Philanthropy and settler colonialism /

This is the first sustained long-range history of the voluntary sector in Australia and the first internationally to compare philanthropy for Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in a settler society. It explores how the race and gender ideologies embedded in philanthropy contributed to the constru...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Brien, Anne, 1954- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
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Table of Contents:
  • Government and the Philanthropic Disposition
  • The Democratic Moment
  • An 'Age of Philanthropy'?
  • Protection and Prevention
  • A Hand Up: The Problem of Independence
  • Beyond Mere Welfare
  • 'To Hell with Charity'
  • Epilogue.