Accounting for the Varieties of Volunteering: New Global Statistical Standards Tested

1 Introduction.- 2. Varieties of and changes in volunteering. Challenges for a global research agenda.- 3. Different contexts, different data. A review of multinational sources on volunteering and some steps beyond.- 4. New global standards for measuring volunteering. The Revised UN Handbook: The ILO Manual and the TSE satellite account.- 5. The global standards on volunteering and the varieties of Italy. A local test with an international relevance.- 6. A glocal and multiactorial methodological strategy. The implementation process of the global statistical standards in a complex country.- 7. Reading the local through the (adapted) global standards. Advancements in accounting for the scope and the varieties of the Italian volunteering.- 8. The social and ecological antecedents of volunteering. A step forward.- 9. Volunteering and trust. New insights on a classic topic.- 10. School of democracy. Volunteering and political participation.- 11. Doing good, to others and to oneself. Volunteering and individual wellbeing.- 12. Emergent professions. Volunteering and labour market.- 13. Conclusions.