Philanthropy in Practice: Pragmatism and the Impact of Philanthropic Action

by Ekkehard Thumler and Ekkehard Thümler

Book Overview

Philanthropic foundations are experiencing a crisis of professional identity. They attract considerable hopes due to an unusually high degree of independence and freedom of manoeuvre, which theoretically places them in a privileged position to find novel solutions to societies' most severe and intractable problems. However, the field is said to suffer from a pervasive lack of orientation as to how these aspirations can be realized. Compared to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367884143
• ISBN13: 9780367884147
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"