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Just Giving : Why Philanthropy Is Failing Democracy and How It Can Do Better /

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.

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Reich, Rob (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.