Out of the generosity of your heart: Are we creating active citizens through compulsory volunter programmes for your people in Australia?

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 772-786

  Warburton, Jeni ^a   Smith, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Active citizenship; Governmentality; Volunteer programmes; Young people

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; VOLUNTARY APPROACH; YOUNG POPULATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0348162316     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1467-9515.2003.00371.x     Document Type: Article

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