Faith-Based Organizations and Social Welfare : Associational Life and Religion in Contemporary Africa and Latin America

Autor:	Miguel Glatzer, Paul Christopher Manuel, Christine A. Gustafson
Předmět:	Public welfare--Africa, Public welfare--Latin America, Faith-based human services--Africa, Faith-based human services--Latin America, Social service--Latin America, Social service--Religious aspects, Public welfare--Religious aspects, Social service--Africa
Kategorie:	RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
Popis:	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.
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