Foundations and Public Policy: The Mask of PluralismIn 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. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
What Are Foundations? | 7 |
Ideology and Information | 27 |
Reforming Government | 65 |
Market Supplement Arts and Culture | 81 |
Market Supplement Social Welfare and the Economy | 89 |
Foundations and the Legal System | 101 |
Social Change Organizations | 121 |
Conclusions and Questions for Further Research | 197 |
Inquiry Letter for Haymarket Research | 211 |
Haymarket Research Questionnaire | 213 |
Selected Groups Funded by Haymarket 19741978 | 215 |
Notes | 219 |
Select Bibliography | 247 |
Index | 257 |
International Activities | 157 |
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