The Relationship Between Food Banks and Food Insecurity: Insights from CanadaVoluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations - Tập 31 - Trang 841-852 - 2019
Valerie Tarasuk, Andrée-Anne Fafard St-Germain, Rachel Loopstra
Food banks have become the first line of response to problems of hunger and food insecurity in affluent nations. Although originating in the USA, food banks are now well established in Canada, Australia, and some Nordic countries, and they have rapidly expanded in the UK and other parts of Europe in the past two decades. Defined by the mobilization of food donations and volunteer labor within comm...... hiện toàn bộ
The Role of the Nonprofit Sector in Hong Kong's DevelopmentVoluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations - Tập 11 - Trang 355-373
James L. Perry, Wai-Fung Lam
The recent handover of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China (PRC) brought Hong Kong worldwide attention and scrutiny. In the run up to the handover, the international media prominently featured stories about Hong Kong's freewheeling capitalism and the stability created by its administrative institutions. Lost in the media attention was the role of nonprofit organizations and the voluntary s...... hiện toàn bộ
Book ReviewsVoluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations - Tập 19 - Trang 316-324 - 2008
Ebenezer Obadare
Services Wanted? Understanding the Non-take-up of Social Support at the Local LevelVoluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations - Tập 29 - Trang 1360-1374 - 2018
Mark Reijnders, Jelmer Schalk, Trui Steen
In this study, we investigate why individuals in need of social support refrain from asking for help from social service providers in the third sector. This phenomenon of non-take-up of social support is still underexplored, and our theoretical understanding of it is highly fragmented. Based on psychological, socio-epidemiological, socio-cultural, and public administration research, we distil pote...... hiện toàn bộ
Stages and Pathways of Development of Nonprofit Organizations: An Integrative ModelVoluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations - Tập 26 - Trang 1894-1919 - 2014
Patrick J. Valeau
Most research suggests that nonprofit organizations (NPOs) should professionalize in order to become more efficient. Yet, a growing body of literature emphasizes the importance of preserving some of their original grassroots culture. Based on a qualitative meta-analysis of 19 in-depth cases from the past decade, our integrative model contributes to this debate in three important ways: first, we su...... hiện toàn bộ