caa a22 4500 477066798 CHVBK 20180405111414.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19961201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02354162 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02354162 Pushpa Sundar Indian Center for Phianthropy in Delhi, India aut Women and philanthropy in India [Elektronische Daten] [Sundar Pushpa] Women's philanthropy has deep roots in India. A historical survey shows that despite their generally low socio-economic status, Indian women made significant contributions to social progress even while outside the formal power and profit structure. This article also analyses the role of religion, custom, caste and class, political and social movements, and the legal and political structure in motivating and facilitating as well as in restraining women's philanthropy. It is lack of economic independence and an enabling socio-legal structure that has inhibited social entrepreneurship among women, while sociopolitical movements have encouraged it. International Society for third-Sector Research (ISTR), 1996 Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations Kluwer Academic Publishers 7/4(1996-12-01), 412-427 0957-8765 7:4<412 1996 7 11266 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02354162 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02354162 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Pushpa Sundar Indian Center for Phianthropy in Delhi, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations Kluwer Academic Publishers 7/4(1996-12-01), 412-427 0957-8765 7:4<412 1996 7 11266 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer