03077nam 2200661 a 450 991081000100332120200520144314.01-282-29340-097866122934050-253-00334-2(CKB)1000000000804026(OCoLC)503473653(CaPaEBR)ebrary10331702(SSID)ssj0000338145(PQKBManifestationID)11256573(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000338145(PQKBWorkID)10295637(PQKB)10350003(MiAaPQ)EBC455792(MdBmJHUP)muse16948(Au-PeEL)EBL455792(CaPaEBR)ebr10331702(CaONFJC)MIL229340(EXLCZ)99100000000080402620081023d2009 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrGiving circles philanthropy, voluntary association, and democracy /Angela M. Eikenberry1st ed.Bloomington Indiana University Pressc20091 online resource (190 p.) Philanthropic and nonprofit studiesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-253-35319-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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.In the contemporary United States, third parties are being relied upon to deliver social services that were once chiefly the responsibility of government. Among the new philanthropic associations that have arisen in this environment are voluntary groups known as giving circles. Their purpose is to bring people together to pool resources and then collectively decide how to distribute them. Giving circles have been seen as the most democratic of philanthropic mechanisms, working to meet social needs and solve community problems, while enhancing the civic education and participation of their members. Angela M. Eikenberry examines this new phenomenon and considers what role voluntary associations and philanthropy can or should play in a democratic society.Philanthropic and nonprofit studies.CharitiesUnited StatesPublic-private sector cooperationUnited StatesVoluntarismUnited StatesHumanitarianismUnited StatesCharitiesPublic-private sector cooperationVoluntarismHumanitarianism361.70973Eikenberry Angela M1691986MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810001003321Giving circles4068759UNINA