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Research paper thumbnail of Scope and Trends of Volunteering and Associations

The Palgrave Handbook of Volunteering, Civic Participation, and Nonprofit Associations, 2016

This chapter has two themes: (1) the scope of formal and informal volunteering and of nonprofit, ... more This chapter has two themes: (1) the scope of formal and informal volunteering and of nonprofit, voluntary, membership associations (MAs) in the world, by which we mean the quantitative magnitudes of these phenomena at or near the present time, and (2) the long-term and recent (past few decades) trends in these magnitudes. Global data are used, when available, but we also report data for world regions and for specific nations when feasible. Besides such data, we also report on estimated magnitudes of association wealth and income, the economic value of volunteering, internal structures and processes of associations, participation rates in associations, and issues regarding computer mapping of data such as that presented in this chapter. Usable knowledge, future trends, and needed research are discussed.

Research paper thumbnail of Public Perceptions of and Trust in Associations and Volunteers

The Palgrave Handbook of Volunteering, Civic Participation, and Nonprofit Associations, 2016

This chapter reviews research on incidence–prevalence–exit (demise) rates of membership associati... more This chapter reviews research on incidence–prevalence–exit (demise) rates of membership associations (MAs) across sets of geographic territories of varying scope, with a main focus on explaining MA prevalence rates (frequencies of associations in a territory). Basic changes in the economic structure/system of societies explain the four, global, associational revolutions in human history over the past 10 millennia (Smith 2016b). The determinants of prevalence vary across levels of analysis, but sheer population size is always a major determinant of greater absolute MA prevalence. Other important influences on MA prevalence at the level of nations include gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, average level of formal education, extent of civil liberties, government expenditures per capita, MA density in prior time period, prevalence of association-support infrastructure organizations, and experience with democracy (Schofer and Longhofer 2011; Smith and Shen 2002).

Research paper thumbnail of Пеевски – това (не) съм аз?

Research paper thumbnail of Human Relations in the Contemporary Bulgarian School. The power drive and the crisis in secondary school education

Research paper thumbnail of Към преодоляване на казармено-приютния модел на образованието

Research paper thumbnail of Social trauma. Perspectives from Bulgaria

Research paper thumbnail of Toward a typology of civil society: Understanding non-government public action

Comparative Social Research, 2009

In the United Kingdom and elsewhere, the move from government to governance has been well documen... more In the United Kingdom and elsewhere, the move from government to governance has been well documented (Stoker, 1998; Rhodes, 1996, 1997). In the global North, governance is understood as a response to complexity and a recognition that many problems cannot be solved by ...

Research paper thumbnail of Ценностите на възстановителното правосъдие : Самоорганизиращите се общности гледат на престъплението като на пробив в свързаността на хората помежду им

Research paper thumbnail of Autobiography as a Psycho-social Reasearch Methdod (book chapter)(Link) Karnac 2009 This is a chapter from a collection of papers, edited by Professors Simon Clarke and Paul Hoggett from the UWE, Bristol, UK

Research paper thumbnail of Collaboration and Vulnerability: A Psycho-social study of the Emerging Concept of Community Development. A Bulgarian case

This text explores a case of project driven social welfare innovations that were realised between... more This text explores a case of project driven social welfare innovations that were realised between 1998 and 2002 in the north-western district of Sofia, called Vrabnitza. These projects had been initiated and realised by a group of practitioners and social activists. The field of project actions included mental health volunteering, family consultations and therapy, some community psychiatry work, mental health promotion and prevention in schools, cases of child protection and parental involvement in school management, and much liaison work. The research focused on the gradual exhaustion and final termination of these activities over time and the process of alienation and avoidance of collaborative contacts between the main actors. Using the psycho-social frame of study, the research tried to understand the observable phenomena from the point of view of some of the main actors and to position the whole story within the various contexts they had been part of. In the analysis of the materials collected, a range of concepts from psycho-social research and group relations theory, especially the concept of authority, were used.

