Civil Society through the Lifecourse

✍ Scribed by Sally Power (editor)

Publisher: Policy Press
Year: 2020
Tongue: English
Leaves: 236
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Are young people blindly self-interested? How does university shape students’ political participation? Can busy parents and grandparents find time to volunteer? Challenging conventional thinking, leading academics explore how individuals’ relationships with civil society change over time as different lifecourse events and stages trigger and hinder civic engagement. Drawing on personal narratives, longitudinal cohort studies and national surveys, this unprecedented study considers rarely examined aspects of civic engagement including school students’ sense of social responsibility and the charitable legacy bequests of elderly people and highlights significant implications for those promoting greater civic and political participation.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Cover
Half-title
Series
Civil Society Through the Lifecourse
Copyright information
Table of contents
List of tables and figures
Notes on contributors
Acknowledgments
1 Exploring civil society through a lifecourse approach
The lifecourse approach
Framing civic and political participation
Organisation of the book
Notes
References
2 Civic participation over the lifecourse
Introduction
Measures of civic participation
Civic participation over the adult lifecourse
Civic participation over the lifecourse by sex, social class and education
Conclusion
Notes
References
3 Young people’s civic engagement and political participation
The complex nature of civic engagement and political participation
Associational membership
Volunteering
Charitable giving
Political participation
Young people: building a strong civil society for the future?
Conclusion
Notes
References
4 Graduating into civil society
Higher education, social attitudes and civic participation
Graduates’ educational experiences
Graduates’ social experience
Conclusion
Notes
References
5 Parenthood and civic engagement
Introducing our data
Barriers to parents’ engagement
The early years and squeezed time budgets
The importance of support networks
Sharing of parental responsibilities between mothers and fathers
Tensions between work, community and family commitments
Overcoming barriers? Civic engagement as a family activity
New opportunities for involvement
Children’s clubs and groups
School involvement
Parenthood and shifting values/motivations
Environmental consciousness
Politicising family food decisions
Family spaces for mutual civic learning
Discussion: civic learning in the family home
Are parents more likely to be civically engaged?
Parenthood: activating or modifying civic engagement?
What kinds of engagement are parents most likely to be involved with?
How sustainable are various types of parental civic engagement?
Parenthood, shifting values and temporal extension of influence
What does child-centred civic engagement tell us about our understandings of selfishness and altruism?
Note
References
6 Volunteering in later life
Volunteering: proportions, frequencies and hours
Type of organisations and activities
Motivations
Perceived barriers among non-volunteers
Conclusion
Notes
References
7 Grandparenting and participation in civil society
Introducing our data
Grandparenting, work and family obligations
Civic and political participation among grandparents and non-grandparents
Civic and pre-political participation
Family routes into volunteering
Informal volunteering
Charitable giving
Supporting grandchildren’s interests and personal development
Political participation
Political discussion within the family
Conclusion
Notes
References
8 Retiring into civil society
Retirement transitions
Lifecourse, transitions and relationality
Introducing our methods
Volunteering and the transition to retirement
Blurred boundaries of work and retirement
Relational motivations
Relating volunteering to work
Conclusion
Notes
References
9 Leaving a legacy for civil society
Introducing our data
Uncertain decisions
Reasons for leaving a charitable bequest
“Making a difference” and “doing good”
Life events, personal experiences and passions
Reasons for not leaving a charitable bequest
Family comes first
“I’ve done enough in my lifetime”
Trust and control
Conclusion
References
10 Civil society through the lifecourse
Principal findings
Reflecting on the lifecourse approach
Implications for policy
References
Index
Back Cover

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