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Documents how even progressive foundations serve to reinforce the political status quo.
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.
Acknowledgments
Preface
1. Introduction
2. What Are Foundations?
3. Ideology and Information
4. Reforming Government
5. Market Supplement: Arts and Culture
6. Market Supplement: Social Welfare and the Economy
7. Foundations and the Legal System
8. Social Change Organizations
9. International Activities
10. Conclusions and Questions for Further Research
Appendix A. Inquiry Letter for Haymarket Research
Appendix B. Haymarket Research Questionnaire
Appendix C. Selected Groups Funded by Haymarket 1974–1978
Notes
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Index