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Re-Focusing On Philanthropy: Revising And Re-Orienting The Standard Model, Rob Atkinson
Re-Focusing On Philanthropy: Revising And Re-Orienting The Standard Model, Rob Atkinson
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This paper undertakes a detailed analysis of today's standard theory of the philanthropic sector to provide a new model that is both more accurate in its details and more comprehensive in its scope. The standard theory sees the philanthropic sector as subordinate and supplementary to our capitalist market economy and liberal democratic polity. That approach has a fundamental short-coming: its explanation of both the state and philanthropy as adjuncts to the market fails to appreciate the ways in which all three sectors support and supplement each other. The standard model's primary focus on the market ignores how the demands that …