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Gifts of Time and Money
The Role of Charity in America's Communities
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2005
Summary
Policymakers, civic leaders, and scholars have increasingly focused their attention over the last decade-and-a-half on the importance of voluntary participation in civil society. From George H. W. Bush's Thousand Points of Light to Bill Clinton's AmeriCorps to George W. Bush's faith-based initiatives, it is undeniable that communities are looking to increase their levels of charity and voluntarism in the provision of public goods and services. What mobilizes giving and volunteering? What are the characteristics of communities that are engaged, and those that are not? What can policymakers and nonprofit managers do to change the current landscape in places with low levels of participation? These are the questions this edited collection addresses. It is the first book specifically dedicated to community giving and volunteering efforts with a best practices element. Published in cooperation with the Alan K. Campbell Public Affairs Institute at Syracuse University.
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Copyright year
2005
ISBN-Print
978-0-7425-4505-2
ISBN-Online
978-0-7425-8166-1
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
223
Product type
Edited Book
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Contents No access
Preface No access
1 Introduction Arthur C. Brooks No access Pages 1 - 10
2 Can Government Build Community? Lessons from the National Service Program Leslie Lenkowsky No access Pages 11 - 32
3 Building Volunteer Capacity: The Drivers of Successful Corporate and Service Partnerships at City Year Peter Frumkin and Lazar Treschan No access Pages 33 - 58
4 Corporate Community Service Programs: Enhancing Community Capacity? Mary Tschirhart and Lynda St. Clair No access Pages 59 - 76
5 The Volunteer Center National Network: All It Can Be? Jeffrey L. Brudney No access Pages 77 - 108
6 Social Sector Partnerships and Voluntarism: What We Know and Still Need to Learn David M. Van Slyke No access Pages 109 - 126
7 How Do Need, Capacity, Geography, and Politics Influence Giving? Wolfgang Bielefeld, Patrick Rooney, and Kathy Steinberg No access Pages 127 - 158
8 Religion, Philanthropy, Service, and Civic Engagement in Twentieth-Century America Peter Dobkin Hall No access Pages 159 - 184
9 College, Social Capital, and Charitable Giving Eleanor Brown No access Pages 185 - 204
10 Gifts of Money in America's Community: What Can Scholarship Tell Practitioners? Margaret G. Ogden No access Pages 205 - 208
11 Why Do People Give? Jeffrey D. Straussman No access Pages 209 - 212
Index No access Pages 213 - 220
About the Editor and Contributors No access Pages 221 - 223
