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Foundations and Public Policy: The Mask of Pluralism

Foundations and Public Policy: The Mask of Pluralism

Paperback

Series: Suny Radical Social and Political Theory

General Political ScienceGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0791456420
ISBN13: 9780791456422
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: Jan 30 2003
Pages: 281
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.08 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

Documents how even progressive foundations serve to reinforce the political status quo.

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.

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