Unequal Partnerships: Beyond the Rhetoric of Philanthropic Collaboration: New Approaches in Sociology

Section I: Private Philanthropy and Urban Poverty Chapter 1: Preventing Fires while Feeling the Heat Chapter 2: As American as Apple Pie: The Tradition of Private and Local Antipoverty Reform in the U.S. Section II: Venturing Inside the Chicago Initiative Chapter 3: Organizational Motivations for Sponsorship Chapter 4: Community-based Reasons for Getting Involved Chapter 5: Collaboration Becomes Old News Section III: Giving a Little, Getting a Lot Chapter 6: Unmasking Collaboration Chapter 7: Philanthropy and the Media Spotlight Afterword: The Future of Philanthropic Collaboration Appendix A: The Challenges and Rewards of Undertaking this Study Appendix B: Key Dates in the History of the Chicago Initiative

Through an examination of the Chicago Initiative, Silver analyzes how elite philanthropists exercise social control over community organizations that do work in poor neighborhoods.