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Martin, Sheonagh M. K. "William Pulteney Alison : activist philanthropist and pioneer of social medicine." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/2815.
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The thesis looks in detail at three inter-related aspects of Alison's life. It examines, firstly, his role in the development of Edinburgh's rudimentary 'health' network, achieved through the expansion of the existing medical charity structure and the introduction of a more interventionist and coordinated approach to the city's health problems. It traces, secondly, the development of Alison's social thought - in 1820 he believed that medical and practical relief for the poor could and should be supplied through the voluntary charities and only when that proved unsatisfactory through the poor law, whereas by 1840 he argued that public health should be the responsibility of government and that the excessive increase in poverty and disease in Scotland, which he believed had occurred, was proof that the charitable and legal relief provided was inadequate. Finally, Alison's influence on the passage of Scottish poor law and public health legislation in the 1840s and 1850s is examined - the latter involving an assessment of how far he was responsible for the legislative delay. The poor law debate, 1840-1845, which reveals the forces shaping the reform and the prevailing attitudes to poverty, highlights the challenge which Alison's opinions represented and the resulting turmoil in Scottish social thinking, while his reasons for opposing health legislation, which established London control are of great importance. They reveal differences in the rationale behind, and way in which, the concept of public health was developed in Scotland and England. Unlike Chadwick and his supporters, Alison emphasised poverty amelioration and sanitary reform. Part of the explanation for the differing opinions lay in their respective miasmatic and contagionist theories for fever generation, but it also reflects, perhaps more significantly, the impact of European medical police ideas on Scottish medical opinion - Alison's view of public health closely resembled that of the French hygienists.
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Cousen, Nicola. "Dr James Stewart : Irish doctor and philanthropist on the Ballarat goldfields." Thesis, Federation University Australia, 2017. http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/162606.
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This thesis is the first in-depth biography of Dr James Stewart (1829-1906), an Ulster Presbyterian doctor who spent his prime years in Victoria between 1852 and 1869. It answers the question of who James Stewart was and why such an important actor in the history of Ballarat and colonial Victoria has been almost completely ignored by the historical record. The thesis explores the themes of identity and class by revealing the elements that shaped who Stewart was as well as his contributions to Ballarat and the colony through his medical work, civic duty, philanthropy and capitalist investment. Beginning with his early life in rural Ulster and medical education in Dublin, insight is provided into his emigration as a ship’s surgeon to the Ballarat goldfields in the context of the Irish diaspora. New light is thrown on the formative experience of ships’ surgeons and their role in the development of colonial medicine and civic duty; medical care available on the goldfields and during the events of the Eureka Stockade; and the professionalisation of medicine in colonial Victoria. In pursuing the biographical method advocated by Robert Rotberg, in the absence of personal records, it makes extensive use of newspapers and the archives of the institutions to which he contributed significantly. Interpretative and speculative methods are employed to carefully analyse his detailed will and obituaries. This study finds that Stewart’s flexible identity facilitated his involvement with a variety of community, class and social groups. Examination of his religious influences provides new understanding of Ulster Presbyterians and the Anglo-Irish in Victoria and challenges Patrick O’Farrell’s claim that the Anglo-Irish in Australia were right-wing conservatives. A major contributor to the development of Ballarat, a visionary and generous benefactor, James Stewart’s legacy continues to have an impact more than a century after his death.Doctor of Philosophy
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Mearns, Gabrielle. "Appropriate fields of action : nineteenth-century representations of the female philanthropist and the parochial sphere." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2012. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/56360/.
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Literary representations of female philanthropy challenge the separate spheres dichotomy that we continue to associate with nineteenth-century literature and society, as the work of the philanthropic heroine instead depicts a diversity of social spaces located between the family home and the worlds of commerce and politics. These social spaces – one of the most important being the parish – are represented as highly receptive to the influence of middle- and upper-class women by the writers of my study, thereby demonstrating how female authors could formulate the geography of their fictions to support their participation in contemporary social debate. In this thesis I use the term ‘parochial spheres’ to describe these spaces, which include the landed estate, the village and the military regiment. My emphasis on parochial spheres calls attention to the gentlewoman’s relationships with rural and provincial environments. I use the concept of ‘borderline’ female citizenship to think about these relationships, as it indicates the potential power of the philanthropic heroine in her community, as well as the likelihood of power contests between the female philanthropist and her male contemporaries. The writers of my thesis are mainly drawn from the Victorian period. However, I also examine works by Hannah More, and the image of the philanthropist across the period. More is crucial to the representation of female philanthropy, as female authors interact with a tradition of conservative reform popularised by the Evangelical polymath at the beginning of the period. Embedded within this tradition is the narrative of maternalism, which enables women writers to depict their heroines as the protective conservers of the social order, but also as the generators of new, feminised solutions to public questions of reform. These fluctuations between conservation and reform reveal the significance of the parochial sphere to women’s writing during the Victorian period.
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au, collins6@westnet com, and Alexander Collins. ""A Veritable Augustus": The Life of John Winthrop Hackett, Newspaper Proprietor, Politician and Philanthropist (1848-1916)." Murdoch University, 2007. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20070903.105528.
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Irish-born Sir John Winthrop Hackett (1848-1916) achieved substantial political and social standing in Western Australia through his editorship and part-ownership of the West Australian newspaper, his position as a Legislative Council member and as a layman in the Anglican Church. The thesis illustrates his strong commitment to numerous undertakings, including his major role in the establishment of Western Australia's first University.
This thesis will argue that whatever Hackett attempted to achieve in Western Australia, his philosophy can be attributed to his Irish Protestant background including his student days at Trinity College Dublin. After arriving in Australia in 1875 and teaching at Trinity College Melbourne until 1882, his ambitions took him to Western Australia where he aspired to be accepted and recognised by the local establishment. He was determined that his achievements would not only be acknowledged by his contemporaries, but also just as importantly be remembered in posterity. After a failed attempt to run a sheep station, he found success as part-owner and editor of the West Australian newspaper.
Outside of his business interests, Hacketts commitment to the Anglican Church was unflagging. At the same time, he was instrumental in bringing about the abolition of state aid to church schools in Western Australia, which he saw as advantaging the Roman Catholic Church. He was a Legislative Council member for 25 years during which time he used his editorship of the West Australian, to campaign successfully on a number of social, industrial and economic issues ranging from divorce reform to the provision of economic infrastructure. As a delegate to the National Australasian Conventions he continually strove to improve the conditions under which Western Australia would join Federation. His crowning achievement was to establish the states first university, which he also generously provided for in his will. One of the most influential men in Western Australian history, his career epitomised the energy and ambition of the well-educated immigrant.
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Collins, Alexander. ""A veritable Augustus": the life of John Winthrop Hackett, newspaper proprietor, politician and philanthropist (1848-1916)." Thesis, Collins, Alexander (2007) "A veritable Augustus": the life of John Winthrop Hackett, newspaper proprietor, politician and philanthropist (1848-1916). PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2007. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/710/.
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Irish-born Sir John Winthrop Hackett (1848-1916) achieved substantial political and social standing in Western Australia through his editorship and part-ownership of the West Australian newspaper, his position as a Legislative Council member and as a layman in the Anglican Church. The thesis illustrates his strong commitment to numerous undertakings, including his major role in the establishment of Western Australia's first University.
This thesis will argue that whatever Hackett attempted to achieve in Western Australia, his philosophy can be attributed to his Irish Protestant background including his student days at Trinity College Dublin. After arriving in Australia in 1875 and teaching at Trinity College Melbourne until 1882, his ambitions took him to Western Australia where he aspired to be accepted and recognised by the local establishment. He was determined that his achievements would not only be acknowledged by his contemporaries, but also just as importantly be remembered in posterity. After a failed attempt to run a sheep station, he found success as part-owner and editor of the West Australian newspaper.
Outside of his business interests, Hackett’s commitment to the Anglican Church was unflagging. At the same time, he was instrumental in bringing about the abolition of state aid to church schools in Western Australia, which he saw as advantaging the Roman Catholic Church. He was a Legislative Council member for 25 years during which time he used his editorship of the West Australian, to campaign successfully on a number of social, industrial and economic issues ranging from divorce reform to the provision of economic infrastructure. As a delegate to the National Australasian Conventions he continually strove to improve the conditions under which Western Australia would join Federation. His crowning achievement was to establish the state’s first university, which he also generously provided for in his will. One of the most influential men in Western Australian history, his career epitomised the energy and ambition of the well-educated immigrant.
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Collins, Alexander. ""A veritable Augustus" : the life of John Winthrop Hackett, newspaper proprietor, politician and philanthropist (1848-1916) /." Collins, Alexander (2007) "A veritable Augustus": the life of John Winthrop Hackett, newspaper proprietor, politician and philanthropist (1848-1916). PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2007. http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/710/.
