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Eight The problem of riches: is philanthropy a solution or part of the problem?

Abstract

This chapter is a response to the call for research agenda focusing on the ‘problem of riches’. It suggests that the topic of philanthropy fits within this agenda yet is under-researched in the social sciences. In this chapter, original research into the distinctive features of contemporary UK philanthropists is presented, based on a secondary analysis of the governing documents, annual reports and other documentary evidence relating to the philanthropic acts of 150 of the most significant major UK donors in the 2006. Drawing on the literature, the chapter then discusses the ways in which philanthropy can both solve and contribute to the problem of riches. Both the data and literature review are used to evaluate the extent to which significant charitable gifts made by wealthy people can tackle the ‘problem of the riches’ such as inequality, the tension between private affluence and public squalor and the promotion of happiness. The chapter ends by concluding that philanthropy is often perceived to be part of the problem of the riches, but at the same time, it also has the potential to become a viable solution.

Abstract

This chapter is a response to the call for research agenda focusing on the ‘problem of riches’. It suggests that the topic of philanthropy fits within this agenda yet is under-researched in the social sciences. In this chapter, original research into the distinctive features of contemporary UK philanthropists is presented, based on a secondary analysis of the governing documents, annual reports and other documentary evidence relating to the philanthropic acts of 150 of the most significant major UK donors in the 2006. Drawing on the literature, the chapter then discusses the ways in which philanthropy can both solve and contribute to the problem of riches. Both the data and literature review are used to evaluate the extent to which significant charitable gifts made by wealthy people can tackle the ‘problem of the riches’ such as inequality, the tension between private affluence and public squalor and the promotion of happiness. The chapter ends by concluding that philanthropy is often perceived to be part of the problem of the riches, but at the same time, it also has the potential to become a viable solution.

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents iii
  3. List of tables and boxes v
  4. List of abbreviations vi
  5. Notes on contributors viii
  6. Introduction 1
  7. Current developments
  8. A year of transition in post-compulsory education and training 11
  9. Planning for infrastructure and housing – is sustainable development a dream? 35
  10. Towards a new pension settlement? Recent pension reform in the UK 51
  11. Climate change and climate change policy in the UK 2006–07 69
  12. Policy for older people in Wales 93
  13. Current debates
  14. Flexibility or flexploitation? Problems with work–life balance in a low-income neighbourhood 113
  15. The role of confidence and identity in civic participation: exploring ethnic group differences 133
  16. The problem of riches: is philanthropy a solution or part of the problem? 151
  17. Policy from the pitch? Soccer and young refugee women in a shifting policy climate 173
  18. Social citizenship in post-liberal Britain and post-corporatist Germany: curtailed, fragmented, streamlined, but still on the agenda 191
  19. Engendering policy and politics
  20. Gender and New Labour: after the male breadwinner model? 215
  21. A review of engendering policy in the EU 241
  22. Forming Australian families: gender ideologies and policy settings 263
  23. Working fathers as providers and carers: towards a new conceptualisation of fatherhood 279
  24. Index 297
Social Policy Review 20
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https://doi.org/10.56687/9781847423528-012

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents iii
  3. List of tables and boxes v
  4. List of abbreviations vi
  5. Notes on contributors viii
  6. Introduction 1
  7. Current developments
  8. A year of transition in post-compulsory education and training 11
  9. Planning for infrastructure and housing – is sustainable development a dream? 35
  10. Towards a new pension settlement? Recent pension reform in the UK 51
  11. Climate change and climate change policy in the UK 2006–07 69
  12. Policy for older people in Wales 93
  13. Current debates
  14. Flexibility or flexploitation? Problems with work–life balance in a low-income neighbourhood 113
  15. The role of confidence and identity in civic participation: exploring ethnic group differences 133
  16. The problem of riches: is philanthropy a solution or part of the problem? 151
  17. Policy from the pitch? Soccer and young refugee women in a shifting policy climate 173
  18. Social citizenship in post-liberal Britain and post-corporatist Germany: curtailed, fragmented, streamlined, but still on the agenda 191
  19. Engendering policy and politics
  20. Gender and New Labour: after the male breadwinner model? 215
  21. A review of engendering policy in the EU 241
  22. Forming Australian families: gender ideologies and policy settings 263
  23. Working fathers as providers and carers: towards a new conceptualisation of fatherhood 279
  24. Index 297
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