Volunteering and civic participation among immigrant members of ethnic congregations: Complementary not competitive

Journal of Civil Society

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-40

  Sinha, Jill Witmer ^a   Greenspan, Itay ^b   Handy, Femida ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Civic participation; Immigrants; Religious congregations; Voluntary associations; Volunteering

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953862873     PISSN: 17448689     EISSN: 17448697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17448689.2011.553409     Document Type: Article

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