Faith-Based Organizations and Social Welfare (eBook)

Associational Life and Religion in Contemporary Africa and Latin America

Miguel Glatzer, Paul Christopher Manuel, Christine A. Gustafson (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: PDF

2024 | 1st ed. 2023
XXV, 325 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-31960-0 (ISBN)

Infos

The case studies in this volume examine the activities of faith-based institutions in a representative sample of African and Latin American countries, including societies with and without a dominant religious tradition, and states with different levels and types of government-provided social services. Among other questions, the chapters examine the types of social service activities faith-based organizations engage in; their effect on civil society and democratic processes; their influence on the character of local and national communities; and what new pressures would be brought to bear on state-provided services if these faith-based organizations ceased to exist. 

Miguel Glatzer is professor of political science at La Salle University in Philadelphia.

Christine A. Gustafson is professor of politics at Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire.

Paul Manuel is a research fellow at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.2.2024
• Reihe/Serie: Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy
• Reihe/Serie: Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy
• Zusatzinfo: XXV, 325 p. 23 illus., 19 illus. in color.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Catholic Church • Catholicism • comparative politics • comparative religions • Democratization • Development • LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS • organized religion • Religion and Politics • religion and politics in Argentina • religion and politics in Brazil • religion and politics in Chile • religion and politics in Colombia • religion and politics in Guatemala • religion and politics in Nicaragua • religion and politics in Peru • religion and politics in Uruguay • religion and politics in Venezuela • Social Policy • welfare
• ISBN-10: 3-031-31960-5 / 3031319605
• ISBN-13: 978-3-031-31960-0 / 9783031319600