Foundations and Public Policy: The Mask of Pluralism

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State University of New York Press, 1 feb 2012 - 281 pagine
In this pathbreaking study of foundation influence, author Joan Roelofs produces a comprehensive picture of philanthropy's critical role in society. She shows how a vast number of policy innovations have arisen from the most important foundations, lessening the destructive impact of global "marketization." Conversely, groups and movements that might challenge the status quo are nudged into line with grants and technical assistance, and foundations also have considerable power to shape such things as public opinion, higher education, and elite ideology. The cumulative effect is that foundations, despite their progressive goals, have a depoliticizing effect, one that preserves the hegemony of neoliberal institutions.
 

Sommario

1 Introduction
1
2 What Are Foundations?
7
3 Ideology and Information
27
4 Reforming Government
65
5 Market Supplement
81
6 Market Supplement
89
7 Foundations and the Legal System
101
8 Social Change Organizations
121
10 Conclusions and Questions for Further Research
197
Appendix A
211
Appendix B
213
Appendix C
215
Notes
219
Select Bibliography
249
Index
259
Copyright

9 International Activities
157

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Informazioni sull'autore (2012)

Joan Roelofs is Professor of Political Science at Keene State College. She is the author of Greening Cities: Building Just and Sustainable Communities.

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