Volunteering, geography and welfare: A multilevel investigation of geographical variations in voluntary action

Landscapes of Voluntarism: New Spaces of Health, Welfare and Governance

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 267-284

  Mohan, John ^a   Twigg, Liz ^b   Jones, Kelvyn ^c   Barnard, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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