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The nature of the relationship between the time people spend on paid work and volunteering remains debated in the social sciences. Time constraint theory suggests a negative relationship because people can allocate only as much time to volunteering as their work responsibilities permit. However, social integration theory suggests a more complex inverse U-shaped relationship because paid work not only limits people's free time but also plays a key role in their social integration. Departing from these competing theories, this study uses two-wave panel data from Denmark to examine the relationship between hours of paid work and volunteering. In support of time constraint theory, the results suggest that hours of paid work have a significant negative effect on the total number of hours that people spend volunteering, not mainly because paid work hours affect people's propensity to volunteer but because they affect the number of hours that volunteers contribute.

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Pierre Charbonnier: Affluence and freedom: An environmental history of political ideas. Anmeldt af Anders Blok.
Frank van Tubergen: Introduction to Sociology. Anmeldt af Hans-Peter Y. Qvist.

We examine 1.5- and second-generation immigrants' union formation patterns in Denmark and how they relate to the cultural proximity between their countries of origin and Denmark as indicated by religion, values, and language. Drawing on administrative register data on 71,122 1.5- and second-generation immigrants from 120 different countries of origin, we use multilevel discrete-time event history analysis to examine the nexus between cultural proximity and union formation patterns. These models rigorously control for time-varying individual factors and changes in opportunity structures in local partner markets. Our results suggest that religion strongly relates to the 1.5- and second-generation immigrants' union formation patterns. At the same time, this is not the case for the other cultural factors when we account for religion. Specifically, our results suggest that 1.5- and second-generation immigrants from non-Christian and especially from Muslim countries are less likely to form interethnic unions with natives and more likely to form intraethnic unions with same-country immigrants than their Protestant-background counterparts. Moreover, these patterns are most pronounced for women. Overall, we conclude that religion remains a strong predictor of interethnic union formation with natives among 1.5- and second-generation immigrants in Denmark and discuss the implications of this finding.

En intersektionel tilgang til sociologisk analyse er baseret på en idé om, at forskellige undertrykkelsessystemer og diskriminationsformer, der knytter sig til forskellige sociale kategorier såsom køn, seksualitet, religion, race/etnicitet og social klasse/socioøkonomisk status, gensidigt konstituerer og omformer hinandens betydning på komplekse måder. Intersektionalitetsbegrebet giver således ikke umiddelbart forrang til bestemte sociologiske metoder. I praksis er det dog de kvalitative metoder, der dominerer intersektionalitetsforskningen. Denne metodiske ensidighed har den uhensigtsmæssige konsekvens, at omfanget og stabiliteten af strukturelle ulighedsforhold kommer til at fremstå som præmisser, som ikke i sig selv gøres til genstand for empirisk analyse i den kvalitativt dominerede intersektionalitetsforskning. Der udestår således et væsentligt arbejde med at få kvantitative metoder integreret i den danske såvel som internationale intersektionalitetsforskning, hvis de uhensigtsmæssige konsekvenser af et ensidigt fokus på kvalitative metoder skal undgås. Vores formål med denne artikel er derfor ved hjælp af to empiriske eksempler – et baseret på regressionsanalyse og et baseret på korrespondanceanalyse – at illustrere, hvordan kvantitative metoder frugtbart kan benyttes i intersektionalitetsforskning.

The first book of its kind, this volume brings together a range of experts to review key methodological issues in the study of voluntary action, charitable behaviour and participation in voluntary organisations. Using case studies from around the world – from ethnography to media analysis and surveys to peer research – chapters illustrate the challenges of researching altruistic actions and our conceptualisations of them. Across different fields and methods, authors unpick the methodological innovations and challenges in their own research to help guide future study. Demystifying research and deepening our ability to understand the role of the third sector, this accessible book is suitable for social researchers at all levels