Media Review: Can elite-driven social change save the world?

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This book aims to deliver a wake-up call philanthropists, and more critically the public at large, by bringing attention outsized influence potential perils of elite philanthropy. Giridharadas enters field philanthropy, observes interviews insiders, and, refusing be wooed its claims grandeur, offers readers an incisive as well entertaining critique. While relies on investigative, journalistic approach, it has feel qualitative study, get glimpse inner workings musings host characters including Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, management academics consultants, nonprofit heads, politicians. Elite philanthropy operates, according author, basis several self-serving assumptions that are not openly questioned, either participants, or–most surprisingly–by general public. Its usefulness enjoys taken-for-granted acceptance, with US (and presumably international) citizens being grateful individuals such Bill Gates for dispensing part their fortunes “save world”. tries examine only origins but also validity assumptions. He argues elite-driven, market-friendly, “win-win” projects supports–even when they achieve local goals–can seriously undermine deliberative democracy whole.

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عنوان ژورنال: Organization Studies

سال: 2023

ISSN: ['1741-3044', '0170-8406']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/01708406231171794