Globalization, Philanthropy, and Civil Society
Globalization, Philanthropy, and Civil Society

Author: David C. Hammack

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2009-06-22

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 0253353033

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The essays in this book reflect pioneering efforts to study the global movement of ideas and institutions. They deal with topics of significant contemporary importance: initiatives to address the AIDS epidemic in East Africa; to protect the peoples and ecosystems of the Amazon; to advance the "truth and reconciliation" process in South Africa and in other areas of great conflict; to promote "civil society" in Eastern Europe and Central Asia; to advocate for environmental protection in the United States, Great Britain, Germany, and Japan; and to spread Rotary Clubs and encourage "social entrepreneurship" throughout the world. These essays highlight a wide range of research, paying close attention to the realities of particular situations and to current thinking about general processes.

Service Clubs in American Society
Service Clubs in American Society

Author: Jeffrey A. Charles

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 9780252020155

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Placing the clubs in the context of twentieth-century middle-class culture, Charles maintains that they represented the response of locally oriented, traditional middle-class men to societal changes. The groups emerged at a time when service was becoming both a middle-class and a business ideal. As voluntary associations, they represented a shift in organizing rationale, from fraternalism to service. The clubs and their ideology of service were welcome as a unifying force at a time when small cities and towns were beset by economic and population pressures.