A Voluntary Divide? Exploring the Role of Digitalisation in German Rural Volunteering

Rural communities have experienced significant changes in their social, economic and demographic structures, leading to an increased importance of volunteering. Such activities are related to traditional association structures, which seem to be declining in popularity. One of the current hopes for s...

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Published in:	European Countryside
Main Authors:	Thewes Christoph, Sept Ariane, Richter Ralph
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sciendo 2024-03-01
Subjects:	digitalisation voluntary work rural areas mixed-methods associations
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.2478/euco-2024-0004

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