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Produktdetails

Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe

Erscheinungsdatum

23.06.2016

Verlag

Palgrave Macmillan UK

Seitenzahl

185

Maße (L/B/H)

21,6/15,3/1,6 cm

Gewicht

373 g

Auflage

1st ed. 2016

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-137-48288-4

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe

Erscheinungsdatum

23.06.2016

Verlag

Palgrave Macmillan UK

Seitenzahl

185

Maße (L/B/H)

21,6/15,3/1,6 cm

Gewicht

373 g

Auflage

1st ed. 2016

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-137-48288-4

Herstelleradresse

Springer-Verlag GmbH
Tiergartenstr. 17
69121 Heidelberg
DE

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  • Produktbild: Philanthropic Foundations, Public Good and Public Policy
  • Contents

    1.  Focus
    on foundations

    Introduction

      Philanthropy is good - more is better?

      Focus of the Book

      Why Focus on Foundations

        Global Growth

        Scale of Resources

        The Reach of Foundations

    Philanthropic
    Foundations in the Dock

      Charges and Responses

     

    2.  Definitions
    and distinctions

    Varieties
    of Giving

    What
    Is a Philanthropic Foundation?

      Initial Definitions

      Types of Foundation

        Distinguishing by Source/Type of Income

        Distinguishing by Style: Operating and
    Grantmaking

      Rationales for Grant Making and Operating

        Table 1: Grant-making vs. Operating

     

    3. How foundations work - an overview

    Birth
    to Work

      In the Beginning- Donors and Money

      A Mission/Deed

      Governance

      Staffing

      Grant Making Styles and Processes

     

    4. From charity to change, Brussels to
    Beijing

    The
    Variety of Foundations

      Introduction

      Approaches to
    Foundation Formation Throughout the World

    Sketches
    of Foundations Across the Globe

      Introduction

      Africa

      China, Japan
    and Singapore

      India

      Australia and
    New Zealand

      North America

    <  South America

      Europe

      Russia

      Saudi Arabia

    Concluding
    Remarks

     

    5. Public benefit or playthings of the
    rich

    Introduction

      Charges and
    Responses

        The Charges

        The Responses

    The
    Charges

      Why Create a
    Foundation?

         Motives for Giving

        What's Need Got to Do with It?

    Where the Money Goes

    The
    Responses

      The Right to
    Give as You Choose

      Legal
    Restrictions

      Tax Matters

      The Duty of
    Wealth

      We're All
    Different

      Variations in
    Giving  The Power of
    Staff

      A Stop Gap
    Against Government and Market Failure

      Sources of
    Innovation and Change

      Discourtesy or
    Necessity?

      Coordination -
    Damned If You Do ...

      Unelected and
    Undemocratic

      Funding Terms

      A Product of
    Culture not Whims?

     

    6. Sources of wealth and income

    Introduction

      Charges and
    Responses

    The
    Charges

    How
    The Money Was Made

      Eroding the
    Tax Base

      'Doing good' -
    the Cherry on the Cake or Horse Manure

      Sources of
    Income - Taking with One Hand and Giving with the Other

    The
    Responses

      This is
    Capitalism

      Investment
    Income: A Force for Good?

     

    7. Warehouses of wealth: payout and
    perpetuity

    Introduction

      The Charges
    and Responses

    The
    Charges 1

      Warehouses of
    Wealth

      In Favour of
    Mandatory Payout Rates

    The
    Responses

      Against
    Mandatory Pay Out Rates

        Robbing Peter to Pay Paul

        Market Volatility

        A Ceiling Not a Floor?

         Practical Problems

      Pay Out: The
    wrong Issue ?

    The
    Charges 2

      Perpetuity -
    the Issue

      Against
    Perpetuity

    The
    Response 2

      Perpetuity Is
    Not For All

      In Favour of
    Perpetuity

     

    8. Cash machines or more?

    Foundations:
    Money, Value Added and Overhead

      Introduction

      Charges and
    Responses

    Charge

      Expensive Cash
    Machines?

    Responses

      Introduction

      Accounting for
    Higher Costs

        Practical Problems<

        Another Explanation for Differences

      The Costs of
    Creating public Benefit

      Funder Plus

         Beyond Moving Money to Effectiveness
    Multipliers

     

    9. Missing measurement, misunderstanding
    measurement?

    Foundations
    and Effectiveness

      The Growing
    Pressure to Measure

      The Charges
    and Responses

    The
    Charge

      No Change?

      Maintaining
    the Status Quo?

      Ineffective
    Practices?

    The
    Responses

      An
    Inappropriate Demand

      No
    Responsibility to Produce Maximum Benefit?

      Effectiveness
    and Values

      The Effective
    Ineffective Foundation

      Measuring
    Impact - A Fools Errand?

      Measurement -
    Too Little, Too Late?

     
    Misunderstanding the Contributions of Foundations?

     

    10. Foundations and democracy: threat or
    promise?

    Introduction

      The Charges
    and Responses

    The
    Charges

      A Brief US
    History

      Unpicking the
    Charges

       
    Sucking Wealth Out of the Tax Base

        Unregulated and Unaccountable
    Concentrations of Wealth and Power

        Influencing Policy

        Narrowing Alternatives

        'Bribing' State Governments

        'Cooling Out'

        Creeping Privatisation

        A Substitute for Justice?

    The
    Responses

      Introduction

      Denying the
    Charges

        Misplaced Fear

        It Depends

      Positive
    Responses

        Protection Against Big Government

        Pluralism

        Maximum Public Benefit and Minimum Loss of
    Economic and Political

         Freedom

        Cost Effectiveness

        Redistribution

        Creativity

        Promoting Democracy

    Looking in the Wrong Place?

     

    11. Dark corridors or glass pockets?

    Introduction

      The Charges
    and Responses

    The
    Charges

      Unaccountable
    and Unregulated?

    The
    Responses

      Tax Subsidies
    and Accountability

      Adequate
    Regulation

         Table 2: Foundation Accountability in Four
    European Countries

      Self
    Regulation

      Confused
    Demands: It All Depends

      The Downsides
    of Glass Pockets

      Not More or
    Less But the Right Sort

     

    12. The future is monstrous?

    Introduction

    Issues
    Ahead?

      Tax Advantages

      Greater
    Regulation

      The Rise and
    Rise of ‘Effective Altriusm’

      Relations with
    Government and Business

      Power and
    Decision-Making

      Talking about
    Happiness

      Grant-Making
    and Money

      Foundations
    and Dinosaurs?

      Legitimacy
    Matters

      Keepers of the
    Public Faith