Faith-Based Organizations and Social Welfare
Associational Life and Religion in Contemporary Eastern Europe
This volume seeks to understand the role and function of religious-based organizations in strengthening associational life through the provision of social services, thereby legitimizing a new role for faith in the formerly secular public sphere. Specifically, we explore how a church in a postcommunist setting, during periods of economic growth and recession in the wake of transitions to capitalism, and with varied numbers of adherents, might contribute to welfare services in a new political regime with freedom of religion. Put another way, what new pressures would be placed on the secular welfare state if religious organizations (Orthodox, Ca…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Glatzer, Miguel (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-3-030-44709-0
- EAN: 9783030447090
- Produktnummer: 37335288
- Verlag: Springer International Publishing
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 268 S.
- Masse: H21.0 cm x B14.8 cm x D1.4 cm 351 g
- Auflage: 1st ed. 2020
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 351
Über den Autor
Miguel Glatzer is Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Leadership and Global Understanding Program at La Salle University, USA. His current research focuses on social policy, labor market policy, the European sovereign debt crisis, financial literacy, and immigration. ¿Paul Christopher Manuel is the Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer and distinguished scholar in residence in the Department of Government in the School of Public Affairs at American University, USA. His research interests address comparative democratization, comparative public policy, and the relationship between religion and politics.
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