The volunteer citizen after welfare reform in the United States: An ethnographic study of volunteerism in action

Voluntas

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 431-454

  Bloom, Leslie Rebecca ^a   Kilgore, Deborah ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community development; Poverty; United States; Volunteerism; Volunteers; Welfare reform; Women

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; VOLUNTARY APPROACH; WELFARE REFORM;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1142268840     PISSN: 09578765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:VOLU.0000007468.54144.df     Document Type: Article

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