Globalization, Philanthropy, and Civil Society: Toward a New Political Culture in the Twenty-First Century

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Soma Hewa, Darwin Stapleton
Springer Science & Business Media, Sep 13, 2005 - Social Science - 227 pages

Globalization is perhaps the most extensively discussed topic in contemporary academic literature and mass media. Many philanthropic organizations work on a global level and have been participants in the spread of globalization. This book specifically deals with the role of philanthropy in past and present globalizations, and the contributors explore the scope and degree of the relationships between globalization, philanthropy and civil society and demonstrate the relationships empirically and theoretically. Unlike most existing publications on globalization, this volume examines complex and diverse links between philanthropy, civil society and globalization as a single theme that goes beyond standard economic interpretations.

 

Contents

Structure and Process of Global Integration
3
Global History and Globalization
15
How to Approach Global Present Local Pasts and Canon of the Globe
33
The Role of American Philanthropic Foundations in Indias Road to Globalization During the Cold War Era
51
The Rockefeller Blueprint for Postwar USJapanese Cultural Relations and the Evolution of Japans Civil Sector
73
American Foundations and Overseas Funding New Challenges in the Era of Globalization
99
Foundations in Europe Roles and Policy Scenarios in an Age of Globalization
117
Globalization and the Civil Society Sector
137
Globalization and the Third Sector The Canadian Experience
153
Beyond Homogenization versus Heterogenization Difference and Culture in Globalization
177
Risk Reflective Modernity and the Unbinding of Politics Agricultural Biotechnology in a Globalized World
193
About the Authors
205
Selected Bibliography
209
Index
221
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