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In this chapter, we review the changes that have taken place, and are taking place, in our society in order to provide a better understanding of the context in which voluntary action takes place today. We will look in turn at demographic trends, the changing relationship between the individual and society and contemporary values and mores. In the second part of the chapter, we will draw out some of the key implications of these changes for the future of volunteering and the practices of volunteer-involving organisations.
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© 2010 Colin Rochester, Angela Ellis Paine and Steven Howlett
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Rochester, C., Paine, A.E., Howlett, S., Zimmeck, M. (2010). A Changing Society. In: Volunteering and Society in the 21st Century. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230279438_6
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