Volunteering for human service provisions: Lessons from Italy and the U.S.A.

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 299-327

  Ascoli, Ugo ^a   Cnaan, Ram A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizen participation; Cross national comparison; Italy; The United States; Voluntary activity; Volunteers; Welfare state

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346228471     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006876528133     Document Type: Article

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