Editorial IntroductionAuthor BiographyPart One: Overview of Voluntaristics Chapter 1. Introduction and Historical Backgrounda. Voluntaristics, Altruistics, or Philanthropy--What's in a Name?b. Voluntaristics Research in Ancient Times c.Voluntaristics Research from Medieval Times to the Industrial Revolution d. Voluntaristics Research in the 1800s e. Voluntaristics Research 1900-1950 f. Voluntaristics Research 1951 to the Present Chapter 2.
Interdisciplinary Voluntaristics Associations and Subgroups of Researchers a. Voluntaristics as an Interdisciplinary Field and Emerging Inter-Discipline b. Founding of ARNOVA: Voluntaristics becomes Organized for the First Time in History c. National and Regional/Local Voluntaristics Interdisciplinary Researcher Associations d. Other Global Interdisciplinary Associations of Individual Voluntaristics Researchers e. Voluntaristics Formal Sections of National or International Associations for Specific Academic Disciplines and Professions f. Independent, World Region, Interdisciplinary Voluntaristics Research and Researcher Associations g. ICSERA: A New, Global, Infrastructure Organization, Research-Information Institute, and Umbrella Association for Voluntaristics Researcher Associations Chapter 3.
Voluntaristics Research Documents and Publications a. Academic Journals Focused Mainly on Voluntaristics Topics b. Academic Journal Articles, Dissertations, and Theses on Voluntaristics Topics c. Scholarly-Research Conferences and General Research Meetings on Voluntaristics Topics Chapter 4. Voluntaristics Structural Units as Elements of Global Academia a. Research and Information Centers/Institutes Focused mainly on Voluntaristics Topics b. College- and University-Based Courses, Majors and Minors (Fields of Concentration), Certificates, and Degree Programs on Voluntaristics Topics c. University Departments Focused on Voluntaristics Topics d.
University-Based Schools, Colleges, or Divisions Focused on Voluntaristics Topics Part Two: The Voluntaristics Field and Inter-Discipline Chapter 5. Theories And Paradigms in Voluntaristics Chapter 6. Usable Knowledge About Voluntaristics Chapter 7. Future Trends and Needed Research a. New ARNOVA Common Interest Group (CIG) on Voluntaristics b. Future Research Needed on the Growth of Voluntaristicsi. Changes in Government Regimes and Structures ii. Changes in Public Perceptions and Values iii.
Changes in the Socio-Economic Systems within and across Nations iv. Changes in Academia and the Global University System Chapter 8. The Emerging Global Structure of Voluntaristics as an Academic (Inter-)Discipline a. Indicators of Voluntaristics as an Academic Discipline at Present b. The Likely Internal Structure of Voluntaristics as a Global Academic Inter-discipline in the Future Chapter 9. Conclusions: Can Voluntaristics Break into the Established Set of Current Socio-Behavioral Science Disciplines in Universities? Appendices Appendix 1: ICSERA Alphabetical List of Keywords on Topics in Voluntaristics-Altruistics-Philanthropy Appendix 2: Key Recent Books on Voluntaristics Topics Bibliography I: Voluntaristics General Bibliography Bibliography II: Voluntaristics Methodology Bibliography.