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Active ageing — voluntary work by older people in Europe
Author(s)	Andrea Principi, Per H Jensen, Giovanni Lamura
Publisher	Policy Press, Bristol, 2014
Pages	352 pp
Source	Policy Press, University of Bristol, 6th Floor, Howard House, Queen's Avenue, Bristol BS8 1SD. http://www.policypress.co.uk
Keywords	Voluntary work [elderly] ; Social policy ; Comparison ; Europe.
Annotation	'Active ageing' has become a key phrase in discourses about challenges and remedies for demographic ageing;. The enrolment of older adults into voluntary work is an important dimension of active ageing. The pattern and factors conditioning volunteering among older people has hitherto been an under-researched topic in Europe. This book considers the opportunities and restrictions for older volunteers in eight European countries. It compares volunteering among older people at the structural, macro, meso and micro levels in Italy, Denmark, Germany, England, France, Poland, Sweden and the Netherlands. Overall, it highlights how different interactions between the levels facilitate or hinder older people's inclusion in voluntary work; and it makes policy suggestions for an integrated strategy. (RH)
Accession Number	CPA-150508001 B
Classmark	GHH: TM2: 48: 74
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