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Record Nr.

UNINA9910383843303321

Autore

Kwayu Aikande Clement

Titolo

Religion and British International Development Policy / / by Aikande Clement Kwayu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020

ISBN

3-030-38223-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 329 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy

Disciplina

201.650941

338.9

Soggetti

Religion and politics

Economic policy

Globalization

Politics and Religion

Development Policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Part 1 -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Faith and Development: A manifestation of resurgence of religion in International Relations -- Chapter 3. The UK’s International Development Policies from the End of the Cold War to the Present -- Part 2 -- Chapter 4. Faith-Based Organisations in the UK’s International Development Policy -- Chapter 5. Faith Communities in the UK’s international development policies -- Chapter 6. Brexit and UK International Development Policy: Implications for the relationship between the government and faith groups -- Chapter 7. Conclusion -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book studies the relationship between British government and faith groups in its international development agenda within and beyond the context of Brexit. It includes aspects of International Relations, International Development, and Religion and Politics to trace the relationship between the British government and faith groups, showing that the relationship is enhanced on three conditions: firstly, the resurgence of religion in international affairs; secondly, the attitudes of politicians and political parties towards the third sector (i.e. voluntary



and private sectors); and thirdly, the rising prominence of the international development agenda in British politics, which triggers the need to understand this relationship in the wake of Brexit. Thus, the book aims to analyze to what extent the increasing prominence of an international development agenda in British politics explains the relationship between the government and faith groups, and ultimately to answer whether Brexit has increased the prominence of international development agenda and brought faith groups into closer relations with the government. Dr. Aikande C. Kwayu is a development policy researcher at Bumaco Limited, and an honorary research fellow in the Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. She has a PhD in Politics and International Relations from the University of Nottingham, UK, and her research interests include Religion and International Politics.