Politics and Volunteering begins by painting a portrait of volunteering in Japan, and demonstrates that our current understandings of civil society have been ba

Politics and Volunteering begins by painting a portrait of volunteering in Japan, and demonstrates that our current understandings of civil society have been ba

This book explains volunteer participation around the world and investigates civic participation in Japanese society.

Civic engagement is a concept of action that has become part of common vocabulary, not only in the West but also in many other regions of the world as well. A g

Based on extensive original research, this book explores the reality of volunteering in an urban residential Japanese neighbourhood.