Contesting Communities

The Transformation of Workplace Charity

By: Emily Barman

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Paperback | 20 June 2006

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Is "community" in America in decline? If so, does this mean that charitable giving in the United States is also in decline? In this innovative and original work, Emily Barman offers new insights into this important issue. Analyzing workplace charity in different cities across the United States, Contesting Communities shows that while traditional notions of community might be in decline, new types and visions of community have emerged. Barman traces how these different "communities" take the form of organizational competition between the United Way and new alternative fundraisers over workplace contributions. Deftly blending sociological theory of organizations with archival research, interviews with nonprofit leaders, and original survey data, Contesting Communities ultimately shows that the meaning of community occurs almost incidentally to the wishes of those who give and the needs of those who receive.

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"Contesting Communities is a valuable and original contribution to community studies, to organizational analysis, and to the literature of the nonprofit sector. Although theoretically sophisticated, it is written with a clarity that will make it useful to readers across the social disciplines and in the world of practice." - Peter Dobkin Hall, American Journal of Sociology "Barman provides novel commentary on the changing nature and meaning of philanthropy and community, as well as the impact of corporate gatekeepers thereon. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in voluntarism, philanthropy, social capital, and organizational behavior." - Jason Kaufman, Harvard University "Given the broad contemporary interest in philanthropy and voluntarism, Emily Barman's book on the United Way and the emergence of alternative fundraising organizations as competitors to the United Way is especially timely. Barman's incisive investigation of the increasingly competitive environment of workplace charity is a major contribution to our understanding of the social, political, and economic changes underway in local communities throughout the United States." - Steven Rathgeb Smith, University of Washington "In Contesting Communities: The Transformation of Workplace Charity, Emily Barman adds to the debate on defining 'community' by investigating how conceptions of community manifest themselves in an arena little researched by social scientists, namely: charitable donation campaigns in the workplace The book makes a valuable contribution to the understanding of both the evolving meaning of community and the field of workplace charity in the United States." - Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare

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Acknowledgments	p. vii
The Question of Community	p. 1
The United Way and a Community of Place	p. 18
Alternative Funds and Communities of Purpose	p. 41
The Emergence of Alternative Funds	p. 60
Contestations over Entry	p. 79
Chicago: The Persistence of a Community of Place	p. 97
San Francisco: The Ascendancy of Communities of Purpose	p. 124
Community, Charitable Giving, and the Nonprofit Sector	p. 149
Notes	p. 159
References	p. 167
Index	p. 193
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