1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910721400303321

Titolo

Enti locali in Europa / a cura dell'Istituto europeo di studi e relazioni intercomunali

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano, : Edizioni di Comunità, 1962

Descrizione fisica

109 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Collana

Cultura e realtà ; 37

Disciplina

352

352.04

Locazione

DECBC

Collocazione

FT EUR 7

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791688603321

Autore

Srinivas Tulasi

Titolo

Winged Faith : Rethinking Globalization and Religious Pluralism through the Sathya Sai Movement / / Tulasi Srinivas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Columbia University Press, , [2010]

©2010

ISBN

1-280-59970-7

9786613629548

0-231-52052-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (449 p.)

Disciplina

294.5092

Soggetti

Globalization - Religious aspects

Globalization -- Religious aspects

Religious pluralism

Sathya Sai Baba - Cult

Sathya Sai Baba, 1926-2011 -- Cult

Religion

Islam

Philosophy & Religion



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Translation -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Becoming God -- 2. Deus Loci -- 3. Illusion, Play, and Work in a Moral Community -- 4. Renegotiating the Body -- 5. Secrecy, Ambiguity, Truth, and Power -- 6. Out of God's Hands -- In Lieu of a Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Sathya Sai global civil religious movement incorporates Hindu and Muslim practices, Buddhist, Christian, and Zoroastrian influences, and "New Age"-style rituals and beliefs. Shri Sathya Sai Baba, its charismatic and controversial leader, attracts several million adherents from various national, ethnic, and religious backgrounds. In a dynamic account of the Sathya Sai movement's explosive growth, Winged Faith argues for a rethinking of globalization and the politics of identity in a religiously plural world. This study considers a new kind of cosmopolitanism located in an alternate understanding of difference and contestation. It considers how acts of "sacred spectating" and illusion, "moral stakeholding" and the problems of community are debated and experienced. A thrilling study of a transcultural and transurban phenomenon that questions narratives of self and being, circuits of sacred mobility, and the politics of affect, Winged Faith suggests new methods for discussing religion in a globalizing world and introduces readers to an easily critiqued yet not fully understood community.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781469003321

Titolo

Changing social equality : the Nordic welfare model in the 21st century / / edited by Jon Kvist [and three others] [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol : , : Policy, , 2012

ISBN

1-4473-0558-2

1-283-35064-5

9786613350640

1-84742-661-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 211 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

361.650948

Soggetti

Welfare state - Scandinavia

Equality - Scandinavia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Sep 2022).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CHANGING SOCIAL EQUALITY; Contents; List of tables and figures; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. Changing social inequality and the Nordic welfare model; Introduction: inequality on the rise?; More than money: the Nordic welfare strand of welfare research; Aim of the book; Studying changes in social inequality; The Nordic welfare model and inequality; Welfare regimes and inequality; Pressures on the Nordic welfare model and inequality; Structure of the book; 2. Anti-immigration attitudes, support for redistribution and party choice in Europe; Introduction

Xenophobia and redistributionAnti-solidarity hypothesis; Distraction hypothesis; Conclusion; Appendix: Parties included in European Social Survey coded as Left by country; 3. Do we all (dis)like the same welfare state? Configurations of public support for the welfare state in comparative perspective; Introduction; Theoretical background; Data, variables and methods; Results; Conclusion; Appendix; 4. Eroding minimum income protection in the Nordic countries? Reassessing the Nordic model of social assistance; Nordic social assistance; Data

The generosity of social assistance and minimum income benefitsThe extent of social assistance and means-tested benefits; Poverty and



redistribution; Conclusion; 5. Equality in the social service state: Nordic childcare models in comparative perspective; Introduction; Childcare and equality: making the links; Care for children in Nordic countries; Nordic childcare in comparative perspective; Meeting family care needs: are all measures equal?; Conclusion

6. Welfare state institutions, unemployment and poverty: comparative analysis of unemployment benefits and labour market participation in 15 European Union countriesIntroduction; Labour market and income: our research questions; Data and methods; Characteristics of the labour market: Nordic employment regime; Generosity of unemployment insurance: Nordic generosity for the low-income earners; Consequences of changes in labour market positions: visible regime patterns; Two-step approach: controlling for confounding variables blurs the regime boundaries

Discussion: diminishing differences but still a model of its own7. Social inequalities in health: the Nordic welfare state in a comparative context; Introduction; Defining, measuring and explaining health inequalities1; Social determinants, welfare states and population health2; Nordic health inequalities in a European context; Welfare state change and health inequalities; Explaining Nordic health inequalities3; Conclusion; 8. Income inequality and poverty: do the Nordic countries still constitute a family of their own?; Introduction; Welfare regimes and poverty and inequality

Poverty, income and income inequality: definitions and measurements

Sommario/riassunto

Taking a comparative perspective, this book casts new light on the changing inequalities in Europe.