The Gates Foundation's Rise to Power: Private Authority in Global Politics

ISBN-13: 9781138306851 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 200 str.

Adam Moe Fejerskov

Opis

In recent decades, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has established itself as one of the most powerful forces in international life, with wide spreading influence across global health, education, development, and a range of political and social concerns. The Gates Foundation’s Rise to Power is the first book to take us inside the walls of this notoriously sealed organization. Using extensive fieldwork inside and around the foundation, this organizational sociology of one of the most influential players in international development will be of interest to scholars and students of development, philanthropy, and organizational sociology.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Organizational Change and New Actors in Global Politics  3. Rising Powers, American Capitalism and Private Foundations  4. Enter Seattle  5. The Power of Ideas  6. The Global South as a Laboratory of Experimentation  7. From Seattle to the Fields of India  8. Chameleon Politics  9. Conclusion: The Gates Foundation’s Rise to Power

O autorze

Adam Moe Fejerskov is Researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS). He holds a PhD in international studies from Roskilde University. His research lies at the intersection of global development and international relations, with a focus on norm dynamics, rising state and non-state powers, as well as organizational and sociological theory.