Brazilian elites and their philanthropy : wealth at the service of development /

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Author / Creator:Sklair, Jessica, 1975- author.
Imprint:Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022.
©2022
Description:xviii, 175 pages ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Series:Routledge studies in Latin American development
Routledge studies in Latin American development.
Subject:Wealth -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Brazil.
Charities -- Brazil.
Elite (Social sciences) -- Brazil.
Poverty -- Brazil.
Social responsibility of business -- Brazil.
Charities.
Economic history.
Elite (Social sciences)
Poverty.
Social conditions.
Social responsibility of business.
Wealth -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Brazil -- Social conditions.
Brazil -- Economic conditions.
Brazil.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12661294
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ISBN:9780367442170
0367442175
9781032122137
1032122137
9781003008378
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"This book explores the philanthropy of Brazilian elites during a key period in recent Brazilian history, from Workers Party president Lula's last term in office through to the election of far-right president Jair Bolsonaro. Against this backdrop of political upheaval, the book asks what philanthropy can reveal about the role of corporate and wealth elites in upholding the structures of socioeconomic inequality that continue to define Brazilian society. The book argues that around the world the private sector's growing engagement in international development has led to the emergence of a global philanthropic project centred on practices of 'philanthrocapitalism' and 'social finance', which ultimately seeks to legitimise global capitalism and the elite interests it serves. Drawing on an in-depth and wide-ranging ethnographic study among philanthropists and their advisors in over 30 Brazilian foundations and intermediary organisations, the book combines a structural critique of the capitalist ideologies underlying philanthropic practice with a robust exploration into the ways in which wealthy Brazilians appropriate philanthropy directly to legitimise elite reproduction and the accumulation of wealth. Researchers across Latin American studies, development studies and the anthropology of development will find this book a timely contribution to the under-researched areas of elite studies and the study of philanthropy"--
Other form:Online version: Sklair, Jessica, 1975- Brazilian elites and their philanthropy Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022 9781003008378

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