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Strengthening Democracy by Practicing It

NonProfit Quarterly

This in turn has enabled a “philanthropic” colonization of the civil society within which people-based politics and social movements had been rooted. Berkeley Journal of Sociology 17 (1972/73): 151–64. New York: Penguin Books, 2018; Rob Reich, Just Giving: Why Philanthropy Is Failing Democracy and How It Can Do Better.

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Reading List: Strengthening Democracy Through Social Innovation

Stanford Social Innovation Review

This year’s Frontiers of Social Innovation convening, “ The Role of Social Innovation in Democracy ,” will gather international leaders from nonprofit organizations, philanthropy, academia, research, business, and government to debate and discuss the role that social innovation plays in creating a more just and democratic society.