The Place of Foundations and Endowments in German History

A Historical-Statistical Approach

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7101770
AutoresThomas Adam (0000-0002-2929-2209, The University of Texas at Arlington), Gabriele Lingelbach (0009-0004-6522-7414, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel)
Año2013
Volumen44
Número2
Páginas223-247
Fecha de publicación2013-12-06
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Voluntary Action Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0094-0607 • E-ISSN: 1552-7395
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0899764013510975
OpenAlexW2005946112
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas9

This essay provides the very first account of the historical size and scope of German philanthropy from the mid-19th century to the 1950s. Our historical-statistical analysis of various unpublished and published sources about associations, foundations, and endowments supports an interpretation that suggest that foundations and endowments were important sources of financing for many public institutions in Germany. Our article dispels, thus, commonly held notions about the marginal position of philanthropy in German society and further suggests that philanthropy should be acknowledged as an important source for organizing and structuring modern German society

Economic history · Economics · German · Interpretation (philosophy · Political economy · Political science · Position (finance · Positive economics · Scope (computer science · Sociology · Structuring · Finance · German Social Sciences and History · History · Law