Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>Through the study of a single department by intensive interviewing and participant observation, I examined volunteer firefighting, an embattled form of voluntarism that remains essential in America's smaller communities. The firefighters provided insights about their work, the organization and social structure of their department, and how they manage these along with other demands in their lives. They described their motives and the ways they are challenged and sustained. I conclude by discussing the future of the volunteer fire service and make recommendations about how to address some of its problems and perhaps those of other voluntary associations.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Bryn Mawr only
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Social Work and Social Research
- Year
- 2009
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Boland Wyatt, Jeannette
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://repository.brynmawr.edu/dissertations/209
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:repository.brynmawr.edu:dissertations-1212