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.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9783030084226
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-3-030-08422-6
- Verlag: Springer International Publishing
- Erscheinungstermin: 05.01.2019
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2019
- Serie: Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy
- Produktform: Kartoniert, Previously published in hardcover
- Gewicht: 341 g
- Seiten: 232
- Format (B x H x T): 148 x 210 x 15 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
Themen
- Sozialwissenschaften
- Politikwissenschaft
- Internationale Beziehungen
- Europäische Union, Europapolitik
- Sozialwissenschaften
- Politikwissenschaft
- Internationale Beziehungen
- Europäische Union, Europapolitik
- Geisteswissenschaften
- Religionswissenschaft
- Religionswissenschaft Allgemein
- Religion & Politik, Religionsfreiheit