This New Volume Presents A Systematic And Comparative Analysis Of The Current And Future Role Of Foundations In Europe And Beyond. While Cross-national Studies Of Business Firms, Government Agencies And Service-providing Nonprofit Organizations Are Increasingly Becoming Available, Little Is Known, In A Systematic Way, About The Challenges Foundations Are Facing. This Book Therefore Includes A Mapping And Appraisal Of Foundation Visions, Policies And Strategies, And An Overall Assessment Of The Current And Future Policy Environment In Which They Operate. It Goes Beyond A Quantitative Profile Of Foundations In Europe, And Probes Deeper Into Their Role And Contributions In Meeting The Economic, Cultural, Environmental And Educational Needs Of European Societies. Developed From An International Research Project, This Study Includes Twenty Country Studies Comparing Foundations In Europe, The Europe Union And The Us. This Valuable Reference Will Be Of Interest To Researchers And Students Of Foundations, Policy-making, Comparative Politics And International Business, As Well As To Policy-makers And Professionals. Pt. I. Studying The Politics Of Foundations -- 1. Philanthropic Foundations In Modern Society / Helmut K. Anheier And Siobhan Daly -- 2. Comparing Foundation Roles / Helmut K. Anheier And Siobhan Daly -- 3. Comparing Foundation Visions / Helmut K. Anheier And Siobhan Daly -- 4. Combining Roles And Visions : Patterns And Implications / Helmut K. Anheier And Siobhan Daly -- Pt. Ii. Country Analyses -- 5. Austria / Ruth Simsa -- 6. Belgium / Gautier Pirotte -- 7. United Kingdom / Diana Leat -- 8. Czech Republic / Marek Skovajsa -- 9. Denmark / Ulla Habermann -- 10. Estonia / Mikko Lagerspetz And Erle Rikmann -- 11. France / Sabine Rozier -- 12. Germany / Frank Adloff, Philipp Schwertmann, Rainer Sprengel And Rupert Graf Strachwitz -- 13. Greece / Charalambos Economou And Sophia Tsakraklides -- 14. Hungary / Balazs Wizner And Zoltan Aszalos -- 15. Ireland / Freda Donoghue -- 16. Italy / Federica Givone, Paolo Canino And Stefano Cima -- 17. Netherlands / B. M. Gouwenberg, C. E. Van Der Jagt And Th. N. M. Schuyt -- 18. Norway / Hakon Lorentzen -- 19. Poland / Jerzy Krzyszkowski -- 20. Spain / Miguel Angel Cabra De Luna And Berta Fraguas Garrido -- 21. Sweden / Filip Wijkstrom -- 22. Switzerland / Robert Purtschert, Georg Von Schnurbein And Claudio Beccarelli -- 23. Foundation Roles And Visions In The Usa : Comparative Note / Stefan Toepler. Edited By Helmut K. Anheier And Siobhan Daly. Includes Index. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.