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Private Philanthropy and Education in the Global South: From Service Delivery to Governance book cover

1st Edition

Private Philanthropy and Education in the Global South From Service Delivery to Governance

Edited By Natasha Ridge, Rui da Silva, Aiganym Khamitkhanova Copyright 2027
202 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This seminal volume offers a systematic analysis of the factors, rationales, and evolving forms of private philanthropic engagement in education from countries across the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Latin America.    Providing a critical and nuanced examination into the dynamics of private philanthropy’s role in education, the volume features a diverse range of case studies from Lebanon,... Read more

1.      Introduction: Education, Philanthropy, Governance, and Policy Spaces in the Global South (Rui da Silva, Natasha Ridge)

 

2.      Chapter 1: Toward a Decolonial Grammar for Re/De/Centering Educational Philanthrocapitalism (tavis d. jules, Tinesh Indrarajah, Fathima Shanaziya Abdhul Saleem)

 

3.      Chapter 2: Seeing Like Philanthropy: Views on Education Policy in Argentina and Brazil (Iván Matovich)

 

4.      Chapter 3: New Approaches to Philanthropy for Universities in Sub-Saharan Africa: Opportunities and Challenges (Teboho Moja, Fabrice Jaumont)

 

5.      Chapter 4: Philanthropy and Elite Education for Development: Educating at Home or Abroad? (Saouré Kouamé, Nii A. Addy)

 

6.      Chapter 5: Unpacking Institutional Pressures, Responses, and Impacts in Education Philanthropy: A Study of Foundations in Malaysia (Aitidal Shariha)

7.      Chapter 6: European Foundations and Education in Africa: Networks, Geographies, and Policy Spaces (Rui da Silva, Aiganym Khamitkhanova)

 

8.      Chapter 7: Philanthropic Actions Fuelling Neoliberal Rationales in Education: A case of Private Universities in Lebanon (Kevin Mary, Hala Awada)

 

9.      Chapter 8: The Social Space of Billionaires’ Philanthropic Practices in Brazil (Laura Giannecchini, Ana Paula Hey)

 

10.   Chapter 9: The Financialisation of the Economy and Its Effects on Brazilian Basic Education: Investment Funds as School Providers (Theresa Adrião, Felipe Araújo, Jose Quibao Neto)

 

11.   Conclusion: Philanthropy, Governance, and Education Policy Spaces (Rui da Silva, Natasha Ridge)

Biography

Natasha Ridge is the founding Executive Director, Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi Foundation for Policy Research, UAE. 

 

Rui da Silva is the Deputy Director, Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi Foundation for Policy Research, UAE, and Visiting Research Fellow, School of Education and Social Work, University of Sussex, UK. 

 

Aiganym Khamitkhanova is Research Assistant, Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi Foundation for Policy Research, UAE. 

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