In practices of philanthropy and charity, the impulse to give to immediate others in distress is
often tempered by its regulation. Although much of what is written on charity and …

Charity and development are linked by the shared goals of intervention and improvement.
Despite the similar intentions and effects involved in both practices, development and charity …

Dangerous, violent, and self-destructive gift-giving remains an alluring challenge for
scholars almost a hundred years after Marcel Mauss's landmark work on the gift. Globally …

This chapter focuses on how members of the UK-based global NGO Islamic Relief negotiate
tensions surrounding the humanitarian principle of impartiality. While Muslim donors show …

Volunteering differs from other forms of humanitarian practice such as financial donation and
professional aid work. Undertaken as a leisure activity, it contrasts the productive realm of …

In India, where children's care of ageing parents is seen as practical and sacred, animated
by notions of seva (selfless service), the outsourcing of elder care causes considerable …

Based on fieldwork carried out in Delhi during 2006-2007 this thesis explores the social
world of transparency and accountability activism in the city. I focus in particular on the …

The motivations for elite philanthropy are frequently questioned and often considered to be
self-serving. Most of the evidence advanced to support this, however, is drawn from studies …

In this article, I will show that charitable giving, along with charitable associations'
institutional practices, fashion moral, productive, and religious citizens through both intent …

According to public health orthodoxy, blood for transfusion is safer when derived from
voluntary, nonremunerated donors. As developing nations phase out compensated blood …