Charitable Choices: Philanthropic Decisions of Donors in the American Jewish Community

by Arnold Dashefsky, Bernard Lazerwitz

Overview

Charitable giving and philanthropic behavior are frequently the subject of media reports and newspaper headlines. Examining the incentives and barriers to charitable behavior, Dashefsky and Lazerwitz account for such giving by members of the Jewish community. A discussion of motivations for charitable giving, Charitable Choices relies on quantitative and qualitative data in one religio-ethnic community.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780739109878
Publisher:	Lexington Books
Publication date:	02/16/2009
Pages:	172
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Arnold Dashefsky is professor of sociology and director of the Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life at the University of Connecticut.

Bernard Lazerwitz is professor of sociology at Bar-Ilan University in Israel.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Why People Give Charity: A Philanthropic Phenomenon Based on Consumer Spending, Situation, Self-Interest, or Socialization?
Chapter 2 Is Charity Caring Compassion or Social Justice? The Case of the Jewish Community
Chapter 3 Sources of Philanthropic Giving: Evidence from the National Jewish Population Surveys
Chapter 4 The Three Faces of Giving: Donors, Affiliated, and Unaffiliated
Chapter 5 Group Portraits in Three Dimensions: Comparisons and Contrasts
Chapter 6 Perceived Incentives and Barriers to Giving
Chapter 7 Twenty-first Century Realities: The Views of the Fundraising Directors
Chapter 8 Summary and Implications for Policy and Research

Editorial Reviews

Dashefsky and Lazerwitz have amassed a treasure trove of information, both quantitative and qualitative, that enables the reader to understand not only who makes donations to Jewish charities and philanthropies, but why they give. The implications of their findings and the models they have constructed to explain them go well beyond the Jewish communities to just about any voluntary organization that relies on charitable giving for its lifeblood.

William V. D’ Antonio

Dashefsky and Lazerwitz have amassed a treasure trove of information, both quantitative and qualitative, that enables the reader to understand not only who makes donations to Jewish charities and philanthropies, but why they give. The implications of their findings and the models they have constructed to explain them go well beyond the Jewish communities to just about any voluntary organization that relies on charitable giving for its lifeblood.--William V. D' Antonio, Life Cycle Institute of Catholic University

From the Publisher

Dashefsky and Lazerwitz have amassed a treasure trove of information, both quantitative and qualitative, that enables the reader to understand not only who makes donations to Jewish charities and philanthropies, but why they give. The implications of their findings and the models they have constructed to explain them go well beyond the Jewish communities to just about any voluntary organization that relies on charitable giving for its lifeblood.

William V. D’ Antonio

Dashefsky and Lazerwitz have amassed a treasure trove of information, both quantitative and qualitative, that enables the reader to understand not only who makes donations to Jewish charities and philanthropies, but why they give. The implications of their findings and the models they have constructed to explain them go well beyond the Jewish communities to just about any voluntary organization that relies on charitable giving for its lifeblood.

William V. D' Antonio