Just giving : why philanthropy is failing democracy and how it can do better / Rob Reich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reich, Rob, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Endowments.

Charities.

Endowments--Political aspects.

Charities--Political aspects.

Democracy.

Physical Description:

xiv, 239 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2018]

Summary:

Asks what attitude and what policies democracies should have concerning individuals who give money away for public purposes; and argues that the aims of mass giving should be the decentralization of power in the production of public goods, such as the arts, education, and science.

Contents:

Introduction

Philanthropy as an artifact of the state : institutional forms of philanthropy

Philanthropy and its uneasy realtionship to equality

A political theory of philanthropy

Repugnant to the whole idea of a democratic society? : on the role of foundations

Philanthropy in time : future generations and intergenerational justice

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-232) and index.

ISBN:

069118349X

9780691183497

OCLC:

1032591225