Geographies of Voluntarism
Mapping the Terrain
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5877489 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christine Milligan (0000-0002-8675-7244, Lancaster University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 183-199 |
| Publication date | 2007-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geography Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1749-8198 • E-ISSN: 1749-8198 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2007.00008.x |
| OpenAlex | W2039592378 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 48 |
| References cited | 43 |
In the last decade or so a body of geographical work has begun to emerge that examines, in various ways, the interrelationship between people, place, volunteering and the voluntary sector. Work in this field is spread across a number of geographical subdisciplines, from social, health and development to political geography. As a body of work it is increasingly being referred to as 'geographies of voluntarism'. Focusing specifically on voluntary activity around health and welfare, this article reviews how geographers have begun to critically engage with issues of voluntary activity and space. It draws out how geographical perspectives on voluntarism are contributing to a wider understanding of how and why disparities in voluntary activity occur and the implications for people and places at a range of spatial scales from the global to the local
Geography · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Voluntary sector · Welfare · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development
Geographies of education, volunteering and the lifecourse
Glut
Voluntarism and the Voluntary Sector
Alternative Economies and Spaces
Managing Burnout Among Rural Volunteers in Australia
Filling the void
The state and voluntary sector in austere times
The contested politics of food banking in the United States
The scale, forms and distribution of volunteering amongst refugee youth populations in Uganda
Socio-Spatial Variations in Community Self-Help
Voluntarism, health and place
Place integration through efforts to support healthy aging in resource frontier communities
Health geography’s voluntary turn
Care for place
Regulating surplus
For the good of the village”
Voluntarism as a mediator of the experience of growing old in evolving rural spaces and changing rural places
More than sweat equity
The relational geographies of the voluntary sector
Building the Healthy City
Toward Analog Geographies
Dans l’angle mort de l’(entr)aide aux personnes âgées dans les territoires de montagne en Suisse
Voluntarism, defensive localism and spaces of resistance to health care restructuring
The effect of volunteering upon volunteers’ Christian faith
Creating a diversified community
Conceptualizations and experiences of citizenship among rural retirement migrants
Entangling voluntarism, leisure time and political work
Re‐visiting the barriers to participation in mutual aid
Community Volunteering as Neoliberal Strategy? Green Space Production in Berlin
The Tertiary Turn
Global health volunteering, the Ebola outbreak, and instrumental humanitarianisms in Sierra Leone
Theorising international youth volunteering
Does geographic context influence employability‐motivated volunteering? The role of area‐level material insecurity and urbanicity
Community economic development and the rise of ethno‐cultural entrepreneurialism in francophone Manitoba
Growing old in resource communities
Surprise! Public historical geographies, user engagement and voluntarism
Capturing Diversity
International conservation 'volunteering' and the geographies of global environmental citizenship
From "refugee" to "migrant" in Calais solidarity activism
Growing older and social sustainability
Liveable Villages
Spaces of Resistance or Acquiescence? Learning from Media Discourses on the Role of Voluntarism in Ageing Communities
The 'Caring Entrepreneur'? Childcare Policy and Private Provision in an Enterprising Age
Voluntary Sector Organisations Working at the Neighbourhood Level in England
Persistence in volunteering
Voluntary Geographies of Internationalism
Towards a research agenda for animal and disability geographies
Spatial Perspectives on Voluntarism in Learning Disability Services in Ireland
The Intrametropolitan Geography of Poverty and the Nonprofit Sector in Southern California
NGOs, civil society and democratization
Developing Community Participation in Deprived Neighbourhoods
Levelling the playing field? Exploring the implications of managed competition for voluntary sector providers of long-term care in small town Ontario
Breaking out of the asylum’
If you want to sit on your butts you’ll get nothing!” Community activism in response to threats of rural hospital closure in southern New Zealand
A double-edged sword”? The professionalisation of counselling in the United Kingdom
Social Income and the Voluntary Sector
Constructions of Rural Women's Voluntary Work
Decentering America’s Nonprofit Sector
Child Protection, Voluntary Organizations, and the Public Sector in Sweden
NGOs and Their Vulnerabilities During the Time of Transition
Kazakhstan’s Nonprofit Sector at a Crossroad on the Great Silk Road
The Nonprofit Sector at a Crossroads
Hospital Provision before the National Health Service
Voluntary action in rural areas
Out of the shadows
Declining Social Capital and Nonprofit Organizations
State, voluntary and private sector partnerships for slum upgrading and basic service delivery in Nairobi City, Kenya
Harnessing Voluntary Work
Preserving Space for Volunteers
Competition and Area Selection in Scotland's New Urban Policy
The Power of Geography
Chasing a ‘loose and baggy monster’
The formation of global citizenship
Neoliberalism in (Regional) Theory and Practice
RePlacing Citizenship
Welfare as Work? The Potential of the UK Social Economy
The Distribution of Urban Voluntary Resources
Space, Citizenship, and Voluntarism
Doing Organisational Space
Exploring Ethos? Discourses of 'Charity' in the Provision of Emergency Services for Homeless People
Spaces of care in the city
Accountability, motivation and practice
The Uneven Geography of Global Civil Society
Transnationalism, neo-liberalism, and the rise of the shadow state
Putting the Voluntary Sector in its Place
| Unique citing works | 48 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,82 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2026 (18) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 46 |