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Scholarship, Leadership, and Institution Building: Helmut Anheier and the Nonprofit and Philanthropic Sectors

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Over the course of his illustrious career, Helmut K. Anheier has not only been among the most influential contributors to the international discourses on nonprofit institutions and civil society but also to broader questions of governance and global policy perspectives. Based on the keynote speech given at his retirement from his University of Heidelberg chair, this chapter commemorates Anheier’s contributions to building the academic infrastructure of the field and focuses in particular on how his scholarship has shaped research in the fields of governance, social innovation, and philanthropic foundations.

This chapter is based on the keynote address given at the festive celebration of Helmut K. Anheier’s 65th birthday and retirement from his chair at the Max Weber Institute of the University of Heidelberg, September 28, 2019.

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I gratefully acknowledge the very helpful feedback of Putnam Barber, Regina List, and Stefan Toepler in the preparation of this chapter.

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Smith, S.R. (2022). Scholarship, Leadership, and Institution Building: Helmut Anheier and the Nonprofit and Philanthropic Sectors. In: Hoelscher, M., List, R.A., Ruser, A., Toepler, S. (eds) Civil Society: Concepts, Challenges, Contexts. Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98008-5_2

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