Informal Giving in Turkey

Scholarly research about philanthropy has deemphasized informal giving to friends, neighbors and others in need. Yet, informal giving is a critical element of philanthropy, particularly in settings with less well-developed civil society institutions. This paper examines informal giving in Turkey, ba...

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Published inVoluntas (Manchester, England) Vol. 30; no. 4; pp. 738 - 753
Main Authors Campbell, David A., Çarkoğlu, Ali
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer Science+Business Media, LLC (Springer Nature) 01.08.2019
Springer US
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Citizens
Civil society
Demographics
Donors
Friendship
GNP
Gross National Product
Handbooks
Informal economy
Neighbors
Original Paper
Philanthropy
Political Science
Polls & surveys
Public good
Rule of law
Social Policy
Social Sciences
Turkey
Philanthropy
Turkey
Informal giving
Giving motivations
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Summary:Scholarly research about philanthropy has deemphasized informal giving to friends, neighbors and others in need. Yet, informal giving is a critical element of philanthropy, particularly in settings with less well-developed civil society institutions. This paper examines informal giving in Turkey, based on two surveys of Turkish citizens conducted in 2004 and 2015. The surveys find much higher levels of informal giving than formal giving, though the level of informal giving decreased between 2004 and 2015. Donors directed their giving more to family member and others in need than to neighbors. In contrast to studies from most other countries, Turks overwhelmingly prefer giving to individuals rather than institutions. Determinants of informal giving, however, are largely consistent with other research on the motivations for giving.
ISSN:0957-8765
1573-7888
DOI:10.1007/s11266-019-00095-7