Churches and charity in the immigrant city [[electronic resource] ] : religion, immigration, and civic engagement in Miami / / edited by Alex Stepick, Terry Rey, Sarah J. Mahler

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910454316903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2009
• ISBN: 1-282-09424-6; 9786612094248; 0-8135-4714-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (304 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): StepickAlex; ReyTerry; MahlerSarah J. <1959->
• Disciplina: 261.8089/00973
• Soggetti: Church work with immigrants - Florida - Miami; Church work with immigrants - Catholic Church; Immigrants - Services for - Florida - Miami; Immigrants - Florida - Miami - Political activity; African American churches - Florida - Miami; Church work with African Americans - Florida - Miami; African Americans - Services for - Florida - Miami; African Americans - Florida - Miami - Political activity; Political participation - Florida - Miami; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Religion, Immigration, and Civic Engagement / Stepick, Alex / Rey, Terry / Mahler, Sarah J. -- Part One. Charismatic Leaders and Linking Civic Social Capital -- 2. So Close and Yet So Far Away: Comparing Civic Social Capital in Two Cuban Congregations / Mahler, Sarah J. -- 3. Refugee Catholicism in Little Haiti: Miami's Notre Dame d'Haiti Catholic Church / Rey, Terry / Stepick, Alex -- 4. Politics and Prayer in West Perrine: Civic Engagement in the Black Church / Fink, Su Oltman -- Part ; Two. Service and Volunteerism and Bridging Civic Social Capital -- 5. Unidos en la Fe: Transnational Civic Social Engagement between Two Cuban Catholic Parishes / Hansing, Katrin -- 6. La Catedral del Exilio: A Nicaraguan Congregation in a Cuban Church / Del Pino-Allen, Isabel -- 7. Black Churches and the Environment in Miami / Smith-Cavros, Eileen M. -- Part Three. Religious and Spiritual Activities and Bonding Social Capital -- 8. Youth and Charity in a Sweetwater Parish: Our Lady of Divine Providence Church / Oscariz, Aidil -- 9. Faith in the Fields: Mexican Marianism in Miami-Dade County / Báez, Noemí / De Los Angèles Rey, María -- 10. The Struggle for Civic Social Capital in West Indian Churches / Tsuji, Teruyuki / Ho, Christine / Stepick, Alex -- 11. Religious Practice and Civic Social Capital among Miami Youth / Labissiere, Yves / Reeder Goraczko, Ann / Stepick, Alex -- 12. Conclusions: Religious Leadership and Civic Social Capital / Stepick, Alex / Mahler, Sarah J. / Rey, Terry -- Contributors -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In addition to being a religious countryùover ninety percent of Americans believe in God--the United States is also home to more immigrants than ever before. Churches and Charity in the Immigrant City focuses on the intersection of religion and civic engagement among Miami's immigrant and minority groups. The contributors examine the role of religious organizations in developing social relationships and how these relationships affect the broader civic world. Essays, for example, consider the role of leadership in the promotion and creation of "civic social capital" in a Haitian Catholic church, transnational ties between Cuban Catholics in Miami and Havana, and several African American congregations that serve as key comparisons of civic engagement among minorities. This book is important not only for its theoretical contributions to the sociology of religion, but also because it gives us a unique glimpse into immigrants' civic and religious lives in urban America.

Environmental justice and sustainability in the former Soviet Union [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Julian Agyeman and Yelena Ogneva-Himmelberger

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910455024503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, c2009
• ISBN: 0-262-31013-9; 1-282-24030-7; 9786612240300; 0-262-25549-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (306 p.)
• Collana: Urban and industrial environments
• Altri autori (Persone): AgyemanJulian; Ogneva-HimmelbergerYelena
• Disciplina: 363.700947
• Soggetti: Environmental degradation - Former Soviet republics; Environmental justice - Former Soviet republics; Environmental policy - Former Soviet republics; Electronic books.; Former Soviet republics Environmental conditions
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Contributors; Introduction; 1 The Law as a Source of Environmental Injustice in the Russian Federation; 2 Thinking Globally, Limited Locally; 3 Places and Identities on Sakhalin Island; 4 Oil Wealth, Environment, and Equity in Azerbaijan; 5 Civil Society and the Debate over Pipelines in Tunka National Park, Russia; 6 The Role of Culture and Nationalism in Latvian Environmentalism and the Implications for Environmental Justice; 7 The Fight for Community Justice against Big Oil in the Caspian Region; 8 Viliui Sakha of Subarctic Russia and Their Struggle for Environmental Justice; 9 Environmental Justice and Sustainability in Post-Soviet Estonia10 Environmental Injustices, Unsustainable Livelihoods, and Conflict; Conclusion; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This is an examination of the awareness of environmental and social ; justice issues in the former Soviet republics - from the Western-style democracies of the Baltic region to the totalitarian regimes of Central Asia - and the resulting activism in those states.