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Irish-born Sir John Winthrop Hackett (1848-1916) achieved substantial political and social standing in Western Australia through his editorship and part-ownership of the West Australian newspaper, his position as a Legislative Council member and as a layman in the Anglican Church. The thesis illustrates his strong commitment to numerous undertakings, including his major role in the establishment of Western Australia's first University.
This thesis will argue that whatever Hackett attempted to achieve in Western Australia, his philosophy can be attributed to his Irish Protestant background including his student days at Trinity College Dublin. After arriving in Australia in 1875 and teaching at Trinity College Melbourne until 1882, his ambitions took him to Western Australia where he aspired to be accepted and recognised by the local establishment. He was determined that his achievements would not only be acknowledged by his contemporaries, but also just as importantly be remembered in posterity. After a failed attempt to run a sheep station, he found success as part-owner and editor of the West Australian newspaper.
Outside of his business interests, Hackett’s commitment to the Anglican Church was unflagging. At the same time, he was instrumental in bringing about the abolition of state aid to church schools in Western Australia, which he saw as advantaging the Roman Catholic Church. He was a Legislative Council member for 25 years during which time he used his editorship of the West Australian, to campaign successfully on a number of social, industrial and economic issues ranging from divorce reform to the provision of economic infrastructure. As a delegate to the National Australasian Conventions he continually strove to improve the conditions under which Western Australia would join Federation. His crowning achievement was to establish the state’s first university, which he also generously provided for in his will. One of the most influential men in Western Australian history, his career epitomised the energy and ambition of the well-educated immigrant.
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Lewin, Charlotte. "Kungliga kulturstiftelser, mecenater, skatteregler och deras kulturpolitiska betydelse." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-31851.
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This essay is about the Swedish Royal Foundations and especially the culture foundations. The Swedish Royal Foundations in culture are four. I’ve also made a short background about Royal engagement through foundations in history. I’ve given examples on what Royals in Sweden have done in the past and what they do today. For example are Princess Eugenia in the 19th century and Queen Silvia today with World Childhood Foundation. After the Royal Family and the Swedish Royal Foundations it is not far to the Swedish patrons or philanthropists both in history and today. In history the term patron is used to describe someone who gave money to painters or other culture workers. Nowadays we usually say philanthropist. The persons I looked deeper into are the Swedish Prince Eugen and Ernest Thiel from the past and Sven-Harry Karlsson, Anders Wall and Per and Lena Josefsson from today. I have found that the Swedish tax legislation for foundations with culture as the purpose, are interesting and can play a role in the future culture politics. I have a short summary both of the existing rules and the new tax purposes from the Swedish Government. Sweden is the only country in the EU who does not has tax relief for culture foundations. Culture foundations can give less than they want because of this. So instead they give money to things that has tax reliefs like Culture heritage management and education.
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Wilce, Emily Elizabeth. "The painter, the press, the philanthropist, and the prostitute : the representation of the fallen woman in British visual culture (1850-1900)." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/40021.
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This thesis explores how the fallen woman was depicted in British visual culture between the late 1840s and 1900. Previous research has focused on how the fallen woman was portrayed in art, literature, and to some extent the illustrated press but has not considered her representation in the illustrated periodicals produced by the Salvation Army or the implications of her illustration in the coverage of the Jack the Ripper murders. This thesis encompasses these neglected sources and argues that the intended audiences of these images profoundly influenced how the fallen woman was presented in each medium and how these portrayals were received. This research highlights, both thematically and chronologically, the impact which social thought had upon the portrayal of the fallen woman, the role of editors and critics in the mode and reception of works, concerns regarding the social acceptability of the fallen woman as a subject for mass consumption, and how the purpose of the image influenced its message. Chapter One explores the origins of the notion of the fallen woman and the significance of Christian tradition within Victorian culture. Chapter Two considers the portrayal of the fallen woman in painting, whilst Chapters Three and Four examine the role of the illustrated press. The thesis concludes with an examination of the publications produced by the Salvation Army during the 1890s, arguing that these periodicals purposefully adopted elements from the different mediums studied in the previous chapters so as to have the greatest impact upon their intended readers. It is my contention that the fallen woman was a malleable concept which could be subtly shaped to suit the sensibilities and pre-existing belief systems of different audiences, and that it can therefore be understood as a case study for the exploration of wider Victorian attitudes towards gender, morality, and artistic production.
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Duprat, Catherine. "Le temps des philanthropes. la philanthropie parisienne des Lumières à la Monarchie de Juillet /." Paris : Éd. du CTHS, 1993. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb355763897.
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Duprat, Catherine. "Le temps des philanthropes : la philanthropie parisienne des Lumières à la monarchie de Juillet, pensée et action." Paris 1, 1991. http://www.theses.fr/1991PA010558.
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Cette recherche est une contribution à l'étude des pratiques associatives, des rôles sociaux et de l'action sociale des parisien, de la fin de l'ancien régime à la monarchie de juillet. Elle traite du double investissement de la philanthropie contemporaine dans l'action publique (les participations bénévoles consenties aux bureaux de bienfaisance) et dans l'action privée. Les pratiques et propositions des sociétés de bienfaisance libres, sans fins pieuses ni tutelle ecclésiastique, conjuguent alors une triple fonction d'enquête sociale, d'action sociale et de prescription sociale. Cette étude analyse la spécificité de ces formes associatives, leurs champs d'intervention privilégiés (assistance, prévoyance, système pénal, école, famille, patronage), les relations nouées de bienfaiteurs à donataires, ainsi que les moyens, l'audience et les résultats législatifs de leurs campagnes d'opinionThis research is a contribution to the practices in use in philanthropic societies, social patterns and social policies in paris from the end of the ancien regime to the july monarchy. It attemps to describe the activities of parisian philanthropists, inspired by the enlightenment ideas, as both public (voluntary participation to public bureaux de bienfaisance) and private practices. These private philanthropic societies, which neither had religious objectives nor ecclesiastical conduct, have a triple function : social enquiries, social action and social directions and advice. The study analyses the special aspect of parisian philanthropy as it was practiced at that time, its specific fields of activities (relief of the poor, "prevoyance", criminal laws, prisons, school, family, "patronage"), the relationship between donors and recipients, and last, the means, the impact and the legal results of its opinion campaigns
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Raja, Ahmad Raja Adzrin. "Corporate philanthropic discourse." Thesis, Curtin University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/182.
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This thesis derives important insights concerning the corporate philanthropic discourse of Australian listed firms. Corporate philanthropic discourse is analysed in two phases: (i) corporate philanthropic communication (Phase I) and (ii) corporate philanthropic involvement (Phase II). The first phase examines the noncommunication of corporate philanthropy. The second phase details the types and factors of corporate philanthropic involvement. In Phase I, a model on philanthropic communication is presented to better understand this (non-) communication and how such gift-giving is (or is not) communicated and in what form. In Phase II, the types and factors of corporate philanthropic involvement are examined. Data are gathered from over 1,500 annual reports and stand-alone sustainability reports for 2008.The findings of Phase I reveal that only 16.86 percent of Australian listed firms communicate any philanthropic information. This could be due to lack of clear reporting guidelines and absence of mandatory requirement for such disclosure. Further, it could also be argued that such muting is due to strategic reasons as communication opens the door for increased scrutiny. Yet more information dissemination, especially with better disclosure could enhance stakeholders’ confidence. Multivariate analyses indicate overwhelming evidence that firm size and profitability have a positive and statistically significant association with the extent of corporate philanthropic communication.Phase II focuses on corporate philanthropic involvement. Firms engage in various activities ranging from monetary to various types of non-monetary giving. Multiple regression results reveal that lagged free cash flow and firm size are statistically highly significant associated with corporate philanthropic involvement. These findings are consistent with slack resources theory tenets.Overall, the results from this thesis have implications for firms, regulators, investors, community and other interested parties. The key findings highlight over 80 percent (more than 1,200 Australian listed firms) choose to be completely silent on this key societal element. Given corporate philanthropy’s high prominence, the findings suggest that a more proactive effort to promote transparent and effective discourse is required with possible need for regulatory intervention.
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Sheehan, Robert W. "Mission accomplishment as philanthropic organization effectiveness." The Ohio State University, 1994. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1259089953.
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Sheehan, Robert M. "Mission accomplishment as philanthropic organization effectiveness /." The Ohio State University, 1994. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487854314871292.
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Weinryb, Noomi. "Free to Conform : A Comparative Study of Philanthropists’ Accountability." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-251281.
