caa a22 4500 606152636 CHVBK 20210128100550.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11266-015-9577-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11266-015-9577-z When Doing Good Becomes a State Affair: Voluntary Service in Germany [Elektronische Daten] [Rabea Haß, Kathia Serrano-Velarde] In times of economic crisis, volunteer work comes to be seen as a resource, both an economic one that provides social services as the state cuts back on welfare spending; and a social one, to counteract the social disintegration that accompanies disenchantment with politics. As a result, governments across Europe have begun targeting the volunteer workforce through policy instruments. Our paper examines the effects of government policy on volunteering traditions by analyzing the implementation of a national voluntary service in Germany. Drawing on neo-institutional theory, we argue that Germany's state initiative has sparked competition between the new government voluntary service and preexisting programs organized by civil society organizations. We will show that this conflict has not merely restructured relationships among program leaders, host institutions, educational facilities, and volunteers, but in fact called into question the very nature of volunteering as a civic practice. International Society for Third-Sector Research and The Johns Hopkins University, 2015 Voluntary services nationallicence Germany nationallicence Neo-institutional theory nationallicence Civic education nationallicence Government-nonprofit relations nationallicence Haß Rabea Hertie School of Governance, Friedrichstraße 180, 10117, Berlin, Germany aut Serrano-Velarde Kathia Center for Social Investment, Max Weber Institute for Sociology, Heidelberg University, Bergheimer Str. 58, 69115, Heidelberg, Germany aut VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 26/5(2015-10-01), 1718-1738 0957-8765 26:5<1718 2015 26 11266 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-015-9577-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-015-9577-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Haß Rabea Hertie School of Governance, Friedrichstraße 180, 10117, Berlin, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Serrano-Velarde Kathia Center for Social Investment, Max Weber Institute for Sociology, Heidelberg University, Bergheimer Str. 58, 69115, Heidelberg, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 26/5(2015-10-01), 1718-1738 0957-8765 26:5<1718 2015 26 11266