Faith-based organizations and social welfare: associational life and religion in contemporary western europe
Intro -- Praise Page -- Dedication -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- About the Editors -- Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: "Use Words Only If Necessary": The Strategic Silence of Organized Religion in Contemporary Europe -- Structure of the Volume...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Cham
Palgrave Macmillan
[2019]
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
| Series/Journal: | Palgrave studies in religion, politics, and policy
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Welfare state-European Union countries
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| Summary: | Intro -- Praise Page -- Dedication -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- About the Editors -- Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: "Use Words Only If Necessary": The Strategic Silence of Organized Religion in Contemporary Europe -- Structure of the Volume -- Comparative Perspectives -- First Comparative Dimension: The Contemporary West European Religious Marketplace -- Second Comparative Dimension: Level of Democratization Across Western Europe -- Third Comparative Dimension: Welfare State Type Across Western Europe -- Fourth Comparative Dimension: Vulnerability to the 2008 Global Economic Crisis -- Our Comparative Dimensions: Summary -- A Preliminary Assessment: Key Themes from the Case-Studies -- Part I: Countries with a Dominant Religious Society -- Chapter 2: The Entanglement and Disentanglement of Church and State in Irish Social Policy -- Social Change in Ireland -- Economic Fluidity -- Poverty and Homelessness -- The Entanglement of Church and State in Ireland -- Social Policy -- Education -- The Entanglement of Catholic Teaching with Public Morality -- Church and State Diminishment -- The Challenge of Social Inclusion in Neo-liberal Ireland -- The Religious Divestment of Schools and Hospitals -- Schools -- Hospitals -- Can the State Manage the Divestment of Religious Influence? -- Religious Freedom -- A New Conscience -- Chapter 3: Religiously Oriented Welfare Organizations in Italy Before and After the Great Recession: Toward a More Relevant Role in the Provision of Social Services? -- Introduction -- The Italian Context: The Emergence of New Social Risks in a (Still) Predominantly Catholic Society -- The Italian Welfare State in Comparative Perspective -- Church and State Relations in the Social Policy Field: A Historical Perspective. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (xxvi, 232 Seiten), Illustrationen, Diagramme |
| ISBN: | 978-3-319-77297-4 |
