| Philanthropy: Private Means, Public Ends Contributor(s): Thompson, Kenneth W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 081915816X ISBN-13: 9780819158161 Publisher: University Press of America OUR PRICE: $86.45 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 1987 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Philanthropy & Charity - Social Science | Media Studies |
| Dewey: 361.740 |
| LCCN: 86028915 |
| Series: EXXON Educational Foundation Rhetoric and Political Discourse |
| Physical Information: 176 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: While many people portray the American private and public sectors as antagonists, philanthropy constitutes a realm lying between the two. An institution unique in America, philanthropy draws its resources from the successes of free enterprise and seeks to apply them to the common good. The contributors are among the nation's foremost practitioners and scholars of philanthropy: Robert Payton, David Robinson, John G. Simon, Mark J. Rozell, Theodore Lowi, Pamela Vines, and Kenneth Thompson. |