Charitable giving and reflexive individuals

How personal reflexivity mediates between structure and agency

Bibliographic Data

ID3100752
AuthorsBalihar Sanghera (0000-0001-9920-7375, University of Kent, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume56
Issue1
Pages28-48
Publication date2017-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Science Information (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0539-0184 • E-ISSN: 1461-7412
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0539018416646486
PMID28232772
OpenAlexW2346125750
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited26

This article examines how individuals are reflexive beings who interpret the world in relation to things that matter to them, and how charitable acts are evaluated and embedded in their lives with different degrees of meaning and importance. Rather than framing the discussion of charitable practices in terms of an altruism/egoism binary or imputing motivations and values to social structures, the article explains how reflexivity is an important and neglected dimension of social practices, and how it interacts with sympathy, sentiments and discourses to shape giving. The study also shows that there are different modes of reflexivity, which have varied effects on charity and volunteering

Reflexivity · Social science · Sociology · Structure and agency · Critical Realism in Sociology · Psychology · Religion, Society, and Development · Social Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice

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