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Foundations and public policy : the mask of pluralism

Annotation 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
Print Book, English, ©2003
State University of New York Press, Albany, ©2003
xi, 269 pages ; 23 cm.
9780791456415, 9780791456422, 0791456412, 0791456420
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What Are Foundations?
Ideology and Information
Reforming Government
Market Supplement: Arts and Culture
Market Supplement: Social Welfare and the Economy
Foundations and the Legal System
Social Change Organizations
International Activities
Conclusions and Questions for Further Research
Inquiry Letter for Haymarket Research
Haymarket Research Questionnaire
Selected Groups Funded by Haymarket 1974-1978