Why Urban Poor Donate: A Study of Low-Income Charitable Giving in London

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 870-891

  Bennett, Roger ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

donor behavior; fund raising; low income donors; self concept; social deprivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867434707     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764011419518     Document Type: Article

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