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Private Funds, Public Purpose: Philanthropic Foundations in International Perspective(Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies)

Private Funds, Public Purpose: Philanthropic Foundations in International Perspective(Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies)


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Written by scholars from six countries, this text covers philanthropic foundations in the world's busiest commercial centres, the US and Eastern and Western Europe. It reports on the structures and mindsets that shape foundations and discusses different aspects of foundation management. Case studies of the French and Italian foundation communities and a comparative legal chapter are notable.

Table of Contents:
I. Introduction.- 1. Philanthropic Foundations: An International Perspective.- II. Comparative Studies.- 2. The History of Foundations in the United Kingdom and the United States: Philanthropic Foundations in Industrial Society.- 3. A Comparative Legal Analysis of Foundations: Aspects of Supervision and Transparency.- 4. Foundations in Germany and the United States: A Comparative Analysis.- III. Management And Organization.- 5. British Foundations: The Organization and Management of Grantmaking.- 6. The Behavior of Grantmaking Foundations: Toward a New Theoretical Frame.- 7. Toward an Entrepreneurial Approach to Foundation management.- 8. Operating in a Grantmaking World: Reassessing the Role of Operating Foundations.- IV. Country Studies.- 9. Foundations in France.- 10. Foundations in Italy.- 11. Foundations in Germany and Their Revival in East Germany after 1989.- 12. Rebuilding Civil Society in Eastern and Central Europe: The Role Played by Foundations.- V. Conclusion.- 13. Why Study Foundations?.

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'...for researchers thinking about launching organizational research on foundations than providing answers to the important research questions.' ASQ, (2001)


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780306459467
  • Publisher: Springer Science+Business Media
  • Publisher Imprint: Plenum Publishing Co.,N.Y.
  • Height: 235 mm
  • No of Pages: 264
  • Series Title: Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies
  • Width: 155 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0306459469
  • Publisher Date: 31 Jan 1999
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Philanthropic Foundations in International Perspective


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