{"product_id":"contesting-communities-the-transformation-of-workplace-charity-paperback-softback-9780804754491","title":"Contesting Communities; The Transformation of Workplace Charity (Paperback \/ softback) 9780804754491","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eContesting Communities\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Transformation of Workplace Charity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEmily Barman (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780804754491\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 20 June 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e208 pages, 2 tables, 4 figures\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.29 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eContesting Communities\u003c\/i\u003e is a valuable and original contribution to community studies, to organizational analysis, and to the literature of the nonprofit sector. Although theoretically sophisticated, it is written with a clarity that will make it useful to readers across the social disciplines and in the world of practice.\" - Peter Dobkin Hall (\u003ci\u003eAmerican Journal of Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e) \"Barman provides novel commentary on the changing nature and meaning of philanthropy and community, as well as the impact of corporate gatekeepers thereon. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in voluntarism, philanthropy, social capital, and organizational behavior.\" - Jason Kaufman \"Given the broad contemporary interest in philanthropy and voluntarism, Emily Barman's book on the United Way and the emergence of alternative fundraising organizations as competitors to the United Way is especially timely. Barman's incisive investigation of the increasingly competitive environment of workplace charity is a major contribution to our understanding of the social, political, and economic changes underway in local communities throughout the United States.\" - Steven Rathgeb Smith \"In \u003ci\u003eContesting Communities: The Transformation of Workplace Charity\u003c\/i\u003e, Emily Barman adds to the debate on defining 'community' by investigating how conceptions of community manifest themselves in an arena little researched by social scientists, namely: charitable donation campaigns in the workplace The book makes a valuable contribution to the understanding of both the evolving meaning of community and the field of workplace charity in the United States.\" - \u003cjournal of sociology and social welfare\u003e\u003c\/journal\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIs \"community\" in America in decline? If so, does this mean that charitable giving in the United States is also in decline? In this innovative and original work, Emily Barman offers new insights into this important issue. Analyzing workplace charity in different cities across the United States, \u003ci\u003eContesting Communities\u003c\/i\u003e shows that while traditional notions of community might be in decline, new types and visions of community have emerged. Barman traces how these different \"communities\" take the form of organizational competition between the United Way and new alternative fundraisers over workplace contributions. Deftly blending sociological theory of organizations with archival research, interviews with nonprofit leaders, and original survey data, \u003ci\u003eContesting Communities\u003c\/i\u003e ultimately shows that the meaning of community occurs almost incidentally to the wishes of those who give and the needs of those who receive.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52548822925592,"sku":"9780804754491","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/contesting-communities-the-transformation-of-workplace-charity-paperback-softback-9780804754491","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}