Faith-Based Organizations and Social Welfare: Associational Life and Religion in Contemporary Western Europe
This volume examines the role and function of religious-based organizations in strengthening associational life in a representative sample of West European countries: newly democratized and long-established democracies, societies with and without a dominant religious tradition, and welfare states wi...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Palgrave Macmillan
2019
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
| Series/Journal: | Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy
SpringerLink Bücher Springer eBook Collection Political Science and International Studies |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Europe
/ Church organization
/ Charity organization
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| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Political Science and International Relations B Political Sociology B Welfare State B Welfare economics B Democracy B Europe Politics and government B Religion And Politics B Political Science |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
Erscheint auch als: 9783319772967 Printed edition: 9783319772967 |
| Summary: | This volume examines the role and function of religious-based organizations in strengthening associational life in a representative sample of West European countries: newly democratized and long-established democracies, societies with and without a dominant religious tradition, and welfare states with different levels and types of state-provided social services. It asks how faith-based organizations, in a time of economic crisis, and with declining numbers of adherents, might contribute to the deepening of democracy. Throughout, the volume invites social scientists to consider the on-going role of faith-based organizations in Western European civil society, and investigates whether the concept of muted vibrancy aids our theoretical understanding 1. “Use Words Only if Necessary”: the Strategic Silence of Organized Religion in Contemporary Europe -- 2. The Entanglement and Disentanglement of Church and State in Irish Social Policy -- 3. Religiously Oriented Welfare Organizations in the Italy before and after the Great Recession: Towards a More Relevant Role in the Provision of Social Services? -- 4. Muted Vibrancy and the Invisible Politics of Religion: Catholic Third Sector, Economic Crisis, and Territorial Welfare in Spain -- 5. The State, Religious Institutions, and Welfare Delivery: The Case of Portugal -- 6. Church-State Relations in Today’s Crisis-Beset Greece: A Delicate Balance within a Frantic Society.-7. Combining Secular Public Space and Growing Diversity? Interactions between Religious Organizations as Welfare Providers and the Public in Sweden -- 8. Social Capital and Religion in the United Kingdom -- 9. Faith-based Organizations under Double-Pressure: The Impact of Market-Liberalization and Secularization on Caritas and Diakonie in Germany |
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| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (XXVI, 232 p. 19 illus., 17 illus. in color, online resource) |
| ISBN: | 978-3-319-77297-4 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-77297-4 |
