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Bridging the Gaps: Faith-based Organizations, Neoliberalism, and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Bridging the Gaps: Faith-based Organizations, Neoliberalism, and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Hefferan, Tara
Adkins, Julie
Occhipinti, Laurie A.

Hardcover

AnthropologyGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0739132873
ISBN13: 9780739132876
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: Mar 16 2009
Pages: 248
Weight: 1.15
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

As neoliberal philosophies and economic models spread across the globe, faith-based non-governmental (third-sector) organizations have proliferated. They increasingly fill the gaps born of state neglect by designing and delivering social services and development programming. This collection shines a much-needed critical light onto these organizations by exploring the varied ways that faith-based organizations attempt to mend the fissures and mitigate the effects of neoliberal capitalism and development practices on the poor and powerless. The essays-grounded in empirical case studies-cover such topics as the meaning of faith-based development, evaluations of faith-based versus secular approaches, the influence of faith-orientation on program formulation and delivery, and examinations of faith-based organizations' impacts on structural inequality and poverty alleviation.

Bridging the Gaps demonstrates the vital importance of ethnography for understanding the particular role of faith-based agencies in Latin America, revealing both the promise and the limitations of this new mode of development.

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