Questioning generosity in the golden age of philanthropy: Towards critical geographies of super-philanthropy

Progress in Human Geography

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 635-653

  Hay, Iain ^a   Muller, Samantha ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

geography; inequality; philanthrocapitalism; philanthropy; super rich; wealth

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84911970869     PISSN: 03091325     EISSN: 14770288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309132513500893     Document Type: Article

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