Why the Wealthy Give: The Culture of Elite Philanthropy.

1997 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 160
Author(s):  
Susan A. Ostrander ◽  
Francie Ostrower
Keyword(s):  
Elite Philanthropy

Feminism and the Realpolitik of Elite Philanthropy

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 605-612
Author(s):  
Francesca Sawaya
Keyword(s):  
Elite Philanthropy

Elite Philanthropy in Israel

Society ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hillel Schmid ◽  
Avishag Rudich-Cohn
Keyword(s):  
Elite Philanthropy

Rich Russians’ Philanthropy

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisabeth Schimpfössl
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Social Hierarchy ◽  
Educational Opportunities ◽  
Upper Class ◽  
Russian Art ◽  
The Social ◽  
New Generation ◽  
Elite Philanthropy

Chapter 5 describes the networks of philanthropy that upper-class Russians have cultivated since the early 2000s in order to legitimize their wealth. It reports on the importance rich Russians attribute to the revival of Russia’s nineteenth-century tradition of elite philanthropy; the Orthodox church’s taboo against discussing one’s giving; and the preference for supporting healthy, deserving children. It also describes projects that provide educational opportunities, care for the sick, and those that strengthen Russian art and the intelligentsia. Finally, it identifies how philanthropy is being used as a lever to reshape civil society, restore trust in the social hierarchy, and fashion a new generation of supposedly deserving bourgeoisie. Overall, it suggests that bourgeois philanthropists have constructed complex ideas about their lives, their influence in the present, and their posthumous legacy.

scholarly journals RUSSIAN PHILANTHROCAPITALISM

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-120
Author(s):  
Elisabeth Schimpfössl
Keyword(s):  
Active Engagement ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Social Hierarchies ◽  
Elite Philanthropy

This article investigates philanthropic practices among Russia’s hyper-rich. It ponders whether and to what extent philanthrocapitalist concepts are compatible with traditional Russian approaches to elite philanthropy, which have been shaped and controlled by the country’s domineering state. Some of the multimillionaires and billionaires interviewed for this research have married philanthrocapitalist ideas with beliefs molded by their Soviet past and their self-perception as belonging to the intelligentsia. Such distinct and seemingly morally superior identities, together with active engagement in philanthropy, act as a lever with which to foster trust in the new social hierarchies and legitimize them across generations.

The culture of elite philanthropy:

2019 ◽  
pp. 49-65
Author(s):  
Timothy Monteath ◽  
Elisabeth Schimpfössl
Keyword(s):  
Elite Philanthropy
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