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9780253350497

Understanding Philanthropy

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  • ISBN13:

    9780253350497

  • ISBN10:

    0253350492

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2008-06-01
  • Publisher: Ingram Pub Services

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Summary

Tackles fundamental questions about philanthropy's place in society

Author Biography

Robert L. Payton is Professor Emeritus of Philanthropic Studies 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.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgmentsp. ix
Introduction: Why This Book?p. 1
Voluntary Action for the Public Goodp. 27
Because Things Go Wrong: Philanthropy as a Response to the Human Problematicp. 62
The World Can Be Made Better: Philanthropy as Moral Actionp. 96
The Social History of the Moral Imaginationp. 131
Philanthropy, Democracy, and the Futurep. 155
Notesp. 175
Suggestions for further readingp. 197
Indexp. 199
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