"Highly recommended!" —New Directions in Philanthropy
"... clearly written, well-structured, and amply documented... Himmelstein's study vividly portrays the complicated, contradictory relationship of corporate philanthropy to the corporation..." —Choice
"... this interesting and thought-provoking book should prove valuable to those interested in corporate philanthropy, as well as to those interested in the general position and power of business in American society" —Organizations
"... a discerning and nuanced historically-informed and ethically-framed sociological portrayal of the culture of corporate philanthropy. Elegantly conceived, gracefully written, and pertinent to the concerns of both scholars and practitioners... essential reading for anyone seriously interested in the public role of business in our turbulent times." —ARNOVA News
"... a fascinating account of the action behind the scenes in corporate giving." —Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
Although American corporations give away several billion dollars a year to a range of philanthropic causes, this practice has come under fire recently, especially from the Right, because of grants to Planned Parenthood and other "liberal" public policy groups. ÂLooking Good and Doing Good examines why corporate philanthropy has become politicized, how corporations respond to controversy, and what the conflicts tell us about corporate philanthropy and corporate politics.
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Jerome L. Himmelstein is Professor of Sociology at Amherst College. His publications include To the Right: The Transformation of American Conservatism and The Strange Career of Marihuana: The Politics and Ideology of Drug Control in America.
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"CAVING INTO EXTREMISTS, AT&T HANGS UP ON PLANNED PARENTHOOD" read the angry full-page ads in newspapers across the country in April 1990. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
corporate giving officers, corporate philanthropists, largest corporate giving programs, transcorporate networks, company rationality, corporate philanthropy programs, classwide rationality, important corporate leaders, strategic giving, benign pluralism, corporate givers, fiscal squeeze, boycott list, other corporate functions, federal cuts, corporate contributions, corporate supporters Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Capital Research Center, Pragmatic Vision, Christian Action Council, Corporate Conservatism, Conservative Vision, Business Roundtable, Dayton Hudson, United States, New Class, General Electric, Philip Morris, American Express, General Mills, Michael Useem, Children's Defense Fund, New Jersey, New York Times, William Simon, Boy Scouts, Mark Peters, Red Cross, Steve Clinton, Doug Scott, Fran Lunt, General Motors New!
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"CAVING INTO EXTREMISTS, AT&T HANGS UP ON PLANNED PARENTHOOD" read the angry full-page ads in newspapers across the country in April 1990. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
corporate giving officers, corporate philanthropists, largest corporate giving programs, transcorporate networks, company rationality, corporate philanthropy programs, classwide rationality, important corporate leaders, strategic giving, benign pluralism, corporate givers, fiscal squeeze, boycott list, other corporate functions, federal cuts, corporate contributions, corporate supporters Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Capital Research Center, Pragmatic Vision, Christian Action Council, Corporate Conservatism, Conservative Vision, Business Roundtable, Dayton Hudson, United States, New Class, General Electric, Philip Morris, American Express, General Mills, Michael Useem, Children's Defense Fund, New Jersey, New York Times, William Simon, Boy Scouts, Mark Peters, Red Cross, Steve Clinton, Doug Scott, Fran Lunt, General Motors New!
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- Corporation Giving (Philanthropy and Society) by F. Emerson Andrews on 7 pages
- Philanthropic Giving: Studies in Varieties and Goals (Yale Studies on Nonprint Organizations) by Richard Magat on 6 pages
- The Nonprofit Sector: A Research Handbook by Walter W. Powell on 4 pages
- To the Right: The Transformation of American Conservatism by Jerome L. Himmelstein on 4 pages
- Nonprofit Enterprise in the Arts: Studies in Mission and Constraint (Yale Studies on Nonprofit Organizations) by Paul J. DiMaggio on 4 pages
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- The New Schoolhouse: Literacy, Managers, and Belief by Mary-Ellen Boyle on page 71, and Back Matter
- Making the Nonprofit Sector in the United States: A Reader (Philanthropic Studies) by David C. Hammack in Front Matter
- Philanthropic Foundations in the Twentieth Century (Contributions to the Study of World History) by Joseph C. Kiger in Back Matter
- Who Rules America? Power and Politics by G. William Domhoff in Back Matter
- The Perfect Gift: The Philanthropic Imagination in Poetry and Prose by Amy A. Kass in Front Matter
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