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: 9783319772967
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-3-319-77296-7
- Verlag: Springer International Publishing
- Erscheinungstermin: 07.06.2018
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: 1. Auflage 2019
- Serie: Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy
- Produktform: Gebunden
- Gewicht: 453 g
- Seiten: 232
- Format (B x H x T): 153 x 216 x 19 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