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Rockefeller Archive Center Research Reports are created by recipients of research travel stipends and by many others who have conducted research at the RAC. The reports demonstrate the breadth of the RAC's archival holdings, particularly in the study of philanthropy and its effects. Read more about the history of philanthropy at resource.rockarch.org. Also, see the RAC Bibliography of Scholarship, a comprehensive online database of publications citing RAC archival collections.

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Hegemony or Collaboration? The Role of Foundations in Tuberculosis and Polio Policy, 1885-1930

January 1, 2011

There is general agreement that foundations play a central role in public policy development, but there are different views on the nature of their involvement. Some observers see foundations as independent actors: they initiate new ideas, programs, and scientific advances. One variant of this view is that foundations are hegemonic, in that their staff and donors formulate a specific agenda and fund scientific and policy research which legitimize the programs and policies they promote. A second, and rather different view, is that they operate in a more collaborative fashion. According to this perspective, donors and staff interact with other policy actors and are important, but not dominant actors in issue networks which develop goals, knowledge, methods and priorities.

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