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By Elaine Jeffreys,Paul Allatson

ISBN-10: 1783204826

ISBN-13: 9781783204823

there is not any query that celebrities nowadays are essentially the most favourite faces of philanthropic task – but their participation increases questions about efficacy, motivations, and activism total. This publication provides case experiences of superstar philanthropy from world wide – together with such figures as Shakira, Arundhati Roy, Zhang Ziyi, Bono, and Madonna – the tensions among star activism and ground-level paintings and the connection among star philanthropy and cultural citizenship.

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