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Those who are very wealthy may also be extremely free. Independently wealthy philanthropists epitomize this type of freedom. They seem to be able to act in whichever way they please, as long as they respect the limits of the law. Their freedom also implies that they do not experience as much accountability as other funders. Considering philanthropists’ ambitions as policymakers, and given their imposition of performance demands on their grantees, their accountability is relevant to investigate. However, there are no comprehensive comparative studies of philanthropists’ accountability, and there is mainly anecdotal evidence of a lack of accountability being derived from their independent wealth. This dissertation is a study of philanthropists’ accountability. I compare their experienced and exhibited accountability to that of other funders within societies, and I also compare philanthropists’ accountability across societies. I investigate whether philanthropists’ independent wealth influences to whom they are accountable, for what they are accountable, and how they are accountable. To learn about these topics, I examine their accountability relationships, their accountability mechanisms, and how they justify their potentially controversial funding of human embryonic stem cell research. Across these dimensions, I study their legal, financial, hierarchical, peer, professional, political, and fiduciary/social accountability. Empirically, I make a cross-sectional comparison of philanthropists to other funders of human embryonic stem cell research within and across three welfare regimes - liberal California, social democratic Sweden, and statist South Korea. I compare the accountability of independently wealthy philanthropists to that of public agencies, corporations, and fundraising dependent nonprofits. The empirical materials include 101 structured interviews with open-ended questions covering 51 funding organizations, as well as questionnaires explored in ANOVA and social network analysis. The study indicates that philanthropists experience and exhibit less accountability than other funders in some ways, in some contexts. By developing and using a framework to analyze their accountability, I show that philanthropists’ accountability is patterned within the societies in which they fund, and it differs greatly across societies. In California, philanthropists enact themselves as free actors, whereas in Sweden they enact a moral identity as funders of science. In South Korea, there is no clear boundary between philanthropic and corporate accountability. My results point to the contextual limits of philanthropists’ accountability. By enacting their moral identity in a way that conforms to local norms, philanthropists simultaneously retain and enable their continued freedom. In terms of their accountability, philanthropists are free to conform, and they become free by conforming.
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Seely, Dagmar. "American Indian foundations : philanthropic change and adaptation /." Thesis, Connect to resource online, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/1847.
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Thesis (M.A.)--Indiana University, 2007.Department of Philanthropic Studies, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) Advisor(s): William Brescia, Frances A. Huehls, Dwight Burlingame. Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 111-113).
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Stott, Anne Margaret. "Hannah More : Evangelicalism, cultural reformation and loyalism." Thesis, Royal Holloway, University of London, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.298131.
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Ringoen, Jennifer. "The Psychology of Giving: Factors of Philanthropic Behavior." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2012. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/317.
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The market for philanthropic donations in America has been thriving since the 1950s. 89 percent of U.S. households make annual monetary donations to charitable organizations, contributing to 20 percent of all revenues in the nonprofit sector. Majority of the factors contributing to this growth in donations can be divided into three general categories: intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, and marketing influence tactics. My thesis examines a plethora of past research to develop a comprehensive guide on the current theories of human behaviors as they pertain to charitable giving.
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Cooper, Christopher James. "Philanthropic discourse, discipline, and the problem of population." Thesis, University of East London, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.261650.
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Newsome, David Lee. "Nontraditional roles for philanthropic capital in urban redevelopment." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/115697.
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Thesis: M.C.P., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, 2018.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 100-101).
Across the United States, neighborhoods of persistent urban disinvestment continue to elude revitalization. Despite efforts from private, public, and social sector leaders, these areas continue to produce unacceptable health, safety, education, economic, and wellbeing outcomes for their residents. Philanthropy has long been a stakeholder in urban revitalization efforts, yet is often understood and described only as a source of grant capital. However, understanding some of the roles of philanthropic capital beyond grants, specifically philanthropic investments, knowledge creation, leadership, and operations, may reveal powerful, unexpected roles for philanthropy. While urban revitalization can occur without philanthropic involvement, these various tools and approaches should be considered, either individually or jointly, in planning for and implementing revitalizations efforts in neighborhoods across America.
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Sellen, Charles. "Philanthropie et économie : essais autour de la générosité." Paris, Institut d'études politiques, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012IEPP0051.
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Tanseau-Simon, Brenda. "La philanthropie américaine aujourd'hui : entre tradition et innovation." Thesis, Paris 3, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014PA030144.
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Cette thèse porte sur la tradition philanthropique aux États-Unis et sur la place qu’occupent les institutions philanthropiques, c’est à dire les fondations caritatives, au sein de la société américaine contemporaine. La tradition philanthropique américaine s’exprime, en partie, à travers les divers organismes non lucratifs formant le « troisième secteur » américain, le nonprofit sector. Elle est représentée par une société civile américaine promouvant les notions de charité, d’autonomie individuelle vis à vis du pouvoir fédéral et d’entraide sociale. Toutefois, ce sont les fondations caritatives, du fait de leurs importantes ressources financières, qui sont devenues des interlocutrices majeures dans la gestion de l’intérêt général aux États-Unis. De nombreux débats quant à leur efficacité et leur légitimité apparaissent aujourd'hui. L’étude de terrain menée auprès de treize dirigeants de fondations dans le Massachusetts et en Californie a contribué à apporter quelques réponses aux principales interrogations sur l’impact réel des fondations dans la société américaine. Ces observations, réalisées à la fin 2009 et au début 2011, permettent de souligner le fait que la philanthropie est ancrée dans le capitalisme américain, ce qui la rend dépendante de la conjoncture économique. On conclut également que, tandis que la philanthropie est souvent perçue comme un vecteur de valeurs démocratiques, les fondations ne semblent pas toujours prendre en compte l’intérêt général dans le financement de leurs projets. Enfin, en même temps que les richesses se sont accrues depuis les années 1980, les inégalités sociales se sont creusées, et la philanthropie n’a en rien comblé ces inégalités. Pourtant, les enjeux des actions philanthropiques sont considérables et il ne tient qu’aux philanthropes et aux institutions philanthropiques d’agir en faveur du progrès socialThis dissertation focuses on the philanthropic tradition in the United States and on the role of philanthropic institutions, or charitable foundations, in contemporary society. The American philanthropic tradition can be displayed through the various nonprofit organizations that make the « third sector » or nonprofit sector. This tradition is characterized by a strong civil society that promotes ideas such as charity, individualism and mutual aid. However, foundations have become the main agents for the management of the ‘general welfare’ in the United States, which creates new debates regarding their efficiency and their legitimacy. The case studies of foundations in Massachusetts and California helped bring new answers to questions about the social and economic impact of foundations on U.S. society. Final conclusions emphasize the idea that philanthropy represents an integral part of U.S. capitalism and depends on the economic situation of the country. Moreover, whereas philanthropy is often viewed as a tool for democratic advocacy, it appears that foundations do not always promote the general welfare when supporting philanthropic programs. Last but not least, since the 1980s, significant wealth has been accumulated by some individuals and while social inequalities have widened substantially, American philanthropy has not done much to reduce them. Yet, philanthropic activity can significantly impact U.S. society, provided that philanthropists and philanthropic foundations act for social progress
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Boettger, Jeff K. "Elite athletes' motivations to volunteer and interpersonal communication motives identifying volunteers' interaction position /." Lynchburg, Va. : Liberty University, 2007. http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu.
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Lempa, Heikki. "Bildung der Triebe : der deutsche Philanthropismus (1768-1788) /." Turku : Turun yliopisto, 1993. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37608569n.
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Assas, Roaa Ibrahim. "Designing an e-philanthropic website for the Saudi user." Thesis, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2015. http://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/617235/.
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Philanthropy is an important part of Saudi Arabia's identity as it is linked to the country's religion and culture. Even though nobody can deny how crucial philanthropy is for Saudis, it is not reflected virtually on the Internet. This PhD aims to enhance philanthropy by putting it in a virtual context. Online philanthropy is known as e-philanthropy and this research documents the design of an e-philanthropic tool that is appealing to users in Saudi Arabia. Its aim is to design an interactive website where users can communicate with each other to meet their specific needs. It explores the nature of philanthropy in the Saudi context and employs human-centred design and user-centred design approaches to create a website in support of this. It is based on qualitative and quantitative data collection from recipients of philanthropy and those who take an interest in the topic. This resulted in the design brief for a new ephilanthropic tool based on time giving, a concept closely related to time banking and something that, to date, has not been launched in Saudi Arabia. As time banking is the closest concept to that of time giving, this project investigated time banking as a philanthropic tool in other contexts. The design of the website for the Fair Shares time bank in the UK was analysed as a source in order to benefit the new project. This was achieved by using Agarwal and Venkatesh's (2002) Microsoft Usability Guideline, which was reformed by Pallud (2002). After investigating Saudi culture, the concept of time banking and the design features of a website in the field, the researcher-designer then created a time giving website named "Joud", a word which means liberality and generosity in Arabic. The process of creating this website was influenced by Schön's (1983) account of the reflective practitioner, where the designer looks for ways to order, resolve and improve their practice. After the design of the website was finished it was launched online at www.joudtime.org. The website was then evaluated using the same technique used to analyse the Fair Shares site; namely the modified Microsoft Usability Guideline. This was to improve the design and get a sense of whether the idea would work in Saudi Arabia or not. This study shows that time giving can be a philanthropic tool in Saudi Arabia. It also shows that using a human-centred design and a user-centred design method in order to investigate specific target users is a practical and useful approach. The outcome shows how the design would take the user into consideration especially in a philanthropic context. Moreover, the resulting design is the first that brings time giving to the Saudi user. As a result, the project met its aim to replicate the philanthropic culture of Saudi Arabia virtually by creating an ephilanthropic tool for their context.
