Le volontariat, composante du “vieillissement actif” ?
The political powers of Europe and the NGOs are united in support of publicity campaigns that boost voluntary service for older people. This consensus has been formed within the system of reference of social investment and the cluster of meanings that characterize the ideas of ‘social participation...
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| Language: | Français |
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2012
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| Online Access: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Summary: | The political powers of Europe and the NGOs are united in support of publicity campaigns that boost voluntary service for older people. This consensus has been formed within the system of reference of social investment and the cluster of meanings that characterize the ideas of ‘social participation’ and ‘organized civil society.’ A network of organizations and an arsenal of juridical provisions concerning voluntary work have gradually been put together, in different degrees, in the member-states of the European Union. The observation of these changes brings to light ‘grey areas’ between paid work and the voluntary service of workers who may or may not have employment, young people as well as old. Two examples illustrate the tension of situations in which the gift of one’s work is not a gratuitous action freely and personally chosen. In the United Kingdom the shortage of voluntary help has fuelled the pressurizing of the long-term unemployed. In Belgium, the National Council for Work has declared its fear of seeing voluntary service slip into a sort of informal work pattern which would supplant paid employment.
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