Foundations and public policy : the mask of pluralism / Joan Roelofs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roelofs, Joan.

Series:

SUNY series in radical social and political theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Endowments--United States.

Endowments.

Policy sciences.

Research grants.

United States.

Policy sciences--Research grants--United States.

Political planning--United States.

Political planning.

Physical Description:

xi, 269 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2003]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

3 Ideology and Information 27

4 Reforming Government 65

5 Market Supplement: Arts and Culture 81

6 Market Supplement: Social Welfare and the Economy 89

7 Foundations and the Legal System 101

8 Social Change Organizations 121

9 International Activities 157.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-257) and index.

ISBN:

0791456412

0791456420

OCLC:

50252022