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Foundations of the American Century

Author : Inderjeet Parmar
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231517939
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Foundations of the American Century written by Inderjeet Parmar and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-03 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inderjeet Parmar reveals the complex interrelations, shared mindsets, and collaborative efforts of influential public and private organizations in the building of American hegemony. Focusing on the involvement of the Ford, Rockefeller, and Carnegie foundations in U.S. foreign affairs, Parmar traces the transformation of America from an "isolationist" nation into the world's only superpower, all in the name of benevolent stewardship. Parmar begins in the 1920s with the establishment of these foundations and their system of top-down, elitist, scientific giving, which focused more on managing social, political, and economic change than on solving modern society's structural problems. Consulting rare documents and other archival materials, he recounts how the American intellectuals, academics, and policy makers affiliated with these organizations institutionalized such elitism, which then bled into the machinery of U.S. foreign policy and became regarded as the essence of modernity. America hoped to replace Britain in the role of global hegemon and created the necessary political, ideological, military, and institutional capacity to do so, yet far from being objective, the Ford, Rockefeller, and Carnegie foundations often advanced U.S. interests at the expense of other nations. Incorporating case studies of American philanthropy in Nigeria, Chile, and Indonesia, Parmar boldly exposes the knowledge networks underwriting American dominance in the twentieth century.

American Foundations

Author : Helmut K. Anheier
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0815704577
Total Pages : 471 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (157 download)

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Download or read book American Foundations written by Helmut K. Anheier and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foundations play an essential part in the philanthropic activity that defines so much of American life. No other nation provides its foundations with so much autonomy and freedom of action as does the United States. Liberated both from the daily discipline of the market and from direct control by government, American foundations understandably attract great attention. As David Hammack and Helmut Anheier note in this volume, "Americans have criticized foundations for... their alleged conservatism, liberalism, elitism, radicalism, devotion to religious tradition, hostility to religion—in short, for commitments to causes whose significance can be measured, in part, by the controversies they provoke. Americans have also criticized foundations for ineffectiveness and even foolishness." Their size alone conveys some sense of the significance of American foundations, whose assets amounted to over $530 billion in 2008 despite a dramatic decline of almost 22 percent in the previous year. And in 2008 foundation grants totaled over $45 billion. But what roles have foundations actually played over time, and what distinctive roles do they fill today? How have they shaped American society, how much difference do they make? What roles are foundations likely to play in the future? This comprehensive volume, the product of a three-year project supported by the Aspen Institute's program on the Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy, provides the most thorough effort ever to assess the impact and significance of the nation's large foundations. In it, leading researchers explore how foundations have shaped—or failed to shape—each of the key fields of foundation work. American Foundations takes the reader on a wide-ranging tour, evaluating foundation efforts in education, scientific and medical research, health care, social welfare, international relations, arts and culture, religion, and social change.

America's New Foundations 1995

Author : Katherine E. Jankowski
Publisher : Taft Group
ISBN 13 : 9780930807634
Total Pages : 1382 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book America's New Foundations 1995 written by Katherine E. Jankowski and published by Taft Group. This book was released on 1994-12-01 with total page 1382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

History of the American Theatre: New Foundations

Author : George O. Seilhamer
Publisher : Ardent Media
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of the American Theatre: New Foundations written by George O. Seilhamer and published by Ardent Media. This book was released on 1968 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

America's New Foundations

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1482 pages
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Designing the New American University

Author : Michael M. Crow
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421417243
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Designing the New American University written by Michael M. Crow and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2015-03-15 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A radical blueprint for reinventing American higher education. America’s research universities consistently dominate global rankings but may be entrenched in a model that no longer accomplishes their purposes. With their multiple roles of discovery, teaching, and public service, these institutions represent the gold standard in American higher education, but their evolution since the nineteenth century has been only incremental. The need for a new and complementary model that offers broader accessibility to an academic platform underpinned by knowledge production is critical to our well-being and economic competitiveness. Michael M. Crow, president of Arizona State University and an outspoken advocate for reinventing the public research university, conceived the New American University model when he moved from Columbia University to Arizona State in 2002. Following a comprehensive reconceptualization spanning more than a decade, ASU has emerged as an international academic and research powerhouse that serves as the foundational prototype for the new model. Crow has led the transformation of ASU into an egalitarian institution committed to academic excellence, inclusiveness to a broad demographic, and maximum societal impact. In Designing the New American University, Crow and coauthor William B. Dabars—a historian whose research focus is the American research university—examine the emergence of this set of institutions and the imperative for the new model, the tenets of which may be adapted by colleges and universities, both public and private. Through institutional innovation, say Crow and Dabars, universities are apt to realize unique and differentiated identities, which maximize their potential to generate the ideas, products, and processes that impact quality of life, standard of living, and national economic competitiveness. Designing the New American University will ignite a national discussion about the future evolution of the American research university.