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Meyers, Reagan, and Libby Weaver. "Philanthropic Motivation : A Study of CSR in the Workplace." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-151387.
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In the present study, the topic under scrutiny is how Philanthropic Corporate Social Responsibility plays a role within the workplace. This study is being presented due to the fact that CSR is often researched with the frame of reference of marketing, whereas the managerial perspective is not often considered. The research question addressed will take a managerial perspective on CSR and examine if implementing Philanthropic CSR only affects extrinsic factors, or if it also has an intrinsic effect on employee motivation. In this research, the questions undergoing discussion to support the study are 1) To what extent does CSR motivate employees? 2) What involvement level of CSR is required for employee motivation? 3) What level does CSR fit into on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs? This thesis focuses mainly on connecting Philanthropic CSR to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Other supporting theories that will be used include: Herzberg’s Motivation Hygiene Theory, McGregor’s X and Y Theory, Self-Determination Theory, and Motivational Crowding Theory. To conduct the research needed, the authors have conducted a deductive study through a comparative design, obtaining qualitative data by the means of semi structured skype interviews. These interviews focus on American for-profit companies that have CSR in their strategy but focus on profit. The data collected has then been analyzed through a thematic approach. The information obtained suggests that Philanthropic CSR plays a role within the workplace, however, it is not seen as an incentive by employees. Moreover, an employee must be personally involved within the company’s CSR program to fully feel the effects that the program has to offer. This is due to the emotional investments made while participating in the said philanthropy. The conclusion found from this study is that Philanthropic CSR does have an intrinsic effect on employees because of the ‘feel good feeling’ they benefit from when they do participate in the Philanthropic CSR. However, to fully understand the effects of the motivational aspects, further research must be conducted.
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Cook, Heather J. "Understanding Philanthropic Motivations of Northeast State Community College Donors." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2012. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1403.
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At Northeast State Community College (NeSCC) nearly 70% of students need some form of financial aid to attend. State support is flattening or decreasing and the gap is filled by private donors' support (Northeast State Community College, 2011). Hundreds of donors have made significant contributions to aid in the education of those in the Northeast Tennessee region. The purpose of this study was to investigate the philanthropic motivations of a select group of 4 donors who have given a significant amount to a community college and to garner their specific reasons for doing so.
This qualitative study included 4 interviews from current donors in the President's Trust at NeSCC who had contributed at least $10,000. I interviewed an alumni representative, a faculty member, an individual contributor, and a corporate representative to better understand their approaches and perspectives on giving to NeSCC.
Through the interviews, I learned personal stories and motivations for giving. Some of their experiences can be linked to the servant leadership theory, transformational leadership, and Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. Also, the participants had similarities in stating that it was rewarding to give back and they all agreed that something from childhood spawned their motivations for giving.
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Wentz, Kaitlyn. "Arts and Culture Influencers: Two Philanthropists' Impact on the Northeast Ohio Region." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1588767185875188.
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Craïs, Alexa. "Formes et pratiques de l'observation et du contrôle dans la pédagogie des philantropistes de Dessau (1774-1793)." Thesis, Toulouse 2, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015TOU20087/document.
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Si on consulte les bibliographies, on constate que le genre de la relation de voyage a connu un succès constant au dix-huitième siècle et que ce succès s’accéléra après 1775 dans les pays de langue allemande, où le nombre de relations imprimées fut même proportionnellement plus important que dans d’autres aires culturelles. Au demeurant, c’était souvent à destination des enfants et jeunes adultes que beaucoup étaient publiés. Nous souhaitons plus spécifiquement nous concentrer sur la catégorie de ces récits écrits, édités, traduits par les pédagogues-philanthropistes de l'établissement scolaire du Philanthropinum de Dessau entre 1774 et 1793 (année de sa création et de sa fermeture) afin de mettre à jour les conceptions politiques, littéraires et pédagogiques de ce mouvement trop peu connu du public francophone. À l'inverse, le philanthropisme est considéré dans l'espace germanique comme un mouvement majeur dans l'histoire de l'éducation. Il s'agit pour nous d'examiner les formes et les pratiques de l'observation et du contrôle mises en place au sein de l'établissement afin d'éduquer les enfants et de former les enseignants, mais également de mesurer la contribution de ce mouvement aux réformes éducatives conçues dans cette périodeWhen consulting bibliographies we notice that the gender of travel literacy had a big success in Germany at the end of the 18th century, especially after 1775 when the number of published narratives outnumbered those published in other European countries. They were especially written for young readers and young adults. In our research, we would like to focus more specifically on the narratives written, published and translated by the philanthropist educators from the Philanthropinum in Dessau -which was founded in 1774 and closed in 1793- in order to bring to light the political, literary and pedagogical conceptions of the philanthropists who are not well known in France. In Germany, they are considered as a major movement in the history of education. We would like to examine the various observation and control forms and practices which they developed at school in order to educate children and train teachers, but also in order to measure the contribution of this movement to educational reforms implemented at the time
Im 18. Jahrhundert hatten die Reiseberichte insbesondere nach dem Jahre 1775 im deutschsprachigen Raum viel Erfolg. Meistens richteten sich diese Schriften an Kinder und junge Leute. In dieser Doktorarbeit werden insbesondere die Reiseberichte, die von den Philanthropisten aus der Dessauer Anstalt zwischen 1774 und 1793 übersetzt, herausgegeben oder geschrieben worden sind. Dadurch werden die politischen, literarischen und pädagogischen Ziele dieser in Frankreich kaum bekannten Erzieher hervorgehoben. Damit werden die Methoden berücksichtigt, die die Lehrer im Rahmen der Schule konzipiert hatten, um die Schüler sowie die zukünftigen Lehrer zu erziehen und zu bilden
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Baldwin, Nigel, and baldwin@unimelb edu au. "'Philanthropic' Support for the Arts: Views from the Corporate Sector." RMIT University. Graduate School of Business, 2009. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20100205.141643.
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Corporate support for the Arts, what views are held by the corporate sector about their support for the arts in Australia? Comparison of the literature of the not-for-profit arts sector in Australia with that of the USA and Britain highlights differences in the structure of philanthropic trusts in the USA and their contribution to the not-for-profit arts and the benefit of arts funding in Britain due to support form funding from lotteries. The Australian not-for-profit arts sector does not have support from lottery funding or a long history of support from philanthropic sources. An alternate funding source is corporations, and the role they play in support for the not-for-profit arts in Australia whilst acknowledged, remains unclear. With the use of an Interpretivist approach, this has been an exploratory study. Data was generated through focused interviews with representatives from companies, agencies of government and private philanthropy. The findings from the research have lead to the formation of the view that for the participant populations, support for the arts is considered to be sponsorship (perhaps mirroring structural changes in wider society); that is becoming focussed and strategic and in some instances comes at the expense of sports funding. Competition for corporate funding is not confined to the arts, but the wider not-for-profit sector and corporate decision making has become more astute. Policies and procedures support the decision process, aligning it with corporate goals reducing any impact of internal bias.
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Sibony, Denis. "Capital social, philanthropie et identité : quelles implications pour l'économie sociale ?" Phd thesis, Conservatoire national des arts et metiers - CNAM, 2013. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00943009.
