Enlivened geographies of volunteering: Situated, embodied and emotional practices of voluntary action

Scottish Geographical Journal

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 258-274

  Smith, Fiona M ^a   Timbrell, Helen ^b   Woolvin, Mike ^a   Muirhead, Stuart ^a   Fyfe, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental volunteering; Formal volunteering; Informal volunteering; Scotland

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; CIVIL SOCIETY; COMPLEXITY; GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; POLICY APPROACH; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79955416157     PISSN: 14702541     EISSN: 1751665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14702541.2010.549342     Document Type: Article

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