America's Newest Foundations

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ISBN 13 : 9780914756880
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (568 download)

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New Foundations for Classical Mechanics

Author : D. Hestenes
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400948026
Total Pages : 655 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book New Foundations for Classical Mechanics written by D. Hestenes and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 655 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a textbook on classical mechanics at the intermediate level, but its main purpose is to serve as an introduction to a new mathematical language for physics called geometric algebra. Mechanics is most commonly formulated today in terms of the vector algebra developed by the American physicist J. Willard Gibbs, but for some applications of mechanics the algebra of complex numbers is more efficient than vector algebra, while in other applica tions matrix algebra works better. Geometric algebra integrates all these algebraic systems into a coherent mathematical language which not only retains the advantages of each special algebra but possesses powerful new capabilities. This book covers the fairly standard material for a course on the mechanics of particles and rigid bodies. However, it will be seen that geometric algebra brings new insights into the treatment of nearly every topic and produces simplifications that move the subject quickly to advanced levels. That has made it possible in this book to carry the treatment of two major topics in mechanics well beyond the level of other textbooks. A few words are in order about the unique treatment of these two topics, namely, rotational dynamics and celestial mechanics.

America's Newest Foundations

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)

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America's New Foundations, 1998

Author : Taft Group, The
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781569952627
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (526 download)

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Download or read book America's New Foundations, 1998 written by Taft Group, The and published by . This book was released on 1997-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

American Foundations

Author : Mark Dowie
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262262385
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book American Foundations written by Mark Dowie and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2002-08-23 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In American Foundations, Mark Dowie argues that organized philanthropy is on the verge of an evolutionary shift that will transform America's nearly 50,000 foundations from covert arbiters of knowledge and culture to overt mediators of public policy and aggressive creators of new orthodoxy. He questions the wisdom of placing so much power at the disposal of nondemocratic institutions. As American wealth expands, old foundations such as Ford, Carnegie, Rockefeller, Pew, and MacArthur have grown exponentially, while newer trusts such as Mott, Johnson, Packard, Kellogg, Hughes, Annenberg, Hewlett, Duke, and Gates have surpassed them. Foundation assets now total close to $400 billion. Though this is a tiny sum compared to corporate and government treasuries, and foundation grants still total less than 10 percent of contributions made by individuals, foundations have power and influence far beyond their wealth. Their influence derives from the conditional nature of their grant making, their power from its leverage. Unlike previous historians of philanthropy who have focused primarily on the grant maker, Dowie examines foundations from the public's perspective. He focuses on eight key areas in which foundations operate: education, science, health, environment, food, energy, art, and human services. He also looks at their imagination, or lack thereof, and at the strained relationship between American foundations and American democracy. Dowie believes that foundations deserve to exist and that they can assume an increasingly vital role in American society, but only if they transform themselves from private to essentially public institutions. The reforms he proposes to make foundations more responsive to pressing social problems and more accountable to the public will almost certainly start an important national debate.

New Foundations of Cost-Benefit Analysis

Author : Matthew D. Adler
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674022799
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (227 download)

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Download or read book New Foundations of Cost-Benefit Analysis written by Matthew D. Adler and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2006-10 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, the authors reconceptualize cost-benefit analysis, arguing that its objective should be overall well-being rather than economic efficiency. This book not only places cost-benefit analysis on a firmer theoretical foundation, but also has many practical implications for how government agencies should undertake cost-benefit studies.

A Versatile American Institution

Author : David C. Hammack
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 0815721943
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (157 download)

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Download or read book A Versatile American Institution written by David C. Hammack and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America's grantmaking foundations have grown rapidly over the course of recent decades, even in the face of financial and economic crises. Foundations have a great deal of freedom, enjoy widespread legitimacy, and wield considerable influence. In this book, the authors present a comprehensive historical account of what American foundations have done with that independence and power. While philanthropic foundations play important roles in other parts of the world, the U.S. sector stands out as exceptional. Nowhere else are they so numerous, prominent, or autonomous. What have been the main contributions of philanthropic foundations to American society? And what might the future hold for them?

