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Philanthropy
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Toepler S.
Overview of philanthropy for internationally focused audiences.
Language:
English
Keywords: philanthropy
Mersiyanova I. V., Jakobson L. I., M. : Higher School of Economics Publishing House, 2010
This book presents the results of public opinion surveys on participation in charitable activity in Russia. This includes volunteerism and donations, as well as surveys on attitudes towards issues related to interaction between the State and charity providers. These surveys were conducted by the Center for Civil Society Studies and the Non-profit Sector (State University ...
Added: February 6, 2013
Toepler S., International Journal of Public Administration 2016
Relationships between foundations and the government in the United States have long been difficult with government attitudes ranging from hostile to at best indifferent in the past. American foundations have long claimed innovation as a distinctive function to perform in society in order to preserve their legitimacy. One hundred years after the rise of the ...
Added: January 27, 2017
Koysina M. D., Бизнес. Общество. Власть 2011 № 9 С. 110-119
It is known that charity, as with any social institution that depends on both external and internal factors. In this article the author analyzes the relationship of charity and the level of development of such internal factors as trust. The analysis was conducted on a global level and at regional level in Russia. The resulting ...
Added: December 5, 2012
Mersiyanova I. V., Ivanova N., Korneeva I., / Высшая школа экономики. Series SOC "Sociology". 2014. No. 53/SOC/2014.
As part of Russia’s transformation process of the last decade, the preconditions for the emergence of philanthropic institutions were created. A plethora of evidence illustrates how this process has unfolded. However, there is a limited amount of research devoted to the philanthropic activity of Russians. This deficit stems from a lack of empirical data on ...
Added: October 23, 2014
Moskovskaya A. A., Berendyaev A., Москвина А. Ю., Мониторинг общественного мнения: Экономические и социальные перемены 2017 № 6 С. 31-51
The theoretical basis of work is the notion of legitimation as a complex mechanism of social approval of a new phenomenon taking place with the active participation of different social groups and structures, able to influence its final form. In the focus of the empirical analysis the representations of social entrepreneurship that main actors of ...
Added: October 23, 2017
Mersiyanova I. V., Korneeva I., Мониторинг общественного мнения: Экономические и социальные перемены 2017 № 2 С. 145-159
This article discusses the influence of the social and institutional trust on charitable activities of Russians. Two most common Russian charitable practices are presented in the study: monetary donations and volunteering. The paper explores theoretical bases and summarizes the results of empirical analyses describing the relationship between these practices and generalized and interpersonal trust as ...
Added: July 11, 2017
Kuzina O. E., Chernysheva M., Мониторинг общественного мнения: Экономические и социальные перемены 2015 № 4 С. 154-165
The paper describes the notion ofcorporate charity as part of corporate social responsibility that deals with the business response to the society`s expectations in economic, legal, ethical and charitable dimensions. Such an approach is needed because tax evasion and violation of labor laws are common in Russia. This is why it is hard to place ...
Added: September 18, 2015
Mersiyanova I. V., Korneeva I., Ivanova N., Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 2014
As part of Russia’s transformation process of the last decade, the preconditions for the emergence of philanthropic institutions were created. However, academic research on Russians’ philanthropic activity is lacking. This deficit stems, among other things, from a lack of empirical data on the subject. This article presents a groundbreaking attempt to rectify this deficit of ...
Added: September 29, 2014
Tulchinskii G. L., Нещадин А. А., Кашин В. К., Общество и экономика 2014 № 9 С. 143-162
There are many interpretations of the concept "social entrepreneurship." Systematization of this concept is very important for research purposes, as well as for the development of the regulatory and legislative framework. This paper considers an attempt this systematization by distinction of the social entrepreneurship forms. ...
