Women, Philanthropy, and Civil Society / / edited by Kathleen D. McCarthy

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910735085803321
• Autore: McCarthy Kathleen
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Indiana University Press, 2001; Bloomington : , : Indiana University Press, , 2001; ©2001
• ISBN: 9780253069016; 0253069017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Collana: Philanthropic studies
• Altri autori (Persone): McCarthyKathleen D
• Soggetti: Frau; Women philanthropists; Civil society; Women volunteers in social service; Women in charitable work; Aufsatzsammlung; Gesellschaft; Philanthropie; Cross-cultural studies; Femmes benevoles en service social; Femmes - Dons de charite; Femmes dans les oeuvres de bienfaisance; Societe civile; Études transculturelles; Cross-Cultural Comparison; Women - Charitable contributions; Cross-cultural studies.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Women and philanthropy in nineteenth-century Ireland / Maria Luddy -- Women and philanthropy in France : from the sixteenth to the ; twentieth centuries / Evelyne Diebolt -- Women and philanthropy in Brazil : an overview / Leilah Landim -- The Norwegian voluntary sector and civil society in transition : women as a catalyst of deep-seated change / Per Selle -- Women and philanthropy in colonial and post-colonial Australia / Shurlee Swain -- Parallel power structures, invisible careers, and the changing nature of American Jewish women's philanthropy / Susan M. Chambre -- Women and philanthropy in Egypt / Amani Kandil -- An Islamic activist in interwar Egypt / Beth Baron -- Women and philanthropy in Palestinian and Egyptian societies : the contributions of Islamic thought and the strategy of national survival / Ghada Hashem Talhami -- Women and philanthropy in India / Pushpa Sundar -- Women and philanthropy in South Korea from a non-Western perspective / Hye Kyung Lee.