Lim Chaeyoon, Laurence James
University of Wisconsin-Madison.
University of Manchester.
Br J Sociol. 2015 Jun;66(2):319-44. doi: 10.1111/1468-4446.12122. Epub 2015 Apr 29.
This paper examines how the 2008-9 recession has affected volunteering behaviours in the UK. Using a large survey dataset, we assess the recession effects on both formal volunteering and informal helping behaviours. Whilst both formal volunteering and informal helping have been in decline in the UK since 2008, the size of the decline is significantly larger for informal helping than for formal volunteering. The decline is more salient in regions that experienced a higher level of unemployment during the recession and also in socially and economically disadvantaged communities. However, we find that a growing number of people who personally experienced financial insecurity and hardship do not explain the decline. We argue that the decline has more to do with community-level factors such as civic organizational infrastructure and cultural norms of trust and engagement than personal experiences of economic hardship.
本文考察了2008 - 2009年的经济衰退如何影响英国的志愿行为。我们使用一个大型调查数据集，评估衰退对正式志愿活动和非正式帮助行为的影响。自2008年以来，英国的正式志愿活动和非正式帮助行为都在减少，但非正式帮助行为的减少幅度明显大于正式志愿活动。在衰退期间失业率较高的地区以及社会和经济处境不利的社区，这种减少更为显著。然而，我们发现，个人经历过经济不安全和困难的人数增加并不能解释这种减少。我们认为，这种减少更多地与社区层面的因素有关，如公民组织基础设施以及信任和参与的文化规范，而非经济困难的个人经历。
