelde (Belgium)
• Volume 2
• Part V Internal Structures of Associations
• 32 Local or Grassroots Associations: Micro-Associations - Andri Soteri-Proctor (UK), David H. Smith (USA), Tereza Pospfsilovd (Czech Republic, formerly part of Czechoslovakia), Krishna Roka (Nepal), and Pengjie YU (China)
• 33 National and Other Supra-Local Associations: Meso-Associations - David H. Smith (USA), with Tereza Pospfsilovd (Czech Republic, formerly part of Czechoslovakia), and Fengshi WU (China)
• 34 Transnational Associations and INGOs: Macro-Associations - Thomas R. Davies (UK), Hans P. Schmitz (Germany), Susan Appe (USA), Daniel Barragan-Teran (Ecuador), Bonfas Owinga (Kenya), Paloma G. Raggo (Canada), and Lei XIE (China)
• 35 Governance, Boards, and Internal Structures of Associations - Stijn Van Puyvelde (Belgium), Christopher Cornforth (UK), Christophe Dansac (France), Chao GUO (China), Alan Hough (Australia), and David H. Smith (USA)
• 36 Leadership and Management of Associations - Rebecca Nesbit (USA), Heather Rimes (USA), David H. Smith (USA), Salma Akhter (Bangladesh), Kunle Akingbola (Nigeria), Anna Domaradzka-Widla (Poland), Omar K. Kristmundsson (Iceland), Chiku Malunga (Malawi), and Uzi Sasson (Israel)
• 37 Life Cycles of Individual Associations - Dan Sundblom (Finland), David H. Smith (USA), Per Selle (Norway), Christophe Dansac (France), and Courtney Jensen (USA)
• Part VI Internal Processes of Associations
• 38 Member Acquisition and Retention in Associations - Mark A. Hager (USA), Emma Juaneda-Ayensa (Spain), Fernando A. Nogueira (Brazil), Mikulas Pstross (Czech Republic; formerly part of Czechoslovakia), and David H. Smith (USA)
• 39 Resource Attraction and Marketing by Associations - Ian W. Bruce (UK), Mikko Laamanen (Finland), Robert Ashcraft (USA), Marian Min CHEN (China), Irina Mersianova (Russian Federation), Hanna Nel (South Africa), and David H. Smith (USA)
• 40 Avoiding Bureaucratization and Mission Drift in Associations - Joyce Rothschild (USA), Katherine K. Chen (USA), David H. Smith (USA), with Omar Kristmundsson (Iceland)
• 41 Self-Regulation in Associations - Christopher Corbett (USA), Denise Vienne (USA), Khaldoun Abou Assi (Lebanon), Harriet Namisi (Uganda), and David H. Smith (USA)
• 42 Accountability and Social Accounting in Associations - Laurie Mook (Canada), Monika Rajcsanyi-Molnar (Hungary), Carolyn Cordery (New Zealand), Garth Nowland-Foreman (New Zealand), David H. Smith (USA), and Lore Wellens (Belgium)
• 43 Information and Technology for Associations - John G. McNutt (USA), Lori A. Brainard (USA), Primoz Kovacic (Slovenia), and Yingying ZENG (China)
• 44 Economics of Associations and Volunteering - Eva More-Hollerweger (Austria), Woods Bowman (USA), Beata Gavurova (Slovakia; formerly part ofCzechoslovakia), and Helena Kuvikova (Slovakia, formerly part ofCzechoslovakia)
• Part VII External Environments of Associations
• 45 Civil Liberties and Freedoms as Association Contexts - Robert J. Bresler (USA), Svitlana Krasynska (Ukraine), Aries A. Arugay (Philippines), Alexei Pikulik (Belarus), and David H. Smith (USA)
• 46 Corporatism versus Pluralism and Authoritarianism as Association Contexts - Howard J. Wiarda (USA), Paul Adams (USA), Wai-man LAM (Hong Kong, China), and Dwight Wilson (USA)
• 47 Legal, Registration, and Taxation Issues of Associations - Karla W. Simon (USA), Oonagh B. Breen (Ireland), Alexey Avtonomov (Russia), Noshir Dadrawala (India), Samiul Hasan (Bangladesh), and David H.Smith (USA)
• 48 Relationships and Collaboration among Associations - Gabriel Berger (Argentina), Leopoldo Blugerman (Argentina), Chao GUO (China), Rumen Petrov (Bulgaria), and David H. Smith (USA)
• 49 Public Perceptions of and Trust in Associations and Volunteers - René Bekkers (The Netherlands), Irina Mersianova (Russia), David H. Smith (USA), Samir Abu-Rumman (Jordan), Michael Layton (USA), and Krishna Roka (Nepal)
• 50 Prevalence Rates of Associations across Territories - David H. Smith (USA), Brent Never (USA), John Mohan (UK), Lionel Prouteau (France), and Lars Torpe (Denmark)
• Part VIII Scope and Impacts of Volunteering and Associations
• 51 Scope and Trends of Volunteering and Associations - David H. Smith (USA), Brent Never (USA), Lars Torpe (Denmark), Samir Abu-Rumman (Jordan), AmerK. Afaq (Pakistan), Steffen Bethmann (Switzerland), Karin Gavelin (Sweden), Jan H. Heitman (Norway), Trishna Jaishi (Bhutan), Ambalika D. Kutty (Republic of Fiji), Jacob Mwathi Mati (Kenya), Yevgenya J. Paturyan (Armenia), Rumen G. Petrov (Bulgaria), Tereza Pospfsilovd (Czech Republic, formerly Czechoslovakia), and Lars Svedberg (Sweden)
• 52 Longer-Term Volunteering Impacts on Volunteers and Association Members/Participants - John Wilson (UK), Joonmo Son (South Korea), David H. Smith (USA), and Jurgen Grotz (Germany)
• 53 Volunteering Impacts on Volunteers: Immediate Positive Emotional-Cognitive Effects and Longer-Term Happiness/Well-Being Effects - David Horton Smith (USA)
• 54 Crime, Misconduct, and Dysfunctions in and by Associations - Sharon Eng (USA), David H. Smith (USA), Abdulnabi H. Al-Ekry (Bahrain), Eleanor L. Brilliant (USA), Gianfranco Farruggia (Italy), Lisa Faulkner (UK), and Benny Subianto (Indonesia)
• Part IX Conclusions and Future Prospects
• 55 Conclusions and Future Prospects - David H. Smith (USA) and Robert A. Stebbins (USA)
• Part X Appendix
• Glossary of Key Concepts and Terms - David H. Smith (USA), Robert A. Stebbins (USA), and Colin Rochester (UK)
• Bibliography