Understanding Philanthropy - Its Meaning and Mission

Informationen zum Autor Robert L. Payton, Michael P. Moody Klappentext Robert L. Payton (1927-2011) was president of C.W. Post College and Hofstra University, a State Department official, ambassador to Cameroon, head of the Exxon Education Foundation, and was the first director of the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University. He is author of Philanthropy: Voluntary Action for the Public Good.Michael P. Moody is Assistant Professor in the School of Policy, Planning, and Development at the University of Southern California. He is a cultural sociologist whose work focuses on the theory and practice of philanthropy. Zusammenfassung Why does philanthropy exist? Why do people so often turn to philanthropy when we want to make the world a better place? In essence, what is philanthropy? This book tackles these questions. It offers practitioners a way of explaining the rationale for their nonprofit efforts. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface and Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Why This Book? 2. Voluntary Action for the Public Good 3. Because Things Go Wrong: Philanthropy as a Response to the Human Problematic 4. The World Can Be Made Better: Philanthropy as Moral Action 5. The Social History of the Moral Imagination 6. Philanthropy, Democracy, and the Future Notes Suggestions for Further Reading Index

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• Authors: Michael P Moody, Michael P. Moody, Moody Michael P, Robert L Payton, Robert L. Payton, Robert L. Moody Payton, Robert L./ Moody Payton, Payton Robert L
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.03.2008
• EAN: 9780253350497
• ISBN: 978-0-253-35049-7
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 248 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Philanthropic and Nonprofit St; Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies; Philanthropic and Nonprofit St
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries