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In both of these accounts, we see how __philanthropic identities – closely bound up in (familial) identities of wealth centred on the (financial) success of family businesses and hagiographic narratives of the dedication and entrepreneurialism of the founders of those businesses – lend legitimacy to philanthropic practice itself.__ Wealthy philanthropists thus assume legitimacy to shape local and national development practices not on account of any prior expertise in development initiatives, but rather by virtue of their relationship to wealth and its origins.

Brazilian Elites and Their Philanthropy

Jessica Sklair

This managerialisation of organisational forms, relationships and practices is one of the means through which voluntary organisations are articulated with states and markets in ways that displace their publicness.

Publics, Politics and Power

Janet Newman and John Clarke

My conclusion, in short, is that a deeper analysis of power relations is possible – an analysis that is at once value-laden, theoretical and empirical. A pessimistic attitude towards the possibility of such an analysis is unjustified. As Frey has written (1971: 1095), such pessimism amounts to saying: ‘Why let things be difficult when, with just a little more effort, we can make them seem impossible?’

Power: A Radical View

Steven Lukes

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