Added: December 27, 2014
Irina V. Mersianova, Schneider F., Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review (США) 2018 Vol. 79 No. 4 P. 495-519
Inspired by recent studies of the relationship between religiosity and norms of civic participation in the West, the authors examined four areas of possible correlation between similar norms and values in contemporary Russian society: authoritarianism, charitable giving, volunteering, and support for NGOs. The authors obtained survey responses from 1,500 randomly selected Russian citizens from 105 ...
Added: June 13, 2018
Petrov K. S., Управление проектами и программами 2015 № 3 (43) С. 188-195
The article is concerned with the problem of assessment and measurement of the philanthropic impact on the beneficiaries. The author proposes a model, which is based on the logical assessment of the changes in the environment of the beneficiaries. It allows to analyze in details the philanthropic project, to evaluate its philanthropic influence and propose ...
Added: March 13, 2015
Toepler S., International Journal of Public Administration 2017 P. 1-13
Relationships between foundations and the government in the United States have long been difficult with government attitudes ranging from hostile to at best indifferent in the past. American foundations have long claimed innovation as a distinctive function to perform in society in order to preserve their legitimacy. One hundred years after the rise of the ...
Added: March 21, 2017
Lavrinovich Maya B., Russian Review 2017 No. 2 P. 224-252
Sheremetev’s Almshouse was the first private institution of social welfare in Russia which openly proclaimed that not all the poor deserved relief and exposed the applicants to inspections by the administrators. The study demonstrates that the recipients of the Almshouse relief did not belong to the lowest tiers of Moscow population but originated from its ...
Added: February 9, 2015
Smith D. H., Гражданское общество в России и за рубежом 2014 No. 5 (2) P. 35-42
Philanthropy includes non-coerced (voluntary) giving of time (volunteering) as well as giving money, things, and blood or body organs to help other individuals or charities outside one’s household without (full) remuneration. Philanthropy is a general example of altruistic behavior, often based on a sense of morality, and contributes to human social solidarity. The author has ...
Added: November 8, 2016
Mersiyanova I. V., Ivanova N., Galstyan M. et al., Indianapolis : The Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, 2022
There have been no major changes observed in the philanthropic environment in Central Asia and South Caucasus since 2018. However, two major events in the region—the presidential elections in Belarus and the Nagorno-Karabakh war, an armed conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan— affected the political environment in the given countries, thus affecting the philanthropy. Civil unrest ...
Added: December 1, 2023
Smith D. H., Albertson K., Eng S., , in : The Routledge Companion to Philanthropy. : [б.и.], 2015.
Co-author with David Horton Smith and Sharon Eng of the “The Darker Side of Philanthropy,” a chapter in the forthcoming Routledge Guide to Philanthropy (Harrow, J., Jung, T., and Phillips, S., eds.) ...
Added: March 14, 2016
Smith D. H., Eng S., Albertson K., [б.и.], 2015
Added: March 14, 2016
Mersiyanova I. V., Jakobson L. I., Krasnopolskaya I., , in : The Palgrave Handbook of Global Philanthropy. : L. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. Ch. 13. P. 249-267.
This chapter presents main features of giving in modern Russia. This includes state of the third sector, of the governmental support of the civil society, citizens’ engagement into monetary donations and significant factors that influence it.
Russia is a country with a long-standing philanthropic tradition. Its philanthropic sector underwent an intensive process of institutionalization from the ...
Added: January 18, 2016
Mersiyanova I. V., Ivanova N., Osili U. et al., Indianapolis : The Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, 2022
The 2022 Global Philanthropy Environment Index (GPEI) reveals that the philanthropic environment showed modest improvement at the global level, but not uniformly so. Country and regional reports suggest that a consistent and enabling regulatory environment, state collaboration, and strong philanthropic traditions and societal values are essential to nurture philanthropy ...
Added: December 1, 2023
Kozlovskaya V. G., Костенко Е. Д., Охотницкая В. В. et al., Аспекты современной науки 2011 No. 4 P. 11-16
Everything connected with the issue of economic and social inequality is very urgent and rather debating in many countries. It has reached its bolding point. Why? ...
Added: November 6, 2012