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American foundations roles and contributions
Title
American foundations [electronic resource] : roles and contributions / Helmut K. Anheier, David C. Hammack, editors.
ISBN
0815704577
9780815704577
0815703392 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780815703396 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Published
Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2010. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012)
Physical Description
1 online resource (xii, 457 p. :) ill. ;
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Summary
"Assesses comprehensively the impact and significance of philanthropic foundations in the United States and their effect on American culture and society covering areas such as education and research, health care, social welfare, arts and culture, religion, social movements, and international affairs"--Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Project MUSE - UPCC 2010 Current Complete Collection.
Project MUSE - UPCC 2010 Political Science and Policy Studies Collection.
Project MUSE - UPCC 2010-2012 Current Complete Collection Bundle.
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 25, 2012
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-436) and index.
Contents
1. American foundations : their roles and contributions to society / David C. Hammack and Helmut K. Anheier
2. Foundations and the making of public education in the United States, 1867-1950 / Pamela Barnhouse Walters and Emily A. Bowman
3. Catalysts for change? Foundations and school reform, 1950-2005 / Elisabeth Clemens and Linda C. Lee
4. The partnerships of foundations and research universities / Steven C. Wheatley
5. Foundations and higher education / Peter Frumkin and Gabriel Kaplan
6. Foundations and health : innovation, marginalization, and relevance since 1900 / Daniel M. Fox
7. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's efforts to improve health and health care for all Americans / James R. Knickman and Stephen L. Isaacs
8. Foundations and social welfare in the twentieth century / Wolfgang Bielefeld and Jane Chu
9. The role of foundations in shaping social welfare policy and services : the case of welfare reform / Jennifer E. Mosley and Joseph Galaskiewicz
10. The state and international philanthropy : the contribution of American foundations, 1919-1991 / Steven Heydemann with Rebecca Kinsey
11. For the world's sake : U.S. foundations and international grant making, 1990-2002 / Lehn M. Benjamin and Kevin F. F. Quigley
12. Foundations as cultural actors / James Allen Smith
13. Roles of foundations and their impact in the arts / Stefan Toepler
14. The role of foundations in American religion / Robert Wuthnow and D. Michael Lindsay
15. Foundations, social movements, and the contradictions of liberal philanthropy / Alice O'Connor
16. Consolidating social change : the consequences of foundation funding for developing social movement infrastructures / Debra Minkoff and Jon Agnone
17. Foundations and public policy / Steven Rathgeb Smith
18. Looking forward : American foundations between continuity and change / David C. Hammack and Helmut K. Anheier
Appendixes
A. Data sources
B. Cleaning the foundations data set for chapter 3
C. Descriptive information : the civil rights and social action sector, 2001.
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