The self-help myth : how philanthropy fails to alleviate poverty / Erica Kohl-Arenas.
"The Self-Help Myth reveals how philanthropy maintains systems of inequality by attracting attention to the behaviors and responsibilities of poor people while shifting the focus away from structural inequities and relationships of power that produce poverty. The book features foundation investments...
Uniform Title: | Poverty, Interrupted ;
1. |
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Main Author: | Kohl-Arenas, Erica, 1968- (Author) |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Oakland, California :
University of California Press,
[2016]
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Series: | Poverty, Interrupted ;
1. |
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Physical Description: | xix, 252 pages ; 21 cm. |
Variant Title: |
How philanthropy fails to alleviate poverty. |
Format: | Book |