• Social capital and power
• Social background of the rise of the Finnish third sector
• The diversity and new communality at the Finnish third sector
• Unofficial aid and the welfare state
• The economic nature of the Finnish third sector
• The relationship of state's targeted labour market subsidy and volunteering
• Arenas for civic action
• Peer support and paid work
• Labour law and the third sector in Finland
• Welfare mix and the citizens' social welfare support in Finland

Pages: 22 Price: 120 FMK or EUR 22, the postage will be added


Marianne Nylund
VARIETIES OF MUTUAL SUPPORT AND VOLUNTARY ACTION
A Study of Finnish Self-Help Groups and Volunteers

The study consists of five articles and a summary article

• Voluntary Social and Health Organisations: Finland in the European Context
• The Role of Self-Help Groups in the Finnish Welfare State
• Action and Togetherness: Volunteers in Associations of Unemployed People
• Volunteering in Finland – Volunteers Involved in Helping and Learning
• Mixed Motives of Young Nordic Volunteers
  
  The study builds a conceptual framework of phenomena mutual support and voluntary action. It describes how self-help groups and volunteering are organised, what kinds of tasks are performed, by whom and for whom. In addition, mutual support and voluntary action are located in the Finnish society according to their relation to other sectors (public sector, market sector, and households).
  
  168 pages, FIM 120 or EUR 22
  
  Ordering: To order the books, please contact:
  Finnish Federation for Social Welfare and Health
  Kotkankatu 9, FIN-00510 Helsinki, Finland
  fax +358-9-738123, e-mail SosiaaliturvanKL@stkl.fi

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