2009-02-24

Non-Governmental Politics: The Closing of American Society

This piece in Non-Governmental Politics talks about the Open Society Institute (OSI), an organization started by George Soros (philanthropist) who directs his investments towards "open society, civil society, independent media, independent academy." (622)

They have previously worked in countries that are in the middle of a transition to democracy, but now work very actively in the United States also. They counter the threat to "an open society", a threat which is initiated by the "desire to sap government of its capacity to serve human needs." (625) Soros specifically sought to fight the "growing inequalities produced by market fundamentalism" (the idea that all problems can be solved by using the market as the sole solution). (626)

Ultimately, OSI seeks to build "an infrastructure for progressive advocacy". (633)

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