Civic Engagement in Scandinavia Volunteering, Informal Help and Giving in Denmark, Norway and Sweden /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Henriksen, Lars Skov (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Strømsnes, Kristin (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Svedberg, Lars (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies, An International Multidisciplinary Series,
• Subjects: Sociology.; Sociology, general.

Since the 1990's, a number of studies have documented a remarkable high and stable amount of popular engagement in civic organizations in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Often these countries have been considered deviant cases against the proliferating decline of social capital studies. However, de...

Table of Contents:

• Chp. 1: Civic Engagement in Scandinavia. Introduction to the Volume
• Chp. 2: The Scandinavian Organizational Landscape. Extensive, Deviant and Important
• Chp. 3: Trends in Volunteering in Scandinavia
• Chp. 4: Patterns of informal helping in the Scandinavian welfare states
• Chp. 5: Donations in a high tax environment
• Chp. 6: New forms of civic participation - Implications of social media on civic participation and organization in Scandinavia
• Chp. 7: The role of gender in volunteering and other non-profit activities in Scandinavia
• Chp. 8: The societal role of volunteering - remarks on the moral logic of the Scandinavian volunteer sector.