Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Tables and Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Performing Their Civic Duty: A Theory of Volunteer Participation
- 2 Patterns of Participation: Volunteering around the World
- 3 Volunteering in Japan: Not Where You Would Expect
- 4 Practices That Count: Legitimizing, Organizing, and Funding Volunteers
- 5 Engaged Communities: The Community Volunteerism Model
- 6 Cross-National Volunteer Participation: Testing the Community Volunteerism Model
- 7 Conclusion: Practicing Citizenship
- Appendix A Research Design and Methods
- Appendix B Membership Source Information
- Appendix C Volunteering in Kashihara, Sakata, and Sanda
- Bibliography
- Index
Appendix C - Volunteering in Kashihara, Sakata, and Sanda
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 July 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Tables and Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Performing Their Civic Duty: A Theory of Volunteer Participation
- 2 Patterns of Participation: Volunteering around the World
- 3 Volunteering in Japan: Not Where You Would Expect
- 4 Practices That Count: Legitimizing, Organizing, and Funding Volunteers
- 5 Engaged Communities: The Community Volunteerism Model
- 6 Cross-National Volunteer Participation: Testing the Community Volunteerism Model
- 7 Conclusion: Practicing Citizenship
- Appendix A Research Design and Methods
- Appendix B Membership Source Information
- Appendix C Volunteering in Kashihara, Sakata, and Sanda
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
KASHIHARA
Issue-Based Volunteering: 59.4 percent of respondents in Nara prefecture answered yes when asked: “Do you think you would like to try volunteering for handicapped people and/or the elderly?” (NHK Housou Bunka Kenkyuu Sohen [NHK Broadcast Culture Institute] 1997, appendix p. 32)
Community-Based Volunteering: 50.7 percent of respondents in Nara prefecture answered yes when asked: “Do you think you want to participate actively in local projects and/or festivals?” (NHK Housou Bunka Kenkyuu Sohen [NHK Broadcast Culture Institute] 1997, appendix p. 34)
SAKATA
Issue-based volunteering: 54.5 percent of respondents in Yamagata prefecture answered yes when asked: “Do you think you would like to try volunteering for handicapped people and/or the elderly? (NHK Housou Bunka Kenkyuu Sohen 1997, appendix p. 32)
Community-based volunteering: 57.5 percent of respondents in Yamagata prefecture answered yes when asked: “Do you think you want to participate actively in local projects and/or festivals?” (NHK Housou Bunka Kenkyuu Sohen 1997, appendix p. 34)
SANDA
Issue-based volunteering: 52.1 percent of respondents in Hyogo prefecture answered yes when asked: “Do you think you would like to try volunteering for handicapped people and/or the elderly?” (NHK Housou Bunka Kenkyuu Sohen 1997, appendix p. 32)
Community-based volunteering: 45.9 percent of respondents in Hyogo prefecture answered yes when asked: “Do you think you want to participate actively in local projects and/or festivals?” (NHK Housou Bunka Kenkyuu Sohen 1997, appendix p. 34)
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- Politics and Volunteering in JapanA Global Perspective, pp. 193 - 200Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2007