Awards
- Joint winner for ARNOVA Award for Outstanding Book in Nonprofit and Voluntary Action Research 1996.
- Joint winner of ARNOVA Award for a Distinguished Book in Nonprofit and Voluntary Action Research 1996 (United States)
- Joint winner of ARNOVA Award for Outstanding Book in Nonprofit and Voluntary Action Research 1996
- Winner of ARNOVA Award for Distinguished Book in Nonprofit and Voluntary Action Research 1996.
- Winner of Independent Sector's Virginia A.Hodgkinson Research prize 1996
- Winner of Independent Sector's Virginia A.Hodgkinson Research prize 1996.
- Winner of Virginia A. Hodgkinson Research Prize of the Independent Sector 1996 (United States)
Overview
A series of candid personal interviews with nearly 100 donors gives an in-depth look at the world of elite philanthropy. Harvard sociologist Francie Ostrower focuses on the New York City area to explore the motivations of single donors and the significance of elite group philanthropy. This book won the 1996 Virginia A. Hodgkinson Research Prize and was co-recipient of the 1996 ARNOVA Award.
Full Product Details
Author: Francie Ostrower
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Width: 19.70cm
, Height: 1.10cm
, Length: 25.40cm
Weight: 0.028kg
ISBN: 9780691015880
ISBN 10: 0691015880
Pages: 203
Publication Date: 22 April 1997
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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College/higher education
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Professional & Vocational
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Language: English
Reviews
This superb book will be required reading for scholars, fundraisers, nonprofit administrators, trustees, and anyone who is interested in the lives of the wealthy and well-born. -- Kathleen McCarthy, Director, Center for the Study of Philanthropy Ostrower's book is one of the finest pieces of social science research to emerge from the new academic field of philanthropic studies... This important book demonstrates that the most professionally rigorous forms of social science analysis can be presented in lucid prose and easily comprehended ideas. -- Choice
This superb book will be required reading for scholars, fundraisers, nonprofit administrators, trustees, and anyone who is interested in the lives of the wealthy and well-born. Kathleen McCarthy, Director, Center for the Study of Philanthropy Ostrower's book is one of the finest pieces of social science research to emerge from the new academic field of philanthropic studies... This important book demonstrates that the most professionally rigorous forms of social science analysis can be presented in lucid prose and easily comprehended ideas. Choice
Author Information
Francie Ostrower is Associate Professor of Sociology at Harvard University.
