Skip to main content
Kent Academic Repository

The New Fundraisers: Who organises charitable giving in contemporary society?

Breeze, Beth (2017) The New Fundraisers: Who organises charitable giving in contemporary society? Policy Press, Bristol, UK, 224 pp. ISBN 978-1-4473-2502-4. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:64643)

The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided. (Contact us about this Publication)
Official URL:
https://policypress.co.uk/the-new-fundraisers

Abstract

Charitable fundraising has become ever more urgent in a time of extensive public spending cuts. However, while the identity and motivation of those who donate comes under increasingly close scrutiny, little is known about the motivation and characteristics of the ‘askers’, despite almost every donation being solicited or prompted in some way. This is the first empirically-grounded and theorised account of the identity, characteristics and motivation of fundraisers in the UK. Based on original data collected during a 3-year study of over 1,200 fundraisers, the book argues that it is not possible to understand charitable giving without accounting for the role of fundraising.

Item Type: Book
Projects: The Formation of Fundraisers: the role of personal skills in asking for money
Uncontrolled keywords: Fundraiser; Fundraising; Charitable giving; Philanthropy; Emotional Labour; Gratitude
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare > HV40 Charities
H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare > HV27 Philanthropists
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research
Funders: [UNSPECIFIED] The Leverhulme Trust
Depositing User: Beth Breeze
Date Deposited: 23 Nov 2017 10:56 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Feb 2021 13:50 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/64643 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

University of Kent Author Information

  • Depositors only (login required):

Total unique views for this document in KAR since July 2020. For more details click on the image.