Research paper thumbnail of За приносите на обикновените хора към историята. И за социалната травма

Research paper thumbnail of Към преодоляване на казармено-приютния модел на образованието в България

Визия за Новото образование на България , 2011

Казармено-приютното начало на училищната институция се харктеризира с комбинация от (относително)... more Казармено-приютното начало на училищната институция се харктеризира с комбинация от (относително) заплашителна и бедна на стимули среда. Такава тя е биологически токсична за развитието на мозъка. Избягването на училище може да е една стратегия за стратегия за справяне с това предизвикателство.

Research paper thumbnail of Резултатите от PISA и различните начини, по които мислим образованието на децата и юношите в България.

Либерален преглед, 2011

Формулировката „затруднения в своята бъдеща реализация“ е политически коректна и слаба. Става въп... more Формулировката „затруднения в своята бъдеща реализация“ е политически коректна и слаба. Става въпрос за сериозно социално изключване с всички тежки последици от това, особено в относително бедни държави като нашата. Образоваността е вече потребност, насъщна като здравето, и именно поради това не може да се разглежда единствено само като рационален личен избор (отговорност) на детето, семейството и общността. В мотивацията за учене откриваме сложна амалгама от фактори – генетични, емоционални, автобиографични, групови, организационни, културово-общностни, административни, икономически, политически. Как да очакваме една единствена администрация (министерство) да успее да обхване и да управлява всичко това? Абсолютно невъзможно е и който го мисли, отказва да признае очевидния факт, че образоваността е белег на социалното развитие на една общност, общество и държава.

Research paper thumbnail of Non-governmental actors and the political dimension: navigating the tensions in new governance spaces

Research paper thumbnail of Dilemmas of engagement: the experience of non-governmental actors in new governance spaces

Researchers on the Non-Governmental Public Action research programme work with advocacy networks,... more Researchers on the Non-Governmental Public Action research programme work with advocacy networks, peace groups, campaigns and coalitions, trade unions, peace-building groups, rights-based groups, social movements and faith-based groups to understand the impact ...

Research paper thumbnail of Scope and Trends of Volunteering and Associations

Chapter 51 in David Horton Smith, Robert A Stebbins, Jurgen Grotz. 2015. Palgrave Handbook of Vol... more Chapter 51 in David Horton Smith, Robert A Stebbins, Jurgen Grotz. 2015. Palgrave Handbook of Volunteering, Civic Participation, and Nonprofit Associations. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.

Authors:
David H. Smith; Brent Never; Samir Abu-Rumman; Amer K. Afaq; Steffen Bethmann; Karin Gavelin; Jan H. Heitman; Trishna Jaishi; Ambalika D. Kutty; Jacob Mwathi Mati; Yevgenya J. Paturyan; Rumen Petrov; Tereza Pospíšilová; Lars Svedberg; Lars Torpe.

Research paper thumbnail of Relationships and Collaboration among Associations

Chapter 48 in David Horton Smith, Robert A Stebbins, Jurgen Grotz. 2015. Palgrave Handbook of Vol... more Chapter 48 in David Horton Smith, Robert A Stebbins, Jurgen Grotz. 2015. Palgrave Handbook of Volunteering, Civic Participation, and Nonprofit Associations. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.

Authors:
Gabriel Berger; Leopoldo Blugerman; Chao GUO ; Rumen Petrov ; David H. Smith.

Research paper thumbnail of Autobiography as a psycho-social research method

Research paper thumbnail of Human Relations in the Contemporary Bulgarian School. The power drive and the crisis in secondary school education

Research paper thumbnail of Toward a typology of civil society: Understanding non-government public action

Research paper thumbnail of Scope and Trends of Volunteering and Associations

The Palgrave Handbook of Volunteering, Civic Participation, and Nonprofit Associations, 2016

This chapter has two themes: (1) the scope of formal and informal volunteering and of nonprofit, ... more This chapter has two themes: (1) the scope of formal and informal volunteering and of nonprofit, voluntary, membership associations (MAs) in the world, by which we mean the quantitative magnitudes of these phenomena at or near the present time, and (2) the long-term and recent (past few decades) trends in these magnitudes. Global data are used, when available, but we also report data for world regions and for specific nations when feasible. Besides such data, we also report on estimated magnitudes of association wealth and income, the economic value of volunteering, internal structures and processes of associations, participation rates in associations, and issues regarding computer mapping of data such as that presented in this chapter. Usable knowledge, future trends, and needed research are discussed.

