Participation

What transitional processes are prominent for participation in civil society, social integration and democracy?
How have the ways of and motives for volunteering and participating in voluntary organisations changed over the last ten years?
What factors (such as norms, motives, social networks, organisational structures, social and demographic variables, etc.) influence volunteering?
What forms does modern community volunteerism take?
Does stronger emphasis on individuality and self-realisation lead to a decline in engagement in civil society and in volunteering?
What kinds of integration and participation are offered ethnic groups?
What is the gender distribution in different areas of the voluntary sector? To what extent is gender a basis for discrimination in the voluntary sector?
What values drive volunteering? What learning and personal processes including development of ‘social capital’ take place among those who volunteer?