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Community Volunteers in Japan

- Everyday stories of social change

About Community Volunteers in Japan

Volunteering is a recent and highly visible phenomenon in Japan, adopted as a meaningful social activity by millions of Japanese and covered widely in the Japanese media. This book, based on extensive original research, tells the stories of community volunteers who make social change through their everyday acts. It discusses their experiences in children's activities, the parent-teachers association, juvenile delinquency prevention campaigns, and care of the elderly. It explores their conflicts and their motivations, and argues that personal decisions to volunteer and acts of volunteering, besides being personal choices, are productive of larger discussions of the needs and directions of Japanese society.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780415546065
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 198
  • Published:
  • August 13, 2009
  • Dimensions:
  • 156x234x11 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 370 g.
Delivery: 1-2 weeks
Expected delivery: November 28, 2024

Description of Community Volunteers in Japan

Volunteering is a recent and highly visible phenomenon in Japan, adopted as a meaningful social activity by millions of Japanese and covered widely in the Japanese media. This book, based on extensive original research, tells the stories of community volunteers who make social change through their everyday acts. It discusses their experiences in children's activities, the parent-teachers association, juvenile delinquency prevention campaigns, and care of the elderly. It explores their conflicts and their motivations, and argues that personal decisions to volunteer and acts of volunteering, besides being personal choices, are productive of larger discussions of the needs and directions of Japanese society.

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