Social welfare and religion in the Middle East : a Lebanese perspective
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Social welfare and religion in the Middle East : a Lebanese perspective
Policy, 2009
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-298) and index
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Description
As religion continues to regain its centrality in both academic and policy circles around the world, this book presents a new framework which examines the complex social and political dynamics shaping social welfare in the Middle East.
Based on an in-depth study of the major Muslim and Christian religious welfare organisations in Lebanon (including Hezbollah), and drawing upon supplementary research conducted in Iran, Egypt and Turkey, the book argues that religion is providing sophisticated solutions to the major social and economic problems of the Middle East. It will be of use to students and academics of social policy, sociology, politics and Middle Eastern studies.
Table of Contents
- Introduction: religion and social policy: an old-new partnership
- Religion and the foundations of social policy
- Lebanon: a profile of political and welfare institutions
- A philosophy of social service: faith or social insurance?
- Systems of provision and welfare outcomes: defining and treating the causes of poverty
- Social solidarity: between power and morality
- Social ethics and welfare particularism
- What next for the Middle East? Rereading history, re-visioning future possibilities of positive action.
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