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Comment expliquer les variations du niveau de don dans des pays comparables ? Dans tous les pays industrialisés, la crise économique des années 1980 a favorisé la recherche d'alternatives à l'État providence en incitant les organismes du Tiers secteur à jouer un rôle accru dans un partenariat pour la définition et la mise en œuvre des politiques publiques. Parmi les organisations du Tiers secteur, les fondations philanthropiques offrent un cadre juridique qui permet aux personnes qui le souhaitent de réaliser des actes de générosité en affectant une partie de leur fortune personnelle, sous forme de don, à des fins d'intérêt général. Le don peut être ainsi considéré comme une expression concrète de la coopération entre les citoyens en vue du bien commun. Tous les pays démocratiques essaient d'en favoriser le développement. Les explications classiques de la variation de niveau du don entre pays développés ne prennent pas en considération le don comme un fait social. Nous soutenons que le niveau du don dans une société ne peut être expliqué par la somme des dons individuels qui répondent chacun à des motivations personnelles mais bien par ce qui constitue son substrat social : l'état de la société dont la cohésion est déterminée à la fois par la présence de capital social et la représentation des identités. A la différence du capital humain qui regroupe les compétences, les qualifications et les connaissances des individus, le capital social peut être compris comme " l'ensemble des relations, des réseaux et des normes qui facilitent l'action collective ". Le capital social fait ainsi référence aux relations que les individus établissent entre eux au sein des réseaux sociaux ainsi qu'aux normes de réciprocité qui naissent de ces relations. L'hypothèse du don comme variable dépendante de l'état de cohésion sociale ouvre la voie à cette recherche doctorale axée d'une part sur le niveau de capital social dans les pays économiquement développés et d'autre part, sur la signification du don comme mode de représentation de l'identité. Elle contribue à définir les contours théoriques du capital social en mettant en évidence les liens étroits qui unit ce concept au don et par là, à la construction des identités. Cette analyse de la relation entre don, capital social et identité a des implications directes pour la recherche dans le champ de la société civile. La société civile est présentée sous deux perspectives différentes. La première, de tradition nord-américaine, associe le Tiers secteur à la condition exclusive du " non profit". La seconde perspective, de tradition européenne, retient l'idée d'une économie sociale hybride composée d'entreprises et organisations qui relèvent à la fois des secteurs marchand et non marchand. Ces entreprises et organisations de l'économie sociale sont des structures entremêlant dans leurs actions une pluralité de logiques économiques. En se fondant sur l'analyse de Polanyi sur l'encastrement de l'économie et ses différentes formes d'intégration, associée à la logique maussienne du don, nous tentons d'éclairer la dimension socioéconomique, voire politique des initiatives de l'économie sociale. L'économie sociale peut ainsi être appréhendée comme une " économie du don ", comprise comme économie plurielle. Par ailleurs, la Nouvelle sociologie économique propose à la fois une analyse réticulaire de l'économie qui se fonde entre autre sur la présence et la densité des liens interpersonnels et une analyse culturelle de l'économie qui relie les marchés aux valeurs. A partir de là, il devient possible d'appréhender l'économie sociale comme une " économie du capital social ", entendu comme facteur organisationnel et générateur de sens.
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Bullock, Virginia G. (Virginia Grace). "Philanthropic support for community economic development : emerging strategies for Boston." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/64869.
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Calhoun, David B. "Philanthropic Motivations of Female Donors to Virginia's 4-H Program." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/30210.
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Economic uncertainty and heightened competition for money among nonprofits has necessitated more efficient and effective resource development programs. Despite the many significant contributions of female donors, women's philanthropy has been largely unrecognized. Women have been left out of the majority of research on philanthropy, thus traditional male-based models of fundraising may not translate well with female prospects because of gender differences in giving.
This study examined motivating factors that led women to donate to nonprofit organizations, specifically the Virginia 4-H program. The study explored 32 female donors' motivations for giving, factors that impacted their satisfaction with giving, and motivating factors that resulted in repeat donations and giving at higher levels. The qualitative methodology combined focus groups and a validation questionnaire to determine themes that explain the multi-faceted nature of fundraising and the complexity of exploring and understanding female donor behavior. Results of this study are consistent with the six Cs of female philanthropy as proposed by Shaw and Taylor (1995), and findings corroborate other literature on female philanthropy. Expanding the six Cs to include compassion and community may provide more definitive answers to motivational factors impacting female philanthropy.
Knowledge of these variables will enable the Virginia 4-H Foundation Board of Directors to refine development efforts by implementing a development plan that respects altruistic characteristics of both men and women. Additionally, the findings contribute to the growing literature on female donors, an acknowledged need.Ph. D.
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Stalowski, Nancy. "Philanthropic Funding and State Appropriations at Public Higher Education Institutions." Thesis, The George Washington University, 2021. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=28260123.
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As state appropriations, once the primary public source of funding for higher education, have decreased, higher education institutions have attempted to increase the private funding they can generate in addition to increasing tuition. This shift from public to private sources of funding for public higher education institutions requires a better understanding of the relationship between these two sources of funding. The purpose of this study was to explore the change in philanthropic funding for public four-year higher education institutions from 2004–2018. It examined the relationship between state appropriations and philanthropic funding received by public four-year higher education institutions to determine if state appropriations were associated with philanthropic giving. It also investigated whether the relationship differed by institutional type and competitiveness to determine if it increased stratification among public higher education institutions. This study found that between 2004 and 2018, total philanthropic funding per FTE increased while state appropriations per FTE decreased. The main reason for these trends were decreases during the recession, where state appropriations per FTE decreased 21% while total philanthropic funding per FTE only decreased 3%. All types of philanthropic funding had a U-shaped growth curve showing a decline then increase except for foundation philanthropic funding per FTE, which grew linearly. State appropriations were found to be associated with the amount of philanthropic funding received. An increase in state appropriations was associated with an increase in philanthropic funding from 2004–2010, but a decrease in philanthropic funding from 2011–2018. There were significant differences by Carnegie classification and flagship status but none for Barron’s selectivity. There were also differences based on donor types. The findings add to the research on donor motivations in higher education by showing the differences in growth curves for different donor types. They also add to the literature on philanthropic funding during recessions by analyzing giving trends before, during, and after the Great Recession of 2008. Finally, results show that there was most likely an increase in the stratification of public higher education institutions as they shifted to more private sources of funding, as philanthropic funding is more unequally distributed than state appropriations.
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Sibony, Denis. "Capital social, philanthropie et identité : quelles implications pour l’économie sociale ?" Thesis, Paris, CNAM, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013CNAM0887/document.
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Comment expliquer les variations du niveau de don dans des pays comparables ? Dans tous les pays industrialisés, la crise économique des années 1980 a favorisé la recherche d'alternatives à l'État providence en incitant les organismes du Tiers secteur à jouer un rôle accru dans un partenariat pour la définition et la mise en œuvre des politiques publiques. Parmi les organisations du Tiers secteur, les fondations philanthropiques offrent un cadre juridique qui permet aux personnes qui le souhaitent de réaliser des actes de générosité en affectant une partie de leur fortune personnelle, sous forme de don, à des fins d'intérêt général. Le don peut être ainsi considéré comme une expression concrète de la coopération entre les citoyens en vue du bien commun. Tous les pays démocratiques essaient d’en favoriser le développement. Les explications classiques de la variation de niveau du don entre pays développés ne prennent pas en considération le don comme un fait social. Nous soutenons que le niveau du don dans une société ne peut être expliqué par la somme des dons individuels qui répondent chacun à des motivations personnelles mais bien par ce qui constitue son substrat social : l’état de la société dont la cohésion est déterminée à la fois par la présence de capital social et la représentation des identités. A la différence du capital humain qui regroupe les compétences, les qualifications et les connaissances des individus, le capital social peut être compris comme « l’ensemble des relations, des réseaux et des normes qui facilitent l’action collective ». Le capital social fait ainsi référence aux relations que les individus établissent entre eux au sein des réseaux sociaux ainsi qu'aux normes de réciprocité qui naissent de ces relations. L’hypothèse du don comme variable dépendante de l’état de cohésion sociale ouvre la voie à cette recherche doctorale axée d’une part sur le niveau de capital social dans les pays économiquement développés et d’autre part, sur la signification du don comme mode de représentation de l’identité. Elle contribue à définir les contours théoriques du capital social en mettant en évidence les liens étroits qui unit ce concept au don et par là, à la construction des identités. Cette analyse de la relation entre don, capital social et identité a des implications directes pour la recherche dans le champ de la société civile. La société civile est présentée sous deux perspectives différentes. La première, de tradition nord-américaine, associe le Tiers secteur à la condition exclusive du « non profit». La seconde perspective, de tradition européenne, retient l’idée d’une économie sociale hybride composée d’entreprises et organisations qui relèvent à la fois des secteurs marchand et non marchand. Ces entreprises et organisations de l’économie sociale sont des structures entremêlant dans leurs actions une pluralité de logiques économiques. En se fondant sur l’analyse de Polanyi sur l’encastrement de l’économie et ses différentes formes d’intégration, associée à la logique maussienne du don, nous tentons d’éclairer la dimension socioéconomique, voire politique des initiatives de l’économie sociale. L’économie sociale peut ainsi être appréhendée comme une « économie du don », comprise comme économie plurielle. Par ailleurs, la Nouvelle sociologie économique propose à la fois une analyse réticulaire de l’économie qui se fonde entre autre sur la présence et la densité des liens interpersonnels et une analyse culturelle de l’économie qui relie les marchés aux valeurs. A partir de là, il devient possible d’appréhender l’économie sociale comme une « économie du capital social », entendu comme facteur organisationnel et générateur de sensHow to explain variations in the level of donation in comparable countries? In all industrialized countries, the economic crisis of the 1980s encouraged the search for alternatives to the welfare state by encouraging third sector organizations to play a greater role in a partnership for the definition and implementation of public policies.Among Third sector organizations, philanthropic foundations provide a legal framework that allows people who wish to carry out acts of generosity by allocating a part of their personal wealth in the form of gift, for the purpose of general interest. Giving can be considered as a concrete expression of the cooperation between citizens for the common good.All democratic countries try to promote giving. The conventional explanations of the variation in level of gift among developed countries do not consider the gift as a social fact. We argue that the level of giving can't be explained by the sum of individual gifts that each respond to personal motives but by the state of the society whose cohesion is determined to both by the presence of social capital and the representation of identities.Social capital can be understood as " relationships, networks and norms that facilitate collective action." Social capital refers to relations that individuals establish them in social networks and the norms of reciprocity that arise from these relationships.This thesis is focused, first, on the level of social capital in economically developed countries and secondly on the meaning of the gift as a mode of representation of identity. It helps define social capital theory by highlighting the close relationship that unites the concept of the gift and hence the construction of identities.This analysis of the relationship between gift, identity ans social capital has direct implications for research in the field of civil society. Civil society is presented from two different perspectives. The first perspective, in a North American tradition, determines the Third sector to the sole condition of "non profit" sector. The second perspective, in an European tradition, consider social economy with organizations or enterprises within both profit and non-profit sector. These organizations and entreprises mix in their actions a plurality of economic logics.Based on the analysis of Polanyi on the embedding of the economy and its various forms of integration, associated with the Maussian logic of the gift, we try to shed light on the socio-economic dimension, or political dimension, of social economy. Social economy can be seen as a "gift economy", understood as a plural economy.Finally, the New Economic Sociology offers both an analysis of the reticular economy based on the presence and density of interpersonal ties and a cultural analysis of the economy that connects markets to values. It is possible to understand the social economy as a “social capital economy". Social capital is understood as an organizational factor and a meaning
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Cluckie, Linda. "Embroidery, business enterprise and philanthropic ventures in nineteenth century Britain." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 2006. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/3199/.
