Unequal Partnerships: Beyond the Rhetoric of Philanthropic Collaboration

ISBN-13: 9780415654678 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 160 str.

Ira Silver

Opis

Through an examination of the Chicago Initiative, a local collaboration created by foundations and corporate funders following the 1992 Los Angeles Riots, Silver analyses how elite philanthropists exercise social control over community organisations that do work in poor neighbourhoods.

Spis treści

Section I: Private Philanthropy and Urban Poverty Chapter 1: Preventing Fires while Feeling the Heat Chapter 2: As American as Apple Pie: The Tradition of Private and Local Antipoverty Reform in the U.S. Section II: Venturing Inside the Chicago Initiative Chapter 3: Organizational Motivations for Sponsorship Chapter 4: Community-based Reasons for Getting Involved Chapter 5: Collaboration Becomes Old News Section III: Giving a Little, Getting a Lot Chapter 6: Unmasking Collaboration Chapter 7: Philanthropy and the Media Spotlight Afterword: The Future of Philanthropic Collaboration Appendix A: The Challenges and Rewards of Undertaking this Study Appendix B: Key Dates in the History of the Chicago Initiative

O autorze

Ira Silver