Giving for social change: foundations, public policy, and the American political agenda
This study shows how philanthropic foundations and their leaders help shape the American political agenda. The book revolves around financial leaders as elite members of a strategic sector in American society rather than as an extension of the WASP establishment. Foundation leaders, the authors indi...
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| Zusammenfassung: | This study shows how philanthropic foundations and their leaders help shape the American political agenda. The book revolves around financial leaders as elite members of a strategic sector in American society rather than as an extension of the WASP establishment. Foundation leaders, the authors indicate, are the most diverse and politically polarized of American elite groups. However, using a survey of the ideological views of the foundation elite and an examination of the foundations' public policy grants, the authors show that despite the prominence of a few conservative foundations, a significant number of foundations attempt to push the national agenda in a liberal direction. The opening chapter presents a historical overview of philanthropy and social change. Ensuing chapters discuss issues surrounding foundations such as social order, organizational dilemmas, and competing philosophies. Four appendices, including a survey methodology and samples of American elites, complete the text. This volume is an important addition to the literature on foundations and will be of great interest to public policy professionals, political scientists, and those who track the direction of the national agenda. |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
Tables and Figures ix
Preface xiii
Chapter 1 Introduction 1
Chapter 2 Philanthropy and Social Change: A Historical
Overview 9
Chapter 3 Foundation Leaders and Their Place in the American
Social Structure 41
Chapter 4 Other Views: Pluralism versus the Adversary Culture 59
Chapter 5 Ideological Divisions Within the Foundation Elite 69
Chapter 6 The Impact of Ideology 87
Chapter 7 Foundations, Professionalism, and the Organizational
Dilemma 99
Chapter 8 Foundations and Their Public Policy Grants 125
Chapter 9 Polarization, Pluralism, and the Problem of Social
Order 155
Appendix 1 Survey Methodology 167
viii Contents
Appendix 2 Samples of American Elites 171
Appendix 3 Questions and Their Factor Loadings on Each Factor
Measuring Political Ideology Among U.S. Elites 175
Appendix 4 Cover Letter and Social Leadership in America: A
Survey 179
References 203
Index 213
I
I
TABLES AND FIGURES
TABLES
3.1 A Typology of Power and Ideology 55
5.1 Social, Political, and Economic Attitudes by Self Identified
Ideology 72
7.1 Ideology and Philanthropic Ethos 102
7.2 Dimensions of Foundation Ethos 107
7.3 Spending Preferences 108
7.4 Dimensions of Foundation Spending 111
7.5 Political Liberalism, Foundation Ethos, and Spending
Preferences 114
7.6 Determinants of Spending Preferences 115
7.7 A Statistical Analysis of Progressivism, Political Ideology,
and Support for Unbiased Research 117
7.8 Staff Influence and Its Relationship with Other Variables 120
7.9 Impact of Ideology, Staff Influence, and Foundation Ethos
on Spending Priorities 122
7.10 Relationship Between Staff Influence and Dimensions of
Political Ideology 122
8.1 The Most Ideological Foundations, Based on Mean Dollar
Amount per Grant 132
x Tables and Figures
8.2 The Most Politicized Foundations 134
8.3 Consistency in Foundation Funding of Public Policy
Research 139
8.4 Mean Dollars in Various Spheres of Interest 142
8.5 The Ideological Slant of Grants by Different Spheres of
Activity 143
8.6 The Politicization of Public Policy Spheres 146
FIGURES
5.1 Self Identified Ideology and the Foundation Elite 71
5.2 A Comparison of Philanthropic Elites with Other American
Elite Groups: Expressive Individualism 79
5.3 A Comparison of Philanthropic Elites with Other American
Elite Groups: Collectivist Liberalism 80
5.4 A Comparison of Philanthropic Elites with Other American
Elite Groups: System Alienation 80
5.5 A Comparison of Philanthropic Elites with Other American
Elite Groups: Foreign Policy 81
5.6 A Comparison of Philanthropic Elites with Other American
Elite Groups: Crime 81
5.7 A Comparison of Philanthropic Elites with Other American
Elite Groups: Affirmative Action 82
6.1 Leaders and Movements 88
6.2 Most Important Goals for the United States 90
6.3 Least Important Goals for the United States 90
6.4 Influence in the United States: Views of the Conservative
Foundation Elite 92
6.5 Influence in the United States: Views of the Moderate
Foundation Elite 92
6.6 Influence in the United States: Views of the Liberal
Foundation Elite 93
6.7 News Sources: Familiarity 95
6.8 News Sources: Reliability 95
8.1 The Ideological Slant and Size of Public Policy Grants 128
8.2 The Ten Most Ideological Foundations Based on Number
of Liberal Grants Given 130
Tables and Figures xi
8.3 The Ten Most Ideological Foundations Based on Number
I of Conservative Grants Given 131
8.4 Foundation Support of Public Policy Research: Liberal
Foundations 137
! 8.5 Foundation Support of Public Policy Research:
Conservative Foundations 138
8.6 Foundation Spheres of Interest, Total 140
8.7 Foundation Spheres of Interest, Liberal and Conservative 140
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