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The Philanthropy Reader

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Routledge 2016 OxonDescription: 514pISBN:
  • 9781138903593
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 361.74 PHI
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Section I: What is Philanthropy?
1. Why Philanthropy Matters
2. Contested Definitions of Philanthropy
3. Different Lenses for Studying and Explaining Philanthropy
4. The Balance of Public and Private in Philanthropy

Section II: Philanthropy across Time and Place
5. Complex History
6. Contested History
7. Continuity and Change across Eras
8. The Role of Religion, Race, Gender, and Geography

Section III: Being a Philanthropist - Callings and Critiques
9. Why Should People Give - Religious and Secular Calls
10. Why Do Wealthy People Give - Elite Donor Statements
11. Critiques of Elite Donors
12. Philanthropy Versus the Alternatives
Section IV: Philanthropists and Beneficiaries - A Complex Relationship
13. Giving and Receiving
14. Philanthropy as a Type of Gift
15. When Philanthropic Gifts Go Wrong
16. Being a Giver, Being a Recipient
17. What is the Right Relationship Between Those Who Give and Those Who Get?

Section V: Philanthropic Practices and Institutions
18. The Practice of Asking, The Practice of Granting
19. Foundations - Roles and Critiques
20. Should Corporations Give?
21. New Methods and Blurring Boundaries

Section VI: Debates About Making Philanthropy Better
22. On Philanthropic Decision Making
23. How Do We Know If Philanthropy Does Any Good?
24. New - Or Not So New - Ways of Improving Philanthropy
25. Is "Being Effective" the Only Worthwhile Yardstick?

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