Research paper thumbnail of Public Perceptions of and Trust in Associations and Volunteers

The Palgrave Handbook of Volunteering, Civic Participation, and Nonprofit Associations, 2016

This chapter reviews research on incidence–prevalence–exit (demise) rates of membership associati... more This chapter reviews research on incidence–prevalence–exit (demise) rates of membership associations (MAs) across sets of geographic territories of varying scope, with a main focus on explaining MA prevalence rates (frequencies of associations in a territory). Basic changes in the economic structure/system of societies explain the four, global, associational revolutions in human history over the past 10 millennia (Smith 2016b). The determinants of prevalence vary across levels of analysis, but sheer population size is always a major determinant of greater absolute MA prevalence. Other important influences on MA prevalence at the level of nations include gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, average level of formal education, extent of civil liberties, government expenditures per capita, MA density in prior time period, prevalence of association-support infrastructure organizations, and experience with democracy (Schofer and Longhofer 2011; Smith and Shen 2002).

Research paper thumbnail of Пеевски – това (не) съм аз?

Research paper thumbnail of Human Relations in the Contemporary Bulgarian School. The power drive and the crisis in secondary school education

Research paper thumbnail of Към преодоляване на казармено-приютния модел на образованието

Research paper thumbnail of Social trauma. Perspectives from Bulgaria

Research paper thumbnail of Toward a typology of civil society: Understanding non-government public action

Comparative Social Research, 2009

In the United Kingdom and elsewhere, the move from government to governance has been well documen... more In the United Kingdom and elsewhere, the move from government to governance has been well documented (Stoker, 1998; Rhodes, 1996, 1997). In the global North, governance is understood as a response to complexity and a recognition that many problems cannot be solved by ...

Research paper thumbnail of Ценностите на възстановителното правосъдие : Самоорганизиращите се общности гледат на престъплението като на пробив в свързаността на хората помежду им

Research paper thumbnail of Autobiography as a Psycho-social Reasearch Methdod (book chapter)(Link) Karnac 2009 This is a chapter from a collection of papers, edited by Professors Simon Clarke and Paul Hoggett from the UWE, Bristol, UK

Research paper thumbnail of Collaboration and Vulnerability: A Psycho-social study of the Emerging Concept of Community Development. A Bulgarian case

This text explores a case of project driven social welfare innovations that were realised between... more This text explores a case of project driven social welfare innovations that were realised between 1998 and 2002 in the north-western district of Sofia, called Vrabnitza. These projects had been initiated and realised by a group of practitioners and social activists. The field of project actions included mental health volunteering, family consultations and therapy, some community psychiatry work, mental health promotion and prevention in schools, cases of child protection and parental involvement in school management, and much liaison work. The research focused on the gradual exhaustion and final termination of these activities over time and the process of alienation and avoidance of collaborative contacts between the main actors. Using the psycho-social frame of study, the research tried to understand the observable phenomena from the point of view of some of the main actors and to position the whole story within the various contexts they had been part of. In the analysis of the materials collected, a range of concepts from psycho-social research and group relations theory, especially the concept of authority, were used.

Research paper thumbnail of За приносите на обикновените хора към историята. И за социалната травма

Research paper thumbnail of Към преодоляване на казармено-приютния модел на образованието в България

Визия за Новото образование на България , 2011

Казармено-приютното начало на училищната институция се харктеризира с комбинация от (относително)... more Казармено-приютното начало на училищната институция се харктеризира с комбинация от (относително) заплашителна и бедна на стимули среда. Такава тя е биологически токсична за развитието на мозъка. Избягването на училище може да е една стратегия за стратегия за справяне с това предизвикателство.

Research paper thumbnail of Резултатите от PISA и различните начини, по които мислим образованието на децата и юношите в България.

