American foundations : an investigative history / Mark Dowie.
American foundations : an investigative history / Mark Dowie.
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Cambridge, Mass. : MIT, 2001.
Date
2001.
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N361.7632/8
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English
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xl, 320 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. History -- 2. Knowledge -- 3. Science -- 4. Health -- 5. Environment -- 6. Food -- 7. Energy -- 8. Art -- 9. Civility -- 10. Imagination -- 11. Democracy -- App. Passive, Dissonant, or Making a Difference: Which Way for Foundation Investing?
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Cambridge, Mass. : MIT, 2001.
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Massachusetts
Date Published
2001.
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"In American Foundations, Mark Dowie argues that organized philanthropy is on the verge of an evolutionary shift that will transform America's nearly 50,000 foundations from covert to overt mediators of public policy, from polite arbiters of knowledge and culture to aggressive creators of new orthodoxy. He questions the wisdom of placing so much po...
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American foundations : an investigative history / Mark Dowie.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-302) and index.
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N361.7632/8
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74VvQA6Wv4Jy
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ISBN
0262041898 (hc : alk. paper)
9780262041898 (hc : alk. paper)
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361.76320973
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991014594629702626
