Sanghera, Balihar (2017) Charitable giving and reflexive individuals: How personal reflexivity mediates between structure and agency. Social Science Information, 56 (1). pp. 28-48. ISSN 0539-0184. E-ISSN 1461-7412. (doi:10.1177/0539018416646486) (KAR id:54465)
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Abstract
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.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1177/0539018416646486 |
Uncontrolled keywords: | charitable giving, reflexivity, agency, sentiments and discourses |
Subjects: |
H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research |
Depositing User: | Balihar Sanghera |
Date Deposited: | 09 Mar 2016 12:23 UTC |
Last Modified: | 16 Feb 2021 13:33 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/54465 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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