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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255307303321

Autore

Leat Diana

Titolo

Philanthropic Foundations, Public Good and Public Policy / / by Diana Leat

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

1-137-48289-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (IX, 185 p.)

Disciplina

320.6

Soggetti

Public policy

Administrative law

Political economy

Nonprofit organizations

Public administration

Public Policy

Administrative Law

International Political Economy

Non-Profit Organizations and Public Enterprises

Public Administration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents -- 1. Focus on Foundtions -- 2. Definitions and Distinctions -- 3. How Foundations Work: An Overview -- 4. From Charity to Change, Brussels to Beijing -- 5. Public Benefit or Playthings of the Rich? -- 6. Sources of Wealth and Income -- 7. Warehouses of Wealth: Payout and Perpetuity -- 8. Cash Machines or More? -- 9. Missing Measurement, Misunderstanding Measurement? -- 10. Foundations and Democracy: Threat or Promise? -- 11. Dark Corridors or Glass Pockets? -- 12. The Future is Monstrous? -- .

Sommario/riassunto

This book discusses a series of related but independent challenges faced by philanthropic foundations, drawing on international, contemporary and historical data. Throughout the world, private philanthropic foundations spend huge sums of money for public good while the media, policy-makers and the public have little understanding



of what they do and why. Diana Leat considers the following questions: Are philanthropic foundations more than warehouses of wealth? Where does foundation money come from, and is there a tension between a foundation’s ongoing sources of income and its pursuit of public good? How are foundations regulated and held accountable in society? Is there any evidence that foundations are effective in what they do? Is it possible to have too much philanthropy? In posing these questions, the book explores some of the key tensions in how foundations work, and their place in democratic societies.