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

Section I: Private Philanthropy and Urban PovertyChapter 1: Preventing Fires while Feeling the HeatChapter 2: As American as Apple Pie: The Tradition of Private and Local Antipoverty Reform in the U.S.Section II: Venturing Inside the Chicago InitiativeChapter 3: Organizational Motivations for SponsorshipChapter 4: Community-based Reasons for Getting InvolvedChapter 5: Collaboration Becomes Old NewsSection III: Giving a Little, Getting a LotChapter 6: Unmasking CollaborationChapter 7: Philanthropy and the Media SpotlightAfterword: The Future of Philanthropic CollaborationAppendix A: The Challenges and Rewards of Undertaking this StudyAppendix 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.