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The 23 pages that link to Charity, each with the reason it gives.

• Mutual aidCompared with: Charity often separates donors from recipients, while mutual aid emphasizes shared participation.

• PatronageCompared with: Charity need not create the continuing obligations characteristic of patronage.

• PhilanthropyCompared with: Charity commonly addresses immediate needs, while philanthropy can also pursue long-term structural change.

• Gift economyCompared with: Charity may be one-directional, whereas gift economies often emphasize continuing reciprocal ties.

• HospitalityCompared with: Hospitality welcomes a guest, while charity chiefly responds to need.

• MicrofinanceCompared with: Microfinance generally provides repayable financial services rather than direct transfers or gifts.

• DānaCompared with: Modern charity often targets social need, while Buddhist dāna also supports monastics and spiritual practice.

• Social reformCompared with: Charity aids people within existing arrangements, whereas social reform targets the arrangements producing problems.

• AdvocacyCompared with: Charity addresses needs directly; advocacy seeks changes that can alter their causes.

• Gift exchangeCompared with: It separates giving from reciprocal obligations more sharply than many gifts do.

• Tikkun olamCompared with: Tzedakah and tikkun olam frame aid as obligation and justice, not only generosity.

• TzedakahCompared with: Tzedakah makes support a duty of justice, unlike charity understood chiefly as voluntary generosity.

• HumanitarianismCompared with: Humanitarian action may be organized around shared principles and need-based allocation, not donor preference.

• Preferential option for the poorCompared with: Charitable relief can help people in poverty, but the option also calls for justice in social structures.

• Advocacy groupCompared with: Service delivery is central to charities, while advocacy groups seek to change rules or opinions.

• Baba AmteCompared with: Amte emphasized participation and productive work rather than treating residents as passive recipients.