Kumar, Arun orcid.org/0000-0003-0064-794X and Brooks, Sally Heather orcid.org/0000-0002-1005-1245 (2021) Bridges, platforms, and satellites:theorizing the power of global philanthropy in international development. Economy and Society. 1842654. pp. 322-345. ISSN 0308-5147
Abstract
Global philanthropy, especially that of large US philanthropic foundations, has played an active but not unproblematic role in international development. In this paper, we theorize the institutional strategies by which global philanthropy exercises its disproportionate influence. In particular, we offer bridges, interdigitates, leapfrogging, platforms and satellites as metaphors for theorizing the connections and disconnections that philanthropic foundations engineer. We draw on the interdisciplinary scholarship on philanthropy and development to identify three epochs: scientific development (1940s–1970s), partnerships (1970s–2000s) and philanthrocapitalism (2000s–present). In each of these, we outline how philanthropic foundations have used the above metaphorical institutional mechanisms – separately and increasingly in combination and more sophisticated ways – in making connections and disconnections across developmental geographies, histories, imaginaries and institutions. Potentially generative, metaphors, we conclude, both offer ways to interpret the disproportionate power of philanthropy as well as challenge it by identifying philanthropy's underlying assumptions, telos and exclusions of development.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > The York Management School The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Social Policy and Social Work (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 23 Jul 2020 13:50 |
Last Modified: | 07 Mar 2025 00:06 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/03085147.2021.1842654 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/03085147.2021.1842654 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:163713 |
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