全球视野下非营利研究的集成图景——评《帕尔格雷夫志愿服务、公民参与和非营利社团指南》

An Integrated Picture of Non-Profit Research From A Global Perspective: Comments on The Palgrave Handbook of Volunteering,Civic Participation,and Nonprofit Associations

志愿服务和非营利社团在人类活动中占据重要地位,对于促进公民参与国家和社会生活有着多层次和广泛的影响作用。志愿服务行为、公民参与进展以及协会组织发展成为非营利研究中的核心内容。戴维·史密斯等人编著的《帕尔格雷夫志愿服务、公民参与和非营利社团指南》通过学科交融、学理分析等方式描绘出当前非营利研究中最为清晰的全球图景。该书对于新时代提升中国非营利研究有着重要的参考和启示意义,国内学界应重视非营利相关的基础理论研究,加强从行为科学和社会科学进路的探索,推进中国非营利理论创新和实践发展。

Volunteering and nonprofit associations occupy an important position in human activities and have multiple levels and impacts on promoting civic participation in the country and social life.The Palgrave Handbook of Volunteering,Civic Participation,and Nonprofit Associations edited by David Smith et al.,through the collaboration of scholars,discipline blending and academic analysis,portrays the clearest global picture of current non-profit research.The Handbook has significant reference and enlightenment for the new era to improve China’s non-profit research.In particular,we should pay attention to non-profit related basic theoretical research,strengthen exploration from behavioral science and social science,and promote the development of Chinese non-profit theory innovation and development of practice.