The self-help myth : how philanthropy fails to alleviate poverty / / Erica Kohl-Arenas
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| Autore: |
Kohl-Arenas Erica <1968->
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| Titolo: |
The self-help myth : how philanthropy fails to alleviate poverty / / Erica Kohl-Arenas
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| Pubblicazione: | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2016 |
| ©2016 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (273 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 362.5/57097945 |
| Soggetto topico: | Farmers - California - Central Valley (Valley) |
| Charities - California - Central Valley (Valley) | |
| Poverty - California - Central Valley (Valley) | |
| Immigrants - California - Central Valley (Valley) | |
| Soggetto geografico: | California Economic conditions 20th century |
| California Economic conditions 21st century | |
| Soggetto non controllato: | agriculture production regions |
| agriculture | |
| american culture | |
| american poverty | |
| american studies | |
| antipoverty programs | |
| antipoverty | |
| behavior of poor people | |
| california | |
| case studies | |
| central valley | |
| charity | |
| civic participation | |
| farms and farmers | |
| food banks | |
| government and governing | |
| inequality | |
| migrant farm workers | |
| migrants | |
| mutual prosperity | |
| philanthropy | |
| politics | |
| poverty studies | |
| poverty | |
| relationships of power | |
| religious organizations | |
| theories of change | |
| traditional american ideals | |
| united states of america | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CHAPTER ONE. Private Philanthropy and the Self-Help Myth -- CHAPTER TWO. The Hustling Arm of the Union: Nonprofit Institutionalization and the Compromises of Cesar Chavez -- CHAPTER THREE. Foundation-Driven Collaborative Initiatives: Civic Participation for What? -- CHAPTER FOUR. Selling Mutual Prosperity: Worker-Grower Partnerships and the "Win-Win" Paradigm -- CHAPTER FIVE. Conclusion -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Can 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The self-help myth |
| ISBN: | 0-520-95929-9 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910797784803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Poverty, Interrupted ; ; 1.