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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778586503321

Autore

Eikenberry Angela M

Titolo

Giving circles [[electronic resource] ] : philanthropy, voluntary association, and democracy / / Angela M. Eikenberry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-29340-0

9786612293405

0-253-00334-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (190 p.)

Collana

Philanthropic and nonprofit studies

Disciplina

361.70973

Soggetti

Charities - United States

Public-private sector cooperation - United States

Voluntarism - United States

Humanitarianism - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : giving circles and democratic governance -- Democracy, voluntary association, and philanthropy -- The modernization and marketization of voluntarism -- The democratization and new shape of voluntarism -- The giving circle landscape -- The democratic effects of giving circles -- Voluntarism and governing beyond the state.