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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. Constituency-based power has thus been replaced by donor-based patronage, which expands the power of private wealth even more.

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How to Advance a Just Energy Transition in Oil-Dominated New Brunswick

NonProfit Quarterly

Sapinski , professor of environmental studies and sociology at the Université de Moncton, echoed Emberger’s sentiment. According to the CCPA: Long-standing civil society resistance to fossil fuel extraction and transportation—built over 20 years and met with multiple key successes—has moved toward implementing a just transition.

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Reading List: Strengthening Democracy Through Social Innovation

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Pacific Speakers: Rob Reich, professor of political science and codirector of the Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society at Stanford University, and a soon-to-be-announced speaker will debate the role of big philanthropy in a true democracy. How Civil Society Saved the 2020 Census by Arturo Vargas, Gary D.