Overview: Provides a concise, readable account of an important social phenomenon.Presents an informed review of the key contributions of, and controversies in, philanthropy.Adopts a multi-disciplinary and inter.Intended as an essential introduction to philanthropy, this book provides a balanced, analytical, interdisciplinary overview of a complex, and often controversial, topic. Using case studies to illustrate the narrative, it covers everything from the history of individual, sometimes eccentric, philanthropists, to the controversies and challenges of ‘philanthrocapitalism’...This book explo
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