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In the nineteenth century a new form of needlework 'Art Embroidery' fuelled entrepreneurial ventures. The significance of these ventures will be explored and the contribution made by women employed in this industry, investigating their prevalent working practices and relating this to our understanding of gender history. The embroidery ventures stimulated the commercial side of embroidery in the late nineteenth century, mobilising commercial activity through numerous agencies, department stores, depots and charitable institutions. Embroidery took on the form of a major commercial enterprise, and in examining these important developments, the thesis will evaluate the organisational structure of these enterprises, their marketing techniques and their relationship to their predominantly female workforce. The theme of business enterprise is the conduit which runs throughout, yet it is not intended as an economic history, rather business history as social history. The growth and development of 'Art Embroidery' in Britain circa 1870-1890 will be explored giving special consideration to the support received from the art establishment in designing for and educating embroiderers. The art fraternity promoted embroidery as a commodity providing income for women. Finally the thesis will examine the decline of the embroidery business in the British Isles, as work was sent overseas where labour was cheaper. The thesis will make a valuable contribution to our understanding of the embroidery business, the dynamics shaping its development and the role of women employed in the industry. In particular the thesis will reveal the economic significance of the embroidery business to female employment in the nineteenth century, which has been hidden from view, mainly due to employing outworkers, a hidden workforce. Though a social history, the thesis will demonstrate this hidden workforce made a contribution to the British economy.
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Harding, ChristianH. "Hochschulausgaben und (politische) Kultur Staatliche Unterstützung und philanthropische Spenden im US-amerikanischen Hochschulsektor /." St. Gallen, 2005. http://www.biblio.unisg.ch/org/biblio/edoc.nsf/wwwDisplayIdentifier/02606671001/$FILE/02606671001.pdf.
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Smith-Rawnsley, John Michael. "Baggy monsters in iron cages : The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists' and the literary realism." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.418808.
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Marcoux, N. "Philanthropies and foundations in Ireland : a new way of doing aid?" Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.546388.
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Scalata, Maria Rosa Giovanna. "Inside the Philanthropic Venture Capital Investment Model: An exploratory comparative Study." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Ramon Llull, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/9182.
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Aquesta tesi doctoral és el primer estudio exploratori sobre el procés d'inversió dels inversors de capital risc filantròpic en empreses socials. El model, des del punt de vista del finançador, uneix els principis del model tradicional de capital risc amb objectius socials. A través de la provisió de capital i de serveis no-financers a empreses socials, el capital risc filantròpic dóna suport a les necessitats de sostenibilitat de les empreses en què inverteix amb l'objectiu d'afavorir els seus creixement i en últim maximitzar els seus impacte social. La hipòtesis bàsica del capital risc filantròpic és que els fons filantròpics han de ser dirigits a problemes socials importants per la qual cosa els finançadors han de esforçar-se de maximitzar l'impacta del seu finançament donant compte dels resultats a les parts interessades. Els inversors de capital risc filantròpic creuen que la sostenibilitat econòmic- financera de les empreses socials participades pugui ser l'enllaç entre creixement i maximització de l'impacta social: només si aquestes empreses són capaços de ser independents des del punt de vista econòmic, poden enfocar en el seu missió social i per tant maximitzar el seu impacte.
De tota manera, la value proposition del model de capital risc filantròpic és fortament diferent de la del capital risc tradicional ja que el primer té l'objectiu de maximitzar l'impacta social, i el segon el rendiment financer de la inversió aquesta. És així clau entendre com les tècniques i l'estructura del procés d'inversió del capital risc es pugui adaptada en el cas del capital risc filantròpic.
Basant-se en la teoria de les asimetries informatives i utilitzant una metodologia de recerca articulada en dos passos, aquesta recerca contribueix a la literatura existent de capital risc i emprenedoria social mostrant com problemes de selecciona adversa són gestionats en la fase de deal flow i selecció. A més, s'analitza també la manera com problemes de moral hazard impacten en la fase d'estructuració de la inversió i en la seva fase de post-investment.
Els resultats indiquen que les inversions de capital risc filantròpic estan efectivament caracteritzades per un alt nivell de selecciona adversa que es gestiona amb una recerca proactiva de noves inversions i tenint en compte sobretot el factor humà. Al contrari, el moral hazard d'unes qüestió marginal en les fases de deal structuring i post-investment, amb els inversors que es aporten més com stewards de les empreses finançades que com a principals.
Esta tesis doctoral es el primer estudio exploratorio sobre el proceso de inversión del capital riesgo filantrópico en empresas sociales. El modelo, desde el punto de vista del financiador, une los principios del modelo tradicional de capital riesgo con objetivos sociales. A través de la provisión de capital y de servicios no-financieros a empresas sociales, el capital riego filantrópico apoya las necesidades de sostenibilidad de las empresas en que invierte, con el objetivo de favorecer su crecimiento y como último objetivo maximizar su impacto social.
La hipótesis básica del capital riesgo filantrópico es, que los fondos filantrópicos deben ser dirigidos a problemas sociales importantes por lo cual los financiadores tienen que esforzarse en maximizar el impacto de su financiación dando cuenta de los resultados a las partes interesadas. Los inversores de capital riesgo filantrópico creen que la sostenibilidad económico-financiera de las empresas sociales participadas puede ser el enlace entre crecimiento y maximización del impacto social: solo si estas empresas son capaces de ser independientes desde el punto de vista económico, pueden enfocarse en su misión social y por lo tanto maximizar su impacto.
De todas formas, la value proposition del modelo de capital riesgo filantrópico es considerablemente distinta de la del capital riesgo tradicional ya que el primero tiene el objetivo de maximizar el impacto social, y el segundo el rendimiento financiero de la inversión misma. Es así clave entender como las técnicas y la estructura del proceso de inversión del capital riesgo se pueda adaptar en el caso del capital riesgo filantrópico.
Basándose en la teoría de las asimetrías informativas y usando una metodología de análisis articulada en dos pasos, esta investigación contribuye a la literatura existente de capital riesgo y de iniciativas emprendedoras sociales demostrando, como problemas de selección adversa son gestionados en la fase de deal flow y selección de las inversiones. Además, se analiza también la manera en que problemas de comportamientos oportunistas impactan en la fase de estructuración de la inversión y en su fase de post-investment.
