Volunteering in Not-for-profit Organisations and the Accumulation of Social Capital in South Australia

A survey of volunteering in South Australian not-for-profit organisations suggests that the number of volunteers in these organisations and the hours that they work has risen in recent years, contrary to anecdotal evidence from the not-for-profit sector. The results of the study also tend not to affirm the 'decline in social capital' thesis of Robert Putnam, at least in the context of SA not-for-profit organisations. Three hundred and four...