Why Charity?

Douglas,James

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Author
Douglas,James
Publish Date
06/01/1983
Book Type
Hardcover
Publisher Name
SAGE
Subtitle
The Case for a Third Sector
Number of Pages
176
Edition
1
ISBN-10
0803920032
ISBN-13
9780803920033
SKU
9780803920033

Description

Douglas shows how such institutions as universities, charities, trade unions, and religious missions are a logical outcome of the limitations of both market economics and democratic politics. They form a Third Sector that is neither commercial, nor governmental, that acts to ameliorate the imbalances caused by both the ballot box and the marketplace -- the two main ways by which Western societies order priorities. Douglas draws on the law of charities, welfare economics, moral philosophy, political theory, and the history of charities to create an original rationale for the Third Sector.

`For its brilliant and succinct theoretical analysis this book could be read with profit by both undergraduate and graduate students in po