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The self-help myth : how philanthropy fails to alleviate poverty / / Erica Kohl-Arenas



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Autore: Kohl-Arenas Erica <1968-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: The self-help myth : how philanthropy fails to alleviate poverty / / Erica Kohl-Arenas Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2016
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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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-520-95929-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910797784803321
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Serie: Poverty, Interrupted ; ; 1.