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Globalization, Philanthropy, and Civil Society
David C. Hammack
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Description for Globalization, Philanthropy, and Civil Society
Hardback. Includes essays that reflect pioneering efforts to study the global movement of ideas and institutions. This title deals with such topics as: initiatives to address the AIDS epidemic in East Africa; to protect the peoples and ecosystems of the Amazon; and, to advance the 'truth and reconciliation' process in South Africa. Editor(s): Hammack, David C.; Heydemann, Steven. Series: Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: JKSN1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 610.
The essays in this book reflect pioneering efforts to study the global movement of ideas and institutions. They deal with topics of significant contemporary importance: initiatives to address the AIDS epidemic in East Africa; to protect the peoples and ecosystems of the Amazon; to advance the "truth and reconciliation" process in South Africa and in other areas of great conflict; to promote "civil society" in Eastern Europe and Central Asia; to advocate for environmental protection in the United States, Great Britain, Germany, and Japan; and to spread Rotary Clubs and encourage "social entrepreneurship" throughout the world. These essays highlight a wide range of research, paying close attention to the realities of particular situations and to current thinking about general processes.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253353030
SKU
V9780253353030
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About David C. Hammack
David C. Hammack is Hiram C. Haydn Professor of History at Case Western Reserve University. He is editor of Making the Nonprofit Sector in the United States: A Reader (IUP, 1998). Steven Heydemann is Vice President of the Grants and Fellowship Program at the U.S. Institute for Peace, and Adjunct and Research Associate Professor in the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University. He is author of Authoritarianism in Syria: Institutions and Social Conflict, 1946–1970.
Reviews for Globalization, Philanthropy, and Civil Society
According to a new controversial academic book entitled Globalization, Philanthropy, and Civil Society . . . US foundations funding overseas are an element of American 'soft power,' projecting the governments interests overseas and remaking the world in America's image. The book's editors, David C. Hammack of Case Western Reserve University and Steven Heydemann of the United States Institute for Peace, argue in the introduction that foundations project their ideas and operating practices to create a 'Western grant economy,' but access to material, professional and 'reputational' resources are contingent on the extent to which local nonprofits assimilate the norms, practices and procedures of their Western counterparts.December 2009
The Peacemaker
[The book does not] treat 'Western' as synonymous with 'American,' as is evident in Sandra Moog's analysis of U.S. and German approaches to protecting the Amazon rain forest. It does, however, offer diverse perspectives on topics ranging from attempts to import South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission as a model for transitional justice to the advocacy strategies of Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth in four different countries. Informative and provocative? Yes.Oct. 20, 2009
Kyoko Uchida
Foundation Center
[These] essays reflect a wide range of individual research effort, rather than an attempt to evaluate a single approach. They give close attention to the realities of particular situations while at the same time highlighting the best current thinking about general processes.2010
Abstracts of Public Administration, Development, and Environment
[A] timely and important contribution to understanding the role of nonprofits and foundations in globalization. . . . It deserves careful attention by anyone interested in the globalization and civil society.
Social Service Review
This book raises key theoretical questions for the field of nonprofit and philanthropic studies and offers insightful case studies that attempt to deal with those questions. It is suitable for graduate-level courses oriented toward educating new scholars. 39(6)
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
[E]ditors David Hammack and Steven Heydemann have assembled an impressive collection of essays focused on organizational philanthropy in cross-national perspective.
Contemporary Sociology
This book aims to demonstrate the value of social scientific studies of philanthropy. It tackles its specific task of studying efforts to spread ideas and practices by means of the donation of money, goods, human action and ideas through the movement of models for the organisation of such activities as medical care, education, advocacy, social improvement and cultural expression. ... [T]he topic is important.Issue 38, Sept. 2009
Beth Breeze
Publications Editor
The Peacemaker
[The book does not] treat 'Western' as synonymous with 'American,' as is evident in Sandra Moog's analysis of U.S. and German approaches to protecting the Amazon rain forest. It does, however, offer diverse perspectives on topics ranging from attempts to import South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission as a model for transitional justice to the advocacy strategies of Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth in four different countries. Informative and provocative? Yes.Oct. 20, 2009
Kyoko Uchida
Foundation Center
[These] essays reflect a wide range of individual research effort, rather than an attempt to evaluate a single approach. They give close attention to the realities of particular situations while at the same time highlighting the best current thinking about general processes.2010
Abstracts of Public Administration, Development, and Environment
[A] timely and important contribution to understanding the role of nonprofits and foundations in globalization. . . . It deserves careful attention by anyone interested in the globalization and civil society.
Social Service Review
This book raises key theoretical questions for the field of nonprofit and philanthropic studies and offers insightful case studies that attempt to deal with those questions. It is suitable for graduate-level courses oriented toward educating new scholars. 39(6)
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
[E]ditors David Hammack and Steven Heydemann have assembled an impressive collection of essays focused on organizational philanthropy in cross-national perspective.
Contemporary Sociology
This book aims to demonstrate the value of social scientific studies of philanthropy. It tackles its specific task of studying efforts to spread ideas and practices by means of the donation of money, goods, human action and ideas through the movement of models for the organisation of such activities as medical care, education, advocacy, social improvement and cultural expression. ... [T]he topic is important.Issue 38, Sept. 2009
Beth Breeze
Publications Editor