{"product_id":"american-foundations-roles-and-contributions-9780815734840","title":"American Foundations: Roles and Contributions","description":"\u003cp\u003eFoundations play an essential part in the philanthropic activity that defines so much of American life. No other nation provides its foundations with so much autonomy and freedom of action as does the United States. Liberated both from the daily discipline of the market and from direct control by government, American foundations understandably attract great attention. As David Hammack and Helmut Anheier note in this volume, Americans have criticized foundations for... their alleged conservatism, liberalism, elitism, radicalism, devotion to religious tradition, hostility to religion--in short, for commitments to causes whose significance can be measured, in part, by the controversies they provoke. Americans have also criticized foundations for ineffectiveness and even foolishness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheir size alone conveys some sense of the significance of American foundations, whose assets amounted to over $530 billion in 2008 despite a dramatic decline of almost 22 percent in the previous year. And in 2008 foundation grants totaled over $45 billion. But what roles have foundations actually played over time, and what distinctive roles do they fill today? How have they shaped American society, how much difference do they make? What roles are foundations likely to play in the future?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis comprehensive volume, the product of a three-year project supported by the Aspen Institute's program on the Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy, provides the most thorough effort ever to assess the impact and significance of the nation's large foundations. In it, leading researchers explore how foundations have shaped--or failed to shape--each of the key fields of foundation work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eAmerican Foundations\u003c\/i\u003e takes the reader on a wide-ranging tour, evaluating foundation efforts in education, scientific and medical research, health care, social welfare, international relations, arts and culture, religion, and social change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Helmut K. Anheier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brookings Institution Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/24\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 457\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.05d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815734840\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eHelmut K. Anheier\u003c\/b\u003e is dean of the Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, academic director of the Center for Social Investment at Heidelberg University, and professor of public policy and social welfare at UCLA. He was previously a Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics, and a researcher at Johns Hopkins University. His publications include \u003ci\u003eCreative Philanthropy\u003c\/i\u003e, written with Diana Leat (Routledge, 2006) and \u003ci\u003eNonprofit Organizations\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge, 2010).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eDavid C. Hammack\u003c\/b\u003e is Hiram C. Haydn Professor of History at Case Western Reserve University, where he is also a leader of the Faculty Council of the Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations. He is past president of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action. His books include \u003ci\u003eGlobalization, Philanthropy, and Civil Society\u003c\/i\u003e, edited with Steven Heydemann (Indiana, 2009) and \u003ci\u003eMaking the Nonprofit Sector in the United States\u003c\/i\u003e (Indiana, 2000).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Brookings Institution Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40202802430067,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":59.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_063a2e50-9172-4b5e-bdec-16858b866e3a.jpg?v=1656252686","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/american-foundations-roles-and-contributions-9780815734840","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}