Budget of the U.S. Government, A New Foundation for American Greatness, Fiscal Year 2018

Author : Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget
Publisher : Government Printing Office
ISBN 13 : 9780160939228
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (392 download)

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Download or read book Budget of the U.S. Government, A New Foundation for American Greatness, Fiscal Year 2018 written by Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains analyses that are designed to highlight specified subject areas or provide other significant presentations of budget data that place the budget in perspective. This volume includes economic and accounting analyses; information on Federal receipts and collections; analyses of Federal spending; detailed information on Federal borrowing and debt; baseline or current services estimates; and other technical presentations that provide the Budget message of the President of the United States, and information on the President's priorities with summary tables. American citizens, financial stakeholders, economists, and historians that are interested in very detailed receipts of the Federal Government's debt and collection, economic and accounting analyses will be most interested in this volume set forth by the President's economic agenda policy. Federal agency personnel, Federal Government auditing firms, Federal contractors, media organizations and financial professionals, especially accountants and business managers may have interest in this volume that provides an in-depth picture of Federal spending priorities and management of America's debt. Public and academic libraries will want to make this annual reference product available for the general public in their Government collections. Students studying Public Finance, political scientists, and researchers will appreciate this detailed information analysis and supporting data. The entire printed collection of Fiscal Year 2018 Budget book volumes can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/budget-economy/federal-budgets-year/fiscal-year-2018-budget

New Foundations in Mathematics

Author : Garret Sobczyk
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0817683852
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book New Foundations in Mathematics written by Garret Sobczyk and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-10-26 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book of its kind, New Foundations in Mathematics: The Geometric Concept of Number uses geometric algebra to present an innovative approach to elementary and advanced mathematics. Geometric algebra offers a simple and robust means of expressing a wide range of ideas in mathematics, physics, and engineering. In particular, geometric algebra extends the real number system to include the concept of direction, which underpins much of modern mathematics and physics. Much of the material presented has been developed from undergraduate courses taught by the author over the years in linear algebra, theory of numbers, advanced calculus and vector calculus, numerical analysis, modern abstract algebra, and differential geometry. The principal aim of this book is to present these ideas in a freshly coherent and accessible manner. New Foundations in Mathematics will be of interest to undergraduate and graduate students of mathematics and physics who are looking for a unified treatment of many important geometric ideas arising in these subjects at all levels. The material can also serve as a supplemental textbook in some or all of the areas mentioned above and as a reference book for professionals who apply mathematics to engineering and computational areas of mathematics and physics.

Private Wealth and Public Life

Author : Judith Sealander
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801854606
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (546 download)

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Download or read book Private Wealth and Public Life written by Judith Sealander and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 1997-04-21 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of the role played by private philanthropic foundations in shaping public policy during the early years of this century—focusing on foundation-sponsored attempts to influence policy in the areas of education, social welfare, and public health. Winner of the Outstanding Book Award from the Ohio Academy of History In Private Wealth and Public Life, historian Judith Sealander analyzes the role played by private philanthropic foundations in shaping public policy during the early years of this century. Focusing on foundation-sponsored attempts to influence policy in the areas of education, social welfare, and public health, she addresses significant misunderstandings about the place of philanthropic foundations in American life. Between 1903 and 1932, fewer than a dozen philanthropic organizations controlled most of the hundreds of millions of dollars given to various causes. Among these, Sealander finds, seven foundations attempted to influence public social policy in significant ways—four were Rockefeller philanthropies, joined later by the Russell Sage, Rosenwald, and Commonwealth Fund foundations. Challenging the extreme views of foundations either as benevolent forces for social change or powerful threats to democracy, Sealander offers a more subtle understanding of foundations as important players in a complex political environment. The huge financial resources of some foundations bought access, she argues, but never complete control. Occasionally a foundation's agenda became public policy; often it did not. Whatever the results, the foundations and their efforts spurred the emergence of an American state with a significantly expanded social-policy-making role. Drawing on a wealth of archival materials, much of it unavailable or overlooked until now, Sealander examines issues that remain central to American political life. Her topics include vocational education policy, parent education, juvenile delinquency, mothers' pensions and public aid to impoverished children, anti-prostitution efforts, sex research, and publicly funded recreation. "Foundation philanthropy's legacy for domestic social policy," she writes, "raises a point that should be emphasized repeatedly by students of the policy process: Rarely is just one entity a policy's sole author; almost always policies in place produced unintended consequences."

The Foundation

Author : Joel L. Fleishman
Publisher : PublicAffairs
ISBN 13 : 1586485385
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book The Foundation written by Joel L. Fleishman and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2007-01-09 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foundations are a peculiarly American institution. They have been the dynamo of social change since their invention at the beginning of the last century. Yet they are cloaked in secrecy -- their decision-making and operations are inscrutable to the point of obscurity-leaving them substantially unaccountable to anyone. Joel Fleishman has been in and around foundations for almost half a century . . . running them, sitting on their boards, and seeking grants from them. And in this groundbreaking book he explains the history of foundations, tells the stories of the most successful foundation initiatives -- and of those that have failed -- and explains why it matters. The baby boomer generation is going to participate in the largest transfer of wealth in history when it passes on its assets to its successor generation. The third sector is about to become more powerful than ever. This book shows how foundations can provide a vital spur to the engine of the American, and the world's, economy -- if they are properly established and run.