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The 2020 World Happiness Report suggests that rural residents in Northern and Western Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand are generally happier than their urban counterparts. Similar findings have been reported in country-level studies and broader regional research, especially in Europe. Such findings go against conventional wisdom in the field and represent something of a conundrum to researchers and policymakers alike: the rural-urban happiness paradox. Is quality of life really better in the countryside? How and under which circumstances is this the case? Did influential writers like Edward Glaeser get it all wrong when suggesting that the city had now triumphed? What can we learn from digging deeper in the rural-urban happiness paradox and which critical questions does this leave us with for the future? What might policymakers, planners, architects and other influential actors learn from such an exercise? The purpose of the proposed book is to delve deeper into these matters by asking what quality of life in rural areas is actually all about. Since 2018 a cross-disciplinary team of researchers from four research environments at three Danish universities has been carrying out an ambitious research project to do just that. In this edited volume their findings are presented alongside chapters written by specially commissioned international authors from across Europe, North America, Asia and Africa.

Rural population. --- Agricultural population --- Farm population --- Population --- Sociology, Rural --- Rural population --- Rural conditions --- Rural life --- Social history --- Everyday rural life. --- built environment. --- civil society. --- community planning. --- cultural resilience. --- measuring subjective wellbeing. --- moral geography. --- rural youth. --- social diversity. --- urban discourses.

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A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. Multiculturalism as a distinct form of liberal-democratic governance gained widespread acceptance after World War II, but in recent years this consensus has been fractured. Multiculturalism in the British Commonwealth examines cultural diversity across the postwar Commonwealth, situating modern multiculturalism in its national, international, and historical contexts. Bringing together practitioners from across the humanities and social sciences to explore the legal, political, and philosophical issues involved, these essays address common questions: What is postwar multiculturalism? Why did it come about? How have social actors responded to it? In addition to chapters on Australia, Britain, Canada, and New Zealand, this volume also covers India, Malaysia, Nigeria, Singapore, and Trinidad, tracing the historical roots of contemporary dilemmas back to the intertwined legacies of imperialism and liberalism. In so doing it demonstrates that multiculturalism has implications that stretch far beyond its current formulations in public and academic discourse.

General & world history --- Multiculturalism --- Cultural diversity policy --- Cultural pluralism --- Cultural pluralism policy --- Ethnic diversity policy --- Social policy --- Anti-racism --- Ethnicity --- Cultural fusion --- Government policy --- constitutionalism. --- cultural diversity. --- decolonization. --- globalization. --- group politics. --- immigration. --- increased demographic diversity. --- indigenous peoples. --- legal strategies. --- liberal democratic citizenship. --- liberal democratic governance. --- multiculturalism. --- nation state building. --- national minorities. --- nationalism. --- political economy. --- political strategies. --- political theory. --- practice. --- public debates. --- remaking of the world. --- secularism. --- social diversity. --- social theory. --- theory.

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Volunteering improves inner character, builds community, cures poverty, and prevents crime. We've all heard this kind of empowerment talk from nonprofit and government-sponsored civic programs. But what do these programs really accomplish? In Making Volunteers, Nina Eliasoph offers an in-depth, humorous, wrenching, and at times uplifting look inside youth and adult civic programs. She reveals an urgent need for policy reforms in order to improve these organizations and shows that while volunteers learn important lessons, they are not always the lessons that empowerment programs aim to teach. With short-term funding and a dizzy mix of mandates from multiple sponsors, community programs develop a complex web of intimacy, governance, and civic life. Eliasoph describes the at-risk youth served by such programs, the college-bound volunteers who hope to feel selfless inspiration and plump up their resumés, and what happens when the two groups are expected to bond instantly through short-term projects. She looks at adult "plug-in" volunteers who, working in after-school programs and limited by time, hope to become like beloved aunties to youth. Eliasoph indicates that adult volunteers can provide grassroots support but they can also undermine the family-like warmth created by paid organizers. Exploring contradictions between the democratic rhetoric of empowerment programs and the bureaucratic hurdles that volunteers learn to navigate, the book demonstrates that empowerment projects work best with less precarious funding, more careful planning, and mandatory training, reflection, and long-term commitments from volunteers. Based on participant research inside civic and community organizations, Making Volunteers illustrates what these programs can and cannot achieve, and how to make them more effective.

Community development --- Volunteer workers in community development --- Young volunteers in community development --- Voluntarism --- Community development personnel --- Youth volunteers in community development --- Voluntary action --- Volunteer work --- Volunteering --- Volunteerism --- National service --- Associations, institutions, etc. --- Community House. --- Snowy Prairie. --- adult volunteers. --- bad habits. --- bureaucracy. --- celebrating diversity. --- civic association. --- civic engagement projects. --- civic programs. --- civic skills. --- civic volunteering. --- comfort. --- community empowerment. --- community programs. --- community service. --- crime prevention. --- cultural cleansing. --- cultural diversity. --- cultural preservation. --- cultural tradition. --- culture. --- democracy. --- desires. --- disadvantaged youth. --- distant others. --- distinct cultures. --- diversity. --- divided society. --- empowerment programs. --- empowerment projects. --- empowerment talk. --- everyday routines. --- family-like attachments. --- family. --- food. --- future potential. --- historical transformations. --- hopelessness. --- inequality. --- inspiring volunteers. --- intimacy. --- local grassroots support. --- loyalty. --- mismatched time frames. --- mixers. --- multicultural community. --- multiculturalism. --- needs. --- needy volunteers. --- non-disadvantaged youth. --- nonprofit organization. --- paid organizers. --- plug-in volunteers. --- political engagement. --- politics. --- potentials. --- poverty. --- predictable routines. --- protectors. --- public events. --- safety. --- shared experiences. --- short-term bonds. --- short-term volunteering. --- social diversity. --- social divisions. --- sociological lessons. --- state agency. --- temporal disconnections. --- temporal leapfrog. --- timing. --- transforming volunteers. --- unique cultures. --- unmet needs. --- volunteer coordination. --- volunteer expertise. --- volunteer work. --- volunteering. --- youth participants. --- youth program participants. --- youth programs. --- youth volunteers.