Los resultados indican que las inversiones de capital riesgo filantrópico están efectivamente caracterizadas por un alto nivel de selección adversa que se gestiona con una búsqueda proactiva de nuevas inversiones y teniendo en cuenta sobre todo el factor humano. Al contrario, el problema de comportamientos oportunistas resulta ser una cuestión marginal en las fases de estructuración de la inversión y de post-investment, con los inversores que actúan mas como stewards de las empresas financiadas que como principales.
This dissertation is a first exploratory study on philanthropic venture capital, a new and particular financing form available for social entrepreneurs that unites the profit-seeking investment principles characterizing the traditional venture capital investment model with social aims. The provision of capital and non-financial services to social enterprises are considered of key importance towards the maximizations of social impact as both elements are needs to enable social enterprises in becoming self-financially sustainable and thus able to successfully play in the marketplace.
The main assumption underlying the philanthropic venture capital's value proposition is that size matters: funding growing social organizations is a sign of social success and relevance. The basic commitments are grounded in the belief that philanthropic funds need to be applied to important social problems and that funders must strive to maximize the social impact of their investment and only through growth the aim can be achieved. Philanthropic venture capitalists believe sustainability can be the link between growth and social impact maximization: if social enterprises are able to become self-financially sufficient, they can focus on their social mission.
However, since the value proposition of the venture capital and philanthropic venture capital investment models are different, the key issue is understanding how the practices used in the former are modified by the latter. Grounded in an asymmetric information and stewardship theory framework and using a two step research design, I build on and contribute to previous work on venture capital and social entrepreneurship showing how adverse selection is mitigated in the deal flow and selection stages of the investment model. In addition to this, I also analyze how moral hazard issues shape the deal structuring and post-investment phases.
Results indicate that philanthropic venture capital investments are indeed characterized by adverse selection which is managed through a proactive search of new deals which are then selected based on the human capital of the social entrepreneur. On the contrary, moral hazard tends to be a marginal issue in the deal structuring and post-investment phased of the investment, with investors acting as stewards of the organizations they back rather than principals.
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Cugliari, Christine Wetherholt. "A post-positivist qualitative study of philanthropic donors to Appalachian Ohio." Connect to resource, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1123771101.
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McConnachie, Leanne Katherine. "Assessing performance of animal welfare organizations to improve philanthropic decision-making." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/32060.
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In 2005-06, 24 Canadian and American animal welfare organizations (AWOs) and foundations
participated in an in-depth qualitative study to establish which performance criteria best determine
the effectiveness of AWOs. Participants' comments resulted in the development of a framework
that offers individual donors and foundations a consistent approach to evaluating organizational
performance. Termed the PREP Framework, this approach categorizes performance into four
key pillars, each with its own components and criteria: 1. Philosophy - the organization's beliefs
and values, as reflected in its mandate, position statements, policies and practices; 2. Red Flags
- indicators of problems in the organization, such as excessive personnel turnover,
disproportionate management salaries, high administration and fundraising costs, lack of peer
collaboration, poor financial statements; 3. Efficiencies - financial and operational conduct of the
organization, including long term strategic planning, financial credibility and sustainability; and 4.
People - abilities of those involved with the organization, including management, volunteers,
peers, donors and board members. The study also explored the pros and cons of standardizing
performance evaluation and found that many participants felt the sector would benefit from the
use of more quantitative and qualitative benchmarks and standards to establish sector norms and
trends. In addition, the research examined the sector's familiarity with outcome measurement and
found most participants struggled to clearly define outcomes for the sector. This may suggest the
sector would also gain from consultation on how to establish objectives within an outcome
evaluation framework. Finally, the study investigated how funding strategies of foundations often
are at odds with AWO needs and priorities. Participants identified conflicts concerning funding of:
1. short-term vs. long-term projects; 2. innovative vs. proven projects; 3. many, small grants vs.
fewer, large grants; 4. new vs. established organizations; 5. emotional appeal vs. practical needs;
and 6. no-kill vs. open-admission shelters. Participants provided ideas on where funding could be
applied to make the most impact and achieve mutual goals for both AWOs and foundations. The
findings and recommendations of this study may enable AWOs to better identify and manage
their objectives while enabling donors and foundations to better assess AWO performance and
outcomes to improve philanthropic decision-making.Land and Food Systems, Faculty of
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Whitten, Doreen Muriel. "Protection, prevention, reformation a history of the Philanthropic Society, 1788-1848." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2001. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/137/.
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This study explores the origins and early evolution of the Philanthropic Society with the aim of making a contribution to our understanding of the dynamics of philanthropy. The Society was founded, in 1788, at a time of growing public concern over the failure of existing legal measures to stem a perceived rising tide of crime. Explicitly conceived as a crime prevention enterprise, the Society focused its attention on a constituency of poor children who either seemed destined for or who had already embarked on a criminal career. The Society's educational experiment in moulding them into law-abiding citizens was initially located in a group of family houses scattered around the village of Hackney. It then made a swift transition to a purpose built Institution in Southwark and remained there until a decision to establish a Reformatory Farm School, at Redhill, was taken in 1848. On one level, this study describes how the Society's development was nurtured by Philanthropists with a diversity of interests in the fields of commerce, jurisprudence, medicine, local poor-law and penal administration. It presents new information on the interplay of ideas and influences that helped shape the Society's institutional policy and practice over the period. At another level, this study takes us through a pre-modem policy landscape to the point at which a voluntary enterprise in protection, prevention and reformation attracted the support of the Government and became the subject of statutory action. By examining hitherto underused Philanthropic archival sources and previously overlooked Government documents, it traces a complex network of interaction between informal and formal agencies in the dissemination of reforming ideas and the shaping of social policy. In doing so, it describes how conventional views on the respective roles and relationships between charitable agencies and the State began to change during the early nineteenth century. A revised version of this thesis has been published as 'Nipping crime in the bud: how the philanthropic quest was put into law' (2010), Waterside Press, Hook, ISBN 1904380654
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Wood, Frank Edwin. "Understanding The Influence Of Donor Residency On Motivations Toward Philanthropic Donations." NSUWorks, 2013. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/hsbe_etd/119.
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Non-profit organizations have provided substantial services and resources to society such as arts, education, and social services. The cultivation and generation of financial donations through fundraising and development efforts are critical to the operation of non-profit organizations. This reality compels these organizations to continually attract and retain donors. To assist non-profit organizations' efficacy in fundraising, prior research has indicated the need for more studies on individual donor actions which could lead to a comprehensive model of donor behavior.
One variable that had not yet been studied in relation to donor behavior is the influence of residency on donor motivations, specifically donors that own homes in different communities. Extant research reports that differences exist for homeowners related to their primary and secondary residences. These differences are evidenced by disparity in place attachment for the homeowners and by a variance in their behaviors at each home.
This study surveyed non-profit organization donors in South Florida who own primary and secondary homes in different communities to determine if donors would exhibit a difference in their motivations for giving based on their different residences. Partial Least Squares regression, augmented with permutation tests, was run to evaluate hypotheses: donors would exhibit a difference in various motivations for making donations to non-profit organizations based on their residences.
Results indicate no significant difference in donor motivation between the two residences; however, the significance levels of the latent variables did exhibit differences. The motivation factor of affinity for a cause/organization indicates an area of significance to both researchers and practitioners. The results of the study point to no differences in the amount donated based on whether the donor is considering their primary or secondary residence.
Based on these findings, fundraisers do not need to target potential donors based on "seasonal" versus "permanent" residency; altruism, egoism, and tangible/financial benefits are similarly applicable regardless of location. One useful finding for managers with future fundraising campaigns is donor-perceived differences in affinity for organizations/causes and affinity for community. Fundraising efforts that center on campaigns and activities that create greater bonds between the donor and the organization/cause/community could foster greater fundraising results than those that appeal to simply "doing good" and "being important".
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Lima-Neto, Fernando Cardoso. "Le sens des ONG au Brésil : justice sociale, philanthropie et écologie." Paris, EHESS, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013EHES0032.
