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Zeutschel, Uli; Hansel, Bettina – 1989
An ongoing debate exists on the issue of volunteering and its political implications in West Germany. Critics of the social welfare system have a direct impact on volunteerism. The ruling coalition aims to limit public spending in the social services sector while the "grassroots" movement emphasizes the danger of state-provided services…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Global Approach
Walsh, Desmond; And Others – 1989
The American Field Service (AFS) has 3,500 volunteers throughout Australia. Local chapters recruit potential host families and participants. Host families are recruited actively and selectively while volunteers are recruited largely through AFS presentations at schools, through friends, and by returning volunteers. Due to a high level of demand…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Global Approach
Chevannes, Barry; Hansel, Bettina – 1990
Volunteerism in Jamaica refers to voluntary work through organized public bodies and operates at two levels: (1) organized and formal; (2) non-organized and informal. The first group is made up of organized interest groups or community based groups, while those groups attract greater numbers of volunteers, they also have a higher turnover. The…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Developing Nations, Evaluation, Foreign Countries
Naka, Chieko Nabetani; Hansel, Bettina – 1989
The concept of volunteerism is not well known in Japan and the word itself, "borantia" is borrowed from English. However, voluntary programs do exist in Japan. This report attempts to describe the way in which volunteerism operates (or does not operate) in Japan by discussing the organization of Japanese society, its implications for…
Descriptors: Asian Studies, Exchange Programs, Foreign Countries, Foreign Culture
Martin, Miguel Angel – 1988
The word "volunteer" has a different meaning in various cultures. The ways that people from a variety of cultures perceived volunteerism offered insights into the ways that people from those cultures organized their nations and communities. In this paper, part of a series on volunteerism, the National Director of American Field Service…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Culture, High School Students, Higher Education
AFS International/Intercultural Programs, Inc., New York, NY. Center for the Study of Intercultural Learning. – 1988
Part of a larger study of volunteerism, a consulting team of nine individuals worked in eight countries studying the words used to describe people who "volunteer." Consultants participating in the discussion represented Australia, Ecuador, the United States, Jamaica, Canada, Germany, Japan, and Spain. The goal of the overall study was to…
Descriptors: Discussion Groups, Foreign Countries, Foreign Culture, Group Discussion
