| Faith-Based Organisations and Exclusion in European Cities Contributor(s): Beaumont, Justin (Editor), Cloke, Paul (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1847428347 ISBN-13: 9781847428349 Publisher: Policy Press OUR PRICE: $142.45 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Minority Studies - Social Science | Social Work |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.6" W x 9.5" (1.55 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: At a time of heightened neoliberal globalisation and crisis, welfare state retrenchment and desecularisation of society, amid uniquely European controversies over immigration, integration and religious-based radicalism, this timely book explores the role played by faith-based organisations (FBOs), which are growing in importance in the provision of social services in the European context. Taking a multidisciplinary approach, the contributions to the volume present original research examples and a pan-European perspective to assess the role of FBOs in combating poverty and various expressions of exclusion and social distress in cities across Europe. This significant and highly topical volume should become a vital reference source for the burgeoning number of studies that are likely follow and will make essential reading for students and academics in social policy, sociology, geography, politics, urban studies and theology/ religious studies. |
Contributor Bio(s): Beaumont, Justin: - Justin Beaumont is assistant professor in the faculty of spatial sciences at the University of Groningen and the author of Exploring the Postsecular and Postsecular Cities. Cloke, Paul: -Paul Cloke is professor of human geography at the University of Exeter and the author of over twenty books, including, most recently, Swept Up Lives? and Spiritual Landscapes. |
