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Using the Caribbean as a rich site of observance and concentrating on the island nation-state of The Bahamas,
Get Involved! uncovers the hidden and under-documented practices of “philanthropy from below.” Williams-Pulfer shows the long history and continued significance of civil society and philanthropic engagement in The Bahamas, the circum-Caribbean, and the wider African Diaspora.
List of contents
Chapter 1 “There are ways to get involved…”
Chapter 2 Submarine Narratives and Transnational Action
Chapter 3 “And the People are Outside”: Historical Narratives of Bahamian Civil Society
Chapter 4 Black Politics and Civil Society
Chapter 5 Arts as Engagement and Identity
Chapter 6 Narratives of the Contemporary Lived Experience
Chapter 7 Entangled Time and The Future of Civil Society
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the author
KIM WILLIAMS-PULFER is an independent scholar and the principal consultant of KWP Research Strategies LLC, a research consulting firm focused on community development, the arts, public humanities, and nonprofit and philanthropic management, in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Summary
Using the Caribbean as a rich site of observance and concentrating on the island nation-state of The Bahamas, Get Involved! uncovers the hidden and under-documented practices of “philanthropy from below.” Williams-Pulfer shows the long history and continued significance of civil society and philanthropic engagement in The Bahamas, the circum-Caribbean, and the wider African Diaspora.
