Philanthropy and Civil Society | Assignment
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Running head: PHILANTHROPY AND CIVIL SOCIETYPhilanthropy and Civil SocietyName of Student:Name of University:Author’s Note:
1PHILANTHROPY AND CIVIL SOCIETYTable of ContentsIntroduction:....................................................................................................................................2Concept of Philanthropy:.................................................................................................................2Origin of Philanthropy:....................................................................................................................2Civil Society:...................................................................................................................................3Issues related to Philanthropy:.........................................................................................................4Observations on Philanthropy:........................................................................................................5Facing the philanthropic world:.......................................................................................................7Approaches and types of Philanthropy:...........................................................................................7Conclusion:....................................................................................................................................10References:....................................................................................................................................12
2PHILANTHROPY AND CIVIL SOCIETYIntroduction:Philanthropy is the decision to promote human welfare which can be expresses especiallyby the generosity in terms of monetary donations for good causes. Philanthropy is a crucialaspect of a democratic society and is a tad different from charity and it focuses on the removal ofsocial problems. It also supports projects as well as tries from which all segments of the societyas well as the people benefit. This might include libraries, museums as well as scientificresearch. It also backs efforts which might be too controversial or unpopular in order to get totalsupport from the government and common people alike.Concept of Philanthropy:The concept of philanthropy is to improve the well-being of humankind by the preventionas well as solving of social problems. Charity is not the same as philanthropy because it focuseson the eliminating the social problems whereas philanthropy focuses on the elimination ofsuffering caused by the social problems. Going at the root of any problem and helping in itseradication altogether is basically the concept of philanthropy. Charity might help a person orgroup of persons temporarily but philanthropy helps in the removal of the problem altogether. Origin of Philanthropy:The origin of philanthropy is several thousand years old. Ancient people also practicedphilanthropy for a variety of reasons. It has a private sector engagement with the civil society.The notion of civil society is quite ancient. Since ancient times human societies requiredcooperative behaviour for the purpose of survival and it can be easily stated that the primitivepatterns of social harmonisation and institutional methods shaped and will continue to shape the
3PHILANTHROPY AND CIVIL SOCIETYworld at present. There has been a great amount of interest in the civil society. There have beenseveral debates related to the new interests related to the civil society. The universalacknowledgement of the rise of the civil society has been significant. Every individual can bethought of as a member of civil society (Adam 2009). Every individual can be considered to belinked to the civil society and institutions in the public space. The degree of the participation inprivate and public life is very closely related to the characteristic actions of persons belonging tothe civil society. Civil Society:The term civil society is supposed to mean several things in the modern time period. Thewords of non-profit organisations as well as the philanthropy, a setup of international NGOs, thesocial relations involving mutual respect and several others come under it. All these ideas areresponsible for reflecting the myriad interests as also the identities present in the contemporarysociety. It also includes the chore of working in order to better the worsened conditions in theworld. In a particular society where there are increasing instances of intolerance, the problemsrelated to the freedom of doing something and that of belief, an inability to pursue the commongoods, the chance of the bettering of the civil society is responsible for creating a ray of hope inthe otherwise disheartening scenario. The models of a positive civil society suggest a ray of hopein an otherwise morose situation. Civil society and its difficult framework of freedom, rights, common commitments andalso the processes for the peaceful solving of problems is the reason for it being promising in thefuture situation. There is an enabling framework for the purpose of democracy and there is alsoan inherent tension a flimsy amount of balance between the public and private interests.
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