Galaskiewicz Social Organization of an Urban Grants Economy

A Study of Business Philanthropy and Nonprofit Organizations
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4832-6099-0
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Web PDF

Social Organization of an Urban Grants Economy: A Study of Business Philanthropy and Nonprofit Organizations explains the elites, corporate wealth, and human service organizations as players in the urban grants economy. The focus of study is the Twin Cities of Minneapolis-St. Paul. The book discusses social institutions that support an economy of donative transfers, and how these institutions influence who gives, who gets, and who gives to whom. Emphasis is on the belief system that has influence over corporate contributions, boundary-spanning agency roles that have an active role in reducing transactional costs, and selective incentives that have been used to elicit participation. The text also analyzes the volume of corporate contributions in relation to the market position held by the firm and the social position of the executives in the community. Each firm has different rationalizations for its contributions. The role of the agencies has also developed to overcome some uncertainties present in the corporation's contributing to nonprofits organizations. The text focuses on the production of collective goods, the peer-group which ensures participation in the collective enterprise, the institutionalization and socialization of values, as well as, the interaction of various agency roles. The book can prove valuable for social scientists, for heads of non-profit organizations, for officials of social and welfare departments of local governments, or for political scientists, economists, and historians.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Galaskiewicz, Joseph

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover
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2;Social Organization of An urban Grant Seconomy: A Study of Business Philanthropy and Nonprofit Organizations
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3;Copyright Page
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4;Table of Contents
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5;PREFACE;12
6;Acknowledgments;14
7;INTRODUCTION;16
7.1;The Emerald City;16
7.2;Twin Cities: History and Current Character;18
7.3;Outline of the Study;27
8;Chapter 1. THE GRANTS ECONOMY
;29
8.1;Introduction;29
8.2;Sorting Out Self- and Other Interests;29
8.3;Gifts and Collective Action;32
8.4;The Problems Endemic to Collective Action;33
8.5;Transaction Costs and Collective Action;36
8.6;The Institutions of a Grants Economy;38
8.7;Prestige as a Selective Incentive in
Gift-Giving Situations;40
8.8;Collectivist Values;45
8.9;Managing Transaction Costs;52
8.10;Summary and Discussion;62
8.11;Notes;63
9;Chapter 2. SELECTIVE INCENTIVES FOR CORPORATE CONTRIBUTIONS
;67
9.1;Introduction;67
9.2;Contributions as Public Relations;67
9.3;Hypotheses;71
9.4;Contributions as Social Currency;71
9.5;Hypotheses;73
9.6;Measurement;74
9.7;Contributions as Public Relations: Analysis;78
9.8;Contributions as Social Currency: Analysis;82
9.9;Evaluating the Two Theses on Giving;84
9.10;The Elite as Agent;86
9.11;Summary and Discussion;94
9.12;Notes;96
10;Chapter 3. FROM SELF-INTEREST TO
ENLIGHTENED SELF-INTEREST;98
10.1;Introduction;98
10.2;Enlightened Self-Interest;98
10.3;Business Leaders and the Ethic of Enlightened Self-Interest
;100
10.4;Hypotheses;102
10.5;Measurement;103
10.6;Contributions as Enlightened Self-Interest: Analysis
;116
10.7;Contributions as Enlightened Self-Interest: Another Look
;120
10.8;Summary and Discussion;123
10.9;Notes;124
11;Chapter 4. CUTTING TRANSACTION COSTS THROUGH AGENCY
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11.1;Introduction;128
11.2;Corporations and Brokerages;129
11.3;Corporations and Contributions Professionals;131
11.4;Agency Roles;132
11.5;A Theory of Agency Usage;133
11.6;Hypotheses;135
11.7;Measurement;137
11.8;Giving Through Contributions Professionals;145
11.9;Giving Through Brokerages;148
11.10;Summary and Discussion;151
11.11;Notes;156
12;Chapter 5. WHO GETS WHAT, WHEN, AND HOW?
;158
12.1;Introduction;158
12.2;The Quest for the Elusive Maximand;159
12.3;Securing Funding in an Open Grants Economy;161
12.4;Hypotheses;166
12.5;Measurement;167
12.6;The Finances of the Nonprofit Organization;171
12.7;Managing Donor Impressions of
Nonprofit Organizations;172
12.8;Explaining Corporate Support;179
12.9;Summary and Discussion;181
12.10;Notes;186
13;Chapter 6. MATCHING AND MATING IN A GRANTS ECONOMY
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13.1;Introduction;189
13.2;Transactions in Unstructured Organizational Fields
;189
13.3;Exchange Processes and Donor Allocations;191
13.4;Managing Uncertainty and Donor Allocations;192
13.5;Hypotheses;195
13.6;Measurement;196
13.7;Modeling Dyadic and Nodal Data using Regression Analysis
;200
13.8;Retesting the Contributions-as-Public-Relations Thesis
;201
13.9;Retesting the Contributions-as-Social-Currency Thesis
;206
13.10;Retesting the Agency Thesis;208
13.11;Summary and Discussion;213
13.12;Notes;218
14;Chapter 7. CONCLUSIONS
;222
14.1;Introduction;222
14.2;The Grants Economy;222
14.3;The Grants Economy as a Network of Collective Action
;224
14.4;Contributions to a Theory of Collective Action;233
14.5;Reducing Uncertainty and Transaction Costs;240
14.6;Contributions to Transaction-Cost Analysis;248
14.7;From the Old Boy Network to Organized Philanthropy
;250
14.8;Notes;256
15;APPENDIX A
The Corporate Donor Survey;258
16;APPENDIX B The Elite Surveys
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17;APPENDIX C The Nonprofit Organization Survey
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18;REFERENCES;276
19;AUTHOR INDEX;292
20;SUBJECT INDEX;298