Giving circles : philanthropy, voluntary association, and democracy /

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In the contemporary United States, third parties are being relied upon to deliver social services that were once chiefly the responsibility of government. Among the new philanthropic associations that have arisen in this environment are voluntary groups known as giving circles. Their purpose is to b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Eikenberry, Angela M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2009.
Colección:Philanthropic and nonprofit studies.
Temas:
Charities > United States.
Public-private sector cooperation > United States.
Voluntarism > United States.
Humanitarianism.
Partenariat public-privé > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Philanthropy & Charity.
Charities.
Public-private sector cooperation.
Voluntarism.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : giving circles and democratic governance
  • Democracy, voluntary association, and philanthropy
  • The modernization and marketization of voluntarism
  • The democratization and new shape of voluntarism
  • The giving circle landscape
  • The democratic effects of giving circles
  • Voluntarism and governing beyond the state.

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