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L'objet de cette thèse est la notion d'organisation non gouvernementale (ONG) au Brésil. L'objectif principal est d'identifier les valeurs sociales qui confèrent du sens à cette notion, en analysant ses variations de significations au cours de l'histoire. Dans la première partie de la thèse, je propose une approche macro-sociologique pour traiter de la formation du champ des ONG au Brésil. Les rapports entre l'Église, l'État et la société dans la promotion de l'aide sociale au Brésil ont consolidé les trois principales valeurs qui confèrent du sens à l'expérience des ONC : la philanthropie, la justice sociale et l'écologie. Dans la deuxième partie, je propose une approche micro-sociologique pour interpréter ces valeurs à la lumière de quatre trajectoires individuelles. Chaque trajectoire illustre un point de croisement différent entre les processus macro historiques de formation des trois valeurs sociales analysées dans la Partie 1. Les résultats de la recherche indiquent les valeurs de la justice sociale, la philanthropie et l'écologie comme les principaux codes culturels qui confèrent du sens au phénomène des ONG au Brésil. Les deux premiers ont une connexion historique commune: les organisations des laïcs catholiques qui ont toujours été présents dans le contexte de promotion de l'aide sociale au Brésil. La consécration de la valeur de l'écologie, quant à elle, concerne un autre contexte historique, celui des décennies de 1990 et 2000The object of this thesis is the notion of Non Governmental Organization (NGO) in Brazil. The main objective is to identify the social values that gives meaning to this notion by analyzing its variations of meaning throughout history. In the first part of the thesis, l propose a macro sociological approach in order to deal with the formation of the NGO field in Brazil. The connexions betweenchurch, state and society on the promotion of social welfare in Brazil promoted the three major social values that provide meaning to the NGOs' experience : social justice, philanthropy and ecology. In the second part, l propose a micro sociological approach ir order to interpret these values in the light of four individual trajectories. Each trajectory represents a different point of intersection between the various macro historical processes that consolidated the NGO field, as discussedin Part 1. The research results indicate the social value' of social justice, philanthropy and ecology as the main cultural codes that give meaning to the phenomenon of NGOs in Brazil. The first two have a common historical origin, since the organizations of lay catholics were always present in the context of promoting social welfare in Brazil. In turn, the consecration of the value of ecology concerns a different context, dating mainly from the decades of 1990 and 2000
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Held, Jennifer Jane. "Corporate goals versus philanthropic ideals : the driving force of corporate giving." Scholarly Commons, 1997. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2309.
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The study sought to demonstrate that corporate giving is driven by specific corporate goals rather than philanthropic ideals. Furthermore, it examined how corporations use corporate giving as a public relations tool and corporate strategy for enhancing competitiveness. Five research questions were addressed in this study. The first three questions examined if the type of corporation influenced motivations for giving, or the non-profit it will fund, and if the location of corporate facilities determined eligibility for a non-profit. Questions four and five asked if the source of a corporation's contributions budget influenced the motivation for giving and the type of non-profit organization a corporation will fund. Purposive sampling was employed in the study. Only corporations with formal, established corporate giving programs and/or foundations that were located in California were included in the sample. This yielded a sample population of 134 corporations. Questions one, four, and five were answered using ANOVA's. Question two and three were answered respectively through descriptive statistics and through a chi-square statistical test. Results showed that corporations give for more than altruistic reasons, they want results that relate to their corporate goals and strategies. There was evidence to support the relationship between certain types of companies and their motivations for giving. Additionally, data indicated that the type of corporation influences the type of nonprofit they will fund. Another key finding confirmed that the majority of Finally, results showed that the source of a corporation's giving budget cannot be used to predict the type of non-profit a corporation will fund, nor does the source of funding correlate to the motivations for giving.
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Kouadio, Konan jean claude. "Philanthropie et développement en Afrique : étude de cas en Côte d’Ivoire." Thesis, Rennes 2, 2022. http://www.theses.fr/2022REN20023.
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En état actuel, la philanthropie se présente comme une source de financement alternative pour le développement des sociétés. L’ampleur du phénomène suscite de nombreux travaux de recherche autour de la philanthropie dans les pays du Nord. C’est dans cette mouvance que cette thèse propose de s’intéresser à la philanthropie africaine à partir du cas de la Côte d’Ivoire. Les principaux résultats de l’étude mettent en exergue les potentialités de la philanthropie ivoirienne. Mais, il se trouve que cette potentialité est heurtée à des réalités qui ne permettent pas à celle-ci de contribuer de manière espérée aux causes de l’intérêt général. C’est face à ce problème que la question centrale qui constitue le fil conducteur de la recherche a été formulée comme suit : De quelle manière la philanthropie peut-elle contribuer efficacement au développement de la Côte d’Ivoire ?In its current state, philanthropy presents itself as an alternative source of financing for the development of societies. The scope of this phenomenon has led to numerous research studies on philanthropy in Northern countries. It is in this context that this thesis proposes to focus on African philanthropy based on the case of the Ivory Coast. The main results of the study highlight the potential of Ivorian philanthropy. But, it turns out that this potentiality is faced with realities that do not allow it to contribute in the way hoped for to the causes of the general interest. It is in the face of this problem that the central question that constitutes the thread of the research was formulated as follows : How can philanthropy effectively contribute to the development of Côte d'Ivoire ?
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Walls, Marion. "[Re]Creation of self, text and audience in Robert Tressell's The ragged trousered philanthropists." Thesis, University of Essex, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.495769.
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Allpress, Roshan John. "Making philanthropists : entrepreneurs, evangelicals and the growth of philanthropy in the British world, 1756-1840." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2015. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:ab20c0ea-6720-474d-947c-b66f89c37680.
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This thesis traces the development of philanthropy as a tradition and movement within the United Kingdom and the British world, with attention to both the inner lives of philanthropists, and the social networks and organizational practices that underpinned the dramatic growth in philanthropic activity between the late 1750s and 1840. In contrast to studies that see philanthropy as primarily responsive to Britain's shifting public culture and imperial fortunes during the period, it argues that philanthropic change was driven by innovations in the internal culture and structures of intersecting commercial and religious networks, that were adapted to philanthropic purposes by philanthropic entrepreneurs. It frames the growth of philanthropy as both a series of experiments in effecting social change, within the United Kingdom and transnationally, and the fostering of a vocationally formative culture across three generations. Chapter one focuses on John Thornton, a prominent merchant and religious patron, reconstructing his correspondence networks and philanthropic practices, and revealing patterns of philanthropic interaction between mercantile and Evangelical clerical networks. Chapter two uses the reports and minutes of representative metropolitan societies and companies to develop a prosopography of more than 4000 philanthropic directors, mapping their nexus of interconnections in 1760, 1788 and 1800, and arguing for the importance of firstly Russia Company networks and later country banking networks for philanthropy. Chapters three and four offer an extended case study of the 'Clapham Sect' as an example of collective agency, reframing their influence within the philanthropic nexus, and, through a close reading of their published works, showing how as intellectual collaborators they developed a unique conception of 'trust' that informed their activism. Chapter five shows how philanthropists extended their reach transnationally, with case studies in Bengal, Sierra Leone and New Zealand, and chapter six addresses multiple paths by which philanthropy became intertwined with Empire and the globalizing world in the British imagination.
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Shaw, Dallas Eugene Jr. "Harsh and Philanthropic War: U.S. Success and Failure in Third Party Counterinsurgency." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/89927.
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Before 1950, the United States intervened in large scale counterinsurgencies twice as often and intervened almost exactly as long as interventions after 1950. Yet, U.S. supported states developed before 1950 tended to survive an average thirty years after U.S. withdrawal. In contrast, U.S. supported states after 1950 have tended to survive only three years. The central question of this examination is why did U.S. military counterinsurgency (COIN) interventions before 1950 produce host-nation governments and host nation security forces that tended to endure ten times longer than interventions after 1950?
My central argument is that when the U.S. military deeply embeds within and inhabits host-nation institutions (institution inhabiting strategies) then, state longevity improves in the course of counterinsurgency (COIN) interventions. Inversely, when the U.S. military employs strategies of lower embeddedness (institution influencing strategies) then, state longevity decreases in the course of counterinsurgency (COIN) interventions. I compare cases of intervention in tabula rasa or erased governance in the Philippines 1898-1913 and Iraq 2003-2010. The former employed high degrees of embeddedness in both governance and security development and the latter low degrees in both. I also compare cases of intervention in existing governance in Nicaragua 1912-1933 and Vietnam 1964-1972. The former employed a high degree of embeddedness in host-nation security force development and a low degree in host-nation government development while and the latter employed low degrees in both. My research finds a correlation between degree of embeddedness in developing security and governance and state longevity after withdrawal of U.S. forces.
The implications for this study are salient today. Where state fragility has progressed to the point where intervention by conventional military force is required to arrest it, institution influencing strategies like Advise and Assist are insufficient. And while trusteeship forms of relation have been largely dismissed since decolonization, the apparent efficaciousness of neo-trusteeships and shared sovereignty relationships in places like Kosovo, East Timor, and Sierra Leone hold out the promise of more effectual strategies for state building in counterinsurgency interventions.PHD
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Ragland, Allison. "Sustaining Black Captivity: A Critical Analysis of Corporate Philanthropic Discourse on Education." The Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1555411670630373.
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