Contributing citizens : modern charitable fundraising and the making of the welfare state, 1920-66 / Shirley Tillotson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tillotson, Shirley Maye, 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Charities--Political aspects--Canada.

Charities.

Public welfare--Canada--History--20th century.

Public welfare.

Welfare state--Canada--History.

Welfare state.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Contributing Citizens tells the social, cultural, and political history of Community Chests, the forerunners of today's United Way, to provide a unique perspective on the evolution of professional fundraising, private charity, and the development of the welfare state. Blending a national perspective with rich case studies of Halifax, Ottawa, and Vancouver, Shirley Tillotson shows that fundraising work in the mid-twentieth century involved organizing and promoting social responsibility in new ways, sometimes coercively. In the 1940s and 1950s, fundraisers adopted the language of welfare state reform and helped to establish both the notion of universal contribution and the foundation of community organization from which major social policies grew. Peopled by a host of forceful characters, this is a lively account of how raising money raised the level of Canadian democracy.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Public and Private in Welfare History

The Citizenship of Contribution: Taxation in the 1920s

The Technologies of Contribution: Taxation and Modern Fundraising Methods

Social Advertising and Social Conflict: The Community Chest Method, 1930-35

Race, Charity, and Democracy: Organizing Inclusion, 1927-52

How Charity Survived the Birth of the Welfare State

Reconstructing Charity: The Postwar Politics of Public and Private, 1945-66

Justice, Inclusion, and the Emotions of Obligation in 1950s Charity

Conclusion: Similarities, Differences, and Historical Change

Appendices

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references: p. [321]-331 and index.

ISBN:

1-282-45734-9

9786612457340

0-7748-1475-6

OCLC:

607826681