Philanthropy in democratic societies
Subtitle: history, institutions, values
By: edited by Rob Reich, Chiara Cordelli, and Lucy Bernholz
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 325
ISBN-13: 9780226335643; 9780226335506
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Democracy; Humanitarianism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-313) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : philanthropy in democratic societies / Rob Reich, Lucy Bernholz, and Chiara Cordelli; title: Altruism and the origins of nonprofit philanthropy / Jonathan Levy; title: Why is the history of philanthropy not a part of American history? / Olivier Zunz; title: On the role of foundations in democracies / Rob Reich; title: Contributory or disruptive : do new forms of philanthropy erode democracy? / Aaron Horvath and Walter W. Powell; title: Reconciling corporate social responsibility and profitability : guidelines for the conscientious manager / Paul Brest; title: When is philanthropy? : how the tax code's answer to this question has given rise to the growth of donor-advised funds and why it's a problem / Ray D. Madoff; title: Creating digital civil society : the Digital Public Library of America / Lucy Bernholz; title: The free-provider problem : private provision of public responsibilities / Eric Beerbohm; title: Philanthropy and democratic ideals / Ryan Pevnick; title: Reparative justice and the moral limits of discretionary philanthropy / Chiara Cordelli.