Abstract

Cross-country philanthropy research is problematic because of cultural, economic and political differences. The paper proposes an alternative approach of cross-country comparison by looking at the networks formed by donors and beneficiaries. Data on giving from local sources in Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Macedonia, Kosovo and Montenegro gathered from media sources in the period between 2015 and 2019 was used to construct philanthropy networks. The analysis revealed unique features of each country’s philanthropy ecosystem: Croatia’s network is centralized and Serbia’s distributed. Montenegro’s network seems to be the most stable, while Albania’s network is the most unstable and Kosovo’s the most fractured. Network analysis can provide a unique macro perspective on a philanthropy landscape but also provide us with the micro-level knowledge, helping us ascertain positions of specific actors in the network. Growing data availability means that we could employ similar analysis more widely in the future.

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BibTeX

@inproceedings{hoolwerf_philanthropy_2020,
  address = {Basel},
  title = {Philanthropy in the {Western} {Balkans}: {A} {Network} {Analysis} {Report} on {Giving} in the {Region}},
  doi = {10.17605/OSF.IO/SA72D},
  booktitle = {Philanthropy in the {Spotlight}? {Resources}, {Reputation} and {Achievements}},
  publisher = {Center for Philanthropy Studies University of Basel},
  author = {Galjak, Marko},
  editor = {Hoolwerf, Barry},
  year = {2020},
  kezwords = {Nonprofit, Donations, SNA, Yugoslavia, Cross-country},
  pages = {74--88},
}