What's love got to do with it?
Subtitle: a critical look at American charity
By: David Wagner.
Publisher: New Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
Subjects: Charities -- United States.; Nonprofit organizations -- United States.; Human services -- United States.; Public welfare -- United States.
Description: "Wagner traces the origins of the charitable mystique from historical and sociological perspectives from its religious roots in missions to convert indigenous peoples, through the rise of foundations and the development of alternative social-service agencies.

He goes on to show how America has glorified its private sector at the expense of providing material benefits, such as income support, housing, or medical insurance, to its citizens, and he reveals these practices' immense social costs, which include the institutionalization of poverty among many U.S. citizens."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-203) and index.