Chapter 1 Legacy and Promise for Social Justice Funding: Charitable Foundations and Progressive Social Movements, Past and Present Chapter 2 Liberal Foundations: Impediments or Supports for Social Change? Chapter 3 Moving Public Policy to the Right: The Strategic Philanthropy of Conservative Foundations Chapter 4 Up Against Conservative Public Policy: Alternatives to Mainstream Philanthropy Chapter 5 Foundations and the Environmental Movement: Priorities, Strategies, and Impact Chapter 6 Breaking the Funding Barriers: Philanthropic Activism in Support of the Environmental Justice Movement Chapter 7 The Politics of Philanthropy and Social Change: Challenges for Racial Justice Chapter 8 Living Up to the Promise of Collaboration: Foundations and Community Organizations as Partners in the Revitalization of Poor Neighborhoods Chapter 9 Coming Out of the Green Closet: Wealth Discourse and the Construction of Social Change Philanthropists Chapter 10 Mobilizing Money Strategically: Opportunities for Grantees to be Active Agents in Social Movement Philanthropy
Daniel Faber is Associate Professor of Sociology at Northeastern University. He specializes in sociology of philanthropy, the political/economy of the environment, and globalization. Deborah McCarthy is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the College of Charleston. She specializes in environmental sociology, social movements, the sociology of philanthropy, and urban studies.
<I<Foundations for Change provides an excellent
overview of the relationship between philanthropic foundations and
social movement organizations from a critical perspective.
*Leslie King, Smith College*
The book provides a well-documented response of philanthropy to the
social, economic and ecological crises that characterize the
current decade. This book will be useful to foundation officials in
setting the terms of dialogue about the promise and pitfalls of
contemporary philanthropy. It will also inform social movement
activists about the structural limitations of their own strategies
for social change.
*Sandra Meucci, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate, Gibson &
Associates*
Foundations for Social Change is an astute, clearly written, and
empirically rich book on the layered world of U.S. philanthropic
foundations and the world they try to regulate. The editors brought
together a group of writers well-versed in the topic, each with a
distinct expertise in U.S. philanthropy. It is a wonderful source
for thoughtful discussion and ideas that help elucidate what is at
stake in this complex historical conjuncture of rapidly increasing
forms of philanthropy and neoliberalized social welfarism. I
recommend it to scholars, students, and activists alike.
*Capitalism Nature Socialism, Vol. 17, No. 3, Sept. 2006*
provides an excellent overview of the relationship between
philanthropic foundations and social movement organizations from a
critical perspective.
*Leslie King, Smith College*
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