ISBN:
9781784786236
Language:
English
Pages:
296 Seiten
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20 cm
Edition:
Paperback edition
DDC:
361.7632
Keywords:
Gates, Bill 1955- Gates, Bill 1955-
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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Charities United States
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Corporations United States
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Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations United States
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Social control United States
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Philanthropy & Charity
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing Countries
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness
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Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations
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Charities
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Corporations
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Social control United States
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Global Vereinigte Staaten
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle/Wash.)
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Stiftung (Rechtsform)
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Interessengruppe/Interessenverband
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Auslands- und Entwicklungshilfe
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Gesundheitshilfe
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Förderung/Unterstützung
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Bedeutung/Rolle
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United States Foundations (legal form)
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Interest groups
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Foreign and development aid
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Health care
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Promotion/support
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Importance/role
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Einflusssphäre Politische Einflussnahme
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Sozialer Einfluss
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Gesundheitsvorsorge
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HIV/AIDS
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Spheres of influence Political influence
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Social influence
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Preventive health care
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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Wohltätigkeit
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Souveränität
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Soziale Probleme
Abstract:
"Philanthro-capitalism: How charity became big business The charitable sector is one of the fastest-growing industries in the global economy. Nearly half of the more than 85,000 private foundations in the United States have come into being since the year 2000. Just under 5,000 more were established in 2011 alone. This deluge of philanthropy has helped create a world where billionaires wield more power over education policy, global agriculture, and global health than ever before. Charities link the farmers in Africa to the boardrooms of corporate foundations and the corridors of the World Economic Forum at Davos. Far from being selfless, plutocratic philanthropy may be the ultimate profit-making tool. In No Such Thing as a Free Gift, author and academic Linsey McGoey puts this new golden age of philanthropy under the microscope--paying particular attention to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. As large charitable organizations replace governments as the providers of social welfare, their largesse becomes suspect. The businesses fronting the money often create the very economic instability and inequality the foundations are purported to solve. We are entering an age when the ideals of social justice are dependent on the strained rectitude and questionable generosity of the mega-rich"--
Abstract:
"PHILANTHRO-CAPITALISM: HOW CHARITY BECAME BIG BUSINESS The charitable sector is one of the fastest-growing industries in the global economy. Nearly half of the more than 85,000 private foundations in the United States have come into being since the year 2000. Just under 5,000 more were established in 2011 alone. This deluge of philanthropy has helped create a world where billionaires wield more power over education policy, global agriculture, and global health than ever before. Charities link the farmers in Africa to the boardrooms of corporate foundations and the corridors of the World Trade Forum at Davos. Far from being selfless, plutocratic philanthropy may be the ultimate profit-making tool. In No Such Thing as A Free Gift, author and academic Linsey McGoey puts this new golden age of philanthropy under the microscope--paying particular attention to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. As large charitable organizations replace governments as the providers of social welfare, their largesse becomes questionable. The businesses fronting the money often create the very economic instability and inequality the foundations are purported to solve. We are entering an age when the ideals of social justice are dependent on the strained rectitude and questionable generosity of the mega-rich"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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