This article examines changes in the demand for voluntary labor, focusing
on how volunteers were mobilized to provide services in response to the
AIDS epidemic in New York City. It considers how social change modifies
the demand for voluntary labor and the distribution of unpaid workers in
various types of jobs and organizations. The volunteer response to AIDS
was shaped by a number of different historical, cultural, and political
factors. The study also suggests ways researchers could broaden their
focus on the motivations of volunteers and the place of voluntarism in
American life.
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