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Civic participation can be defined not only as civic-minded behaviors, including volunteering, but also acts of generosity and altruism (Mason et al., 2007). It is considered a prerequisite for social cohesion and a fundamental building block of healthy social, civic, and political life in a democracy (Putnam, 2007). It is argued that active civic participation both benefits the wider society and contributes substantially to the well-being of individuals themselves (e.g., Parkinson et al., 2010; Piliavin and Siegl, 2007).
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Misajon, R., Hutton, V., Bliuc, AM. (2016). Volunteering and Civic Participation in the Vietnamese-Australian Community. In: Healy, E., Arunachalam, D., Mizukami, T. (eds) Creating Social Cohesion in an Interdependent World. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137520227_8
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