Visions of Charity

Author: Rebecca Anne Allahyari
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Binding: Kindle Edition
ISBN: B003H06090

Visions of Charity: Volunteer Workers and Moral Community

In the United States, public talk about charity for the poor is highly moralistic, even in our era of welfare reform. Download Visions of Charity: Volunteer Workers and Moral Community from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. But how do we understand the actual experience of caring for the poor? This study looks at the front lines of volunteer involvement with the poor and homeless to assess what volunteer work means for those who do it. Rebecca Allahyari profiles volunteers at two charities--Loaves & Fishes and The Salvation Army--to show how they think about themselves and their work, providing new ways for discussing charity and morality.
Allahyari explores these agencies' differing ideological orientations and the raced, classed, and gendered contexts they provide volunteers for doing charitable work. Drawing on participant observation, inte Search and find a lot of education books in many category availabe for free download.

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