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

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"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Poverty, Interrupted ; 1.
Main Author: Kohl-Arenas, Erica, 1968- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]
Series:Poverty, Interrupted ; 1.
Subjects:
Farmers > California > Central Valley (Valley)
Charities > California > Central Valley (Valley) > Case studies.
Poverty > California > Central Valley (Valley)
Immigrants > California > Central Valley (Valley)
California > Economic conditions > 20th century.
California > Economic conditions > 21st century.
Charities.
Economic history.
Farmers.
Immigrants.
Poverty.
California.
California > Central Valley (Valley)
1900-2099
Case studies.
Genre:
Case studies.
Physical Description:xix, 252 pages ; 21 cm.
Variant Title:
How philanthropy fails to alleviate poverty.
Format: Book
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