Philanthropic Foundations, Public Good and Public Policy
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-48288-4 (ISBN)
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.
Diana Leat is Visiting Professor at Cass Business School, London, UK, and at the Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies, QUT Brisbane, Australia. She is author of over 120 articles and books on the non-profit sector and social policy, and has held research posts in universities and think tanks in the UK, the US and Australia. Diana spent a year with the Carnegie Trust developing the first research centre for philanthropy in the UK, and until its closure in 2013 was a trustee of the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund.
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?.-
| Erscheinungsdatum | 08.10.2016 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | IX, 185 p. |
| Verlagsort | Basingstoke |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
| Themenwelt | Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken |
| Naturwissenschaften | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Planung / Organisation | |
| Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-137-48288-5 / 1137482885 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-137-48288-4 / 9781137482884 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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