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Understanding philanthropy [electronic resource] : its meaning and mission / Robert L. Payton and Michael P. Moody.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Philanthropic and nonprofit studiesPublication details: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2008.Description: xiv, 205 p. ; 25 cmSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 177/.7 22
LOC classification:
  • BJ1533.P5 P39 2008eb
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Contents:
Preface and acknowledgments -- Introduction: why this book? -- Voluntary action for the public good -- Because things go wrong: philanthropy as a response to the human problematic -- The world can be made better: philanthropy as moral action -- The social history of the moral imagination -- Philanthropy, democracy, and the future -- Notes -- Suggestions for further reading -- Index.
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E-Book Taylor's Library-TU 177/.7 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) e-book

Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-198) and index.

Preface and acknowledgments -- Introduction: why this book? -- Voluntary action for the public good -- Because things go wrong: philanthropy as a response to the human problematic -- The world can be made better: philanthropy as moral action -- The social history of the moral imagination -- Philanthropy, democracy, and the future -- Notes -- Suggestions for further reading -- Index.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.