Либерален преглед, 2011

Формулировката „затруднения в своята бъдеща реализация“ е политически коректна и слаба. Става въп... more Формулировката „затруднения в своята бъдеща реализация“ е политически коректна и слаба. Става въпрос за сериозно социално изключване с всички тежки последици от това, особено в относително бедни държави като нашата. Образоваността е вече потребност, насъщна като здравето, и именно поради това не може да се разглежда единствено само като рационален личен избор (отговорност) на детето, семейството и общността. В мотивацията за учене откриваме сложна амалгама от фактори – генетични, емоционални, автобиографични, групови, организационни, културово-общностни, административни, икономически, политически. Как да очакваме една единствена администрация (министерство) да успее да обхване и да управлява всичко това? Абсолютно невъзможно е и който го мисли, отказва да признае очевидния факт, че образоваността е белег на социалното развитие на една общност, общество и държава.

Research paper thumbnail of Non-governmental actors and the political dimension: navigating the tensions in new governance spaces

Research paper thumbnail of Dilemmas of engagement: the experience of non-governmental actors in new governance spaces

Researchers on the Non-Governmental Public Action research programme work with advocacy networks,... more Researchers on the Non-Governmental Public Action research programme work with advocacy networks, peace groups, campaigns and coalitions, trade unions, peace-building groups, rights-based groups, social movements and faith-based groups to understand the impact ...

Research paper thumbnail of Scope and Trends of Volunteering and Associations

Chapter 51 in David Horton Smith, Robert A Stebbins, Jurgen Grotz. 2015. Palgrave Handbook of Vol... more Chapter 51 in David Horton Smith, Robert A Stebbins, Jurgen Grotz. 2015. Palgrave Handbook of Volunteering, Civic Participation, and Nonprofit Associations. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.

Authors:
David H. Smith; Brent Never; Samir Abu-Rumman; Amer K. Afaq; Steffen Bethmann; Karin Gavelin; Jan H. Heitman; Trishna Jaishi; Ambalika D. Kutty; Jacob Mwathi Mati; Yevgenya J. Paturyan; Rumen Petrov; Tereza Pospíšilová; Lars Svedberg; Lars Torpe.

Research paper thumbnail of Relationships and Collaboration among Associations

Chapter 48 in David Horton Smith, Robert A Stebbins, Jurgen Grotz. 2015. Palgrave Handbook of Vol... more Chapter 48 in David Horton Smith, Robert A Stebbins, Jurgen Grotz. 2015. Palgrave Handbook of Volunteering, Civic Participation, and Nonprofit Associations. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.

Authors:
Gabriel Berger; Leopoldo Blugerman; Chao GUO ; Rumen Petrov ; David H. Smith.

Research paper thumbnail of Autobiography as a psycho-social research method

Research paper thumbnail of Human Relations in the Contemporary Bulgarian School. The power drive and the crisis in secondary school education

Research paper thumbnail of Toward a typology of civil society: Understanding non-government public action

Research paper thumbnail of Social trauma – between understanding and explanation

In my talk I will present the social trauma concept and will be able to share my first impression... more In my talk I will present the social trauma concept and will be able to share my first impression of the acceptance this concept is recieving in my country - Bulgaria. In my argumentaion (as exressed in my recent book "Confused in Pain. Social Trauma and Social Resposibility") I am studying several cases.

Research paper thumbnail of Social trauma. Perspectives from Bulgaria

Research paper thumbnail of Объркани в болката

Объркани в болката: Социална травма и социална отговорност., May 2018

Тази книга е за моята лична реабилитация (но и рехабилитация) на понятието „социална работа“, чре... more Тази книга е за моята лична реабилитация (но и рехабилитация) на понятието „социална работа“, чрез поставянето му в много по-широк контекст. Опитвам се да защитя необходимостта да се излезе от идеята за социално подпомагане като тя се подложи на критика от определени ценностни позиции, така както това се случва от много време в света. Друг начин за реабилитирането на социалната работа виждам в ангажирането на хуманитаристиката (история, право, криминология, изкуства, антропология, социология, икономика, политология и др.) в мисленето и действието по въпросите за социалната справедливост, процесите и последиците от социалната несправедливост. Това е една от основните цели на настоящия сборник със случаи.