The crisis as a constrained opportunity? Catholic organisations and territorial welfare in the Basque Country and Emilia-Romagna
Interactions between politics and religion are frequently reduced to ethical and civilisational issues which are politicised and given prominence in the media. Focusing instead on the role of religious - here Catholic - actors in the local experience of social economy and welfare provision in times...
Published in: | Religion, state & society |
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Subtitles: | Special section: Religion and territorial politics in southern Europe |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Routledge
[2015]
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In: |
Religion, state & society
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Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Basque Country
/ Emilia-Romagna
/ Economic crisis
/ Catholic church
/ Church organization
/ Social action
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Further subjects: | B
local welfare
B Catholic Church B Italy B Solidarity B Spain |
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Summary: | Interactions between politics and religion are frequently reduced to ethical and civilisational issues which are politicised and given prominence in the media. Focusing instead on the role of religious - here Catholic - actors in the local experience of social economy and welfare provision in times of economic crisis helps instead to highlight the discrete interactions between politics and religion. In particular, the strong involvement of religious actors, beyond their traditional charity-oriented activity, also concerns more solidarity-oriented socioeconomic experiences as well as political advocacy. These articulations generate new forms of politicisation with respect to both social movements and policymakers. In this article I address these issues comparatively in a Spanish region (the Basque Autonomous Community) and an Italian region (Emilia-Romagna). |
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ISSN: | 1465-3974 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Religion, state & society
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/09637494.2015.1059656 |