The forms and structure of international voluntary service

Voluntas

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 156-173

  Sherraden, Margaret Sherrard ^a   Stringham, John ^b   Sow, Simona Costanzo ^c   McBride, Amanda Moore ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b Ecumenical Diaconal Year Network   (Germany)

^c Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service ^*  (France)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Global civil society; International networks; International voluntary service; Volunteering

Indexed keywords

AID POLICY; CIVIL SOCIETY; DEVELOPMENT AID; HUMANITARIAN AID; INTERNATIONAL AID;

EID: 33748668658     PISSN: 09578765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11266-006-9011-7     Document Type: Article

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