Walking with the World: Volunteer Service in Globalization

Author: Jiang Xunqing
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: Gain an understanding of the current state of world volunteer service, broaden the global perspective of volunteer service development, and provide directions and pathways for the development of volunteer service in China. As an international endeavor, volunteer service has become a significant means of promoting comprehensive social development and a key indicator of social civilization and progress. This book, published against the backdrop of China's entry into the WTO and Beijing's preparation for the 2008 Olympic Games, with accelerated integration into the world and the construction of a harmonious society, presents a comprehensive and global perspective on the current state of world volunteer service development. It offers successful experiences and models from global volunteer service practices that can be referenced and adapted, while summarizing and reflecting on the current directions and pathways for volunteer service development in China. The book is both forward-looking, thought-provoking, and practical, serving as a new guidebook for domestic volunteer workers' learning and training, as well as a common manual for those engaged in volunteer service.