Charitable choices
Subtitle: philanthropic decisions of donors in the American Jewish community
By: Arnold Dashefsky and Bernard Lazerwitz.
Contributors: Lazerwitz, Bernard Melvin, 1926-
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 155
ISBN-13: 9780739109878; 9780739132500
Subjects: Charities -- United States; Welfare economics; Jews -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Why people give charity : a philanthropic phenomenon based on consumer spending, situation, self-interest, or socialization?; title: Is charity caring compassion or social justice? : the case of the Jewish community; title: Sources of philanthropic giving : evidence from the national Jewish population surveys; title: The three faces of giving : donors, affiliated, and unaffiliated; title: Group portraits in three dimensions : comparisons and contrasts; title: Perceived incentives and barriers to giving; title: Twenty-first century realities : the views of the fundraising directors; title: Summary and implications for policy and research postscript.