Unequal Partnerships: Beyond the Rhetoric of Philanthropic Collaboration / Edition 1

by Ira Silver

Overview

Through an examination of the Chicago Initiative, Silver analyzes how elite philanthropists exercise social control over community organizations that do work in poor neighborhoods.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415974462
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/03/2005
Series:	New Approaches in Sociology
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Section I: Private Philanthropy and Urban Poverty Chapter 1: Preventing Fires while Feeling the Heat Chapter 2: As American as Apple Pie: The Tradition of Private and Local Antipoverty Reform in the U.S. Section II: Venturing Inside the Chicago Initiative Chapter 3: Organizational Motivations for Sponsorship Chapter 4: Community-based Reasons for Getting Involved Chapter 5: Collaboration Becomes Old News Section III: Giving a Little, Getting a Lot Chapter 6: Unmasking Collaboration Chapter 7: Philanthropy and the Media Spotlight Afterword: The Future of Philanthropic Collaboration Appendix A: The Challenges and Rewards of Undertaking this Study Appendix B: Key Dates in the History of the Chicago Initiative