LEADER 05050nam 2201033 450 001 9910797784803321 005 20210505213826.0 010 $a0-520-95929-9 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520959293 035 $a(CKB)3710000000494938 035 $a(EBL)4054163 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001645539 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16414254 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001645539 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14961975 035 $a(PQKB)10070406 035 $a(DE-B1597)519477 035 $a(OCoLC)928891054 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520959293 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4054163 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11153290 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4054163 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000494938 100 $a20160216h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnnu---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe self-help myth $ehow philanthropy fails to alleviate poverty /$fErica Kohl-Arenas 210 1$aOakland, California :$cUniversity of California Press,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (273 p.) 225 1 $aPoverty, Interrupted ;$v1 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-28344-9 311 $a0-520-28343-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tPREFACE --$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --$tCHAPTER ONE. Private Philanthropy and the Self-Help Myth --$tCHAPTER TWO. The Hustling Arm of the Union: Nonprofit Institutionalization and the Compromises of Cesar Chavez --$tCHAPTER THREE. Foundation-Driven Collaborative Initiatives: Civic Participation for What? --$tCHAPTER FOUR. Selling Mutual Prosperity: Worker-Grower Partnerships and the "Win-Win" Paradigm --$tCHAPTER FIVE. Conclusion --$tNOTES --$tBIBLIOGRAPHY --$tINDEX 330 $aCan philanthropy alleviate inequality? Do antipoverty programs work on the ground? In this eye-opening analysis, Erica Kohl-Arenas bores deeply into how these issues play out in California's Central Valley, which is one of the wealthiest agricultural production regions in the world and also home to the poorest people in the United States. Through the lens of a provocative set of case studies, The Self-Help Myth reveals how philanthropy maintains systems of inequality by attracting attention to the behavior of poor people while shifting the focus away from structural inequities and relationships of power that produce poverty. In Fresno County, for example, which has a$5.6 billion-plus agricultural industry, migrant farm workers depend heavily on food banks, religious organizations, and family networks to feed and clothe their families. Foundation professionals espouse well-intentioned, hopeful strategies to improve the lives of the poor. These strategies contain specific ideas-in philanthropy terminology, "theories of change"- that rely on traditional American ideals of individualism and hard work, such as self-help, civic participation, and mutual prosperity. But when used in partnership with well-defined limits around what foundations will and will not fund, these ideals become fuzzy concepts promoting professional and institutional behaviors that leave relationships of poverty and inequality untouched. 410 0$aPoverty, Interrupted ;$v1. 606 $aFarmers$zCalifornia$zCentral Valley (Valley) 606 $aCharities$zCalifornia$zCentral Valley (Valley)$vCase studies 606 $aPoverty$zCalifornia$zCentral Valley (Valley) 606 $aImmigrants$zCalifornia$zCentral Valley (Valley) 607 $aCalifornia$xEconomic conditions$y20th century 607 $aCalifornia$xEconomic conditions$y21st century 610 $aagriculture production regions. 610 $aagriculture. 610 $aamerican culture. 610 $aamerican poverty. 610 $aamerican studies. 610 $aantipoverty programs. 610 $aantipoverty. 610 $abehavior of poor people. 610 $acalifornia. 610 $acase studies. 610 $acentral valley. 610 $acharity. 610 $acivic participation. 610 $afarms and farmers. 610 $afood banks. 610 $agovernment and governing. 610 $ainequality. 610 $amigrant farm workers. 610 $amigrants. 610 $amutual prosperity. 610 $aphilanthropy. 610 $apolitics. 610 $apoverty studies. 610 $apoverty. 610 $arelationships of power. 610 $areligious organizations. 610 $atheories of change. 610 $atraditional american ideals. 610 $aunited states of america. 615 0$aFarmers 615 0$aCharities 615 0$aPoverty 615 0$aImmigrants 676 $a362.5/57097945 700 $aKohl-Arenas$b Erica$f1968-$01543396 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910797784803321 996 $aThe self-help myth$93796835 997 $aUNINA