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Autore: |
Jawad Rana
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Titolo: |
Social welfare and religion in the Middle East : a Lebanese perspective / / Rana Jawad
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Pubblicazione: | Bristol, : Policy Press, 2009 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (ix, 315 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina: | 361.7/5095692 |
Soggetto topico: | Social service - Middle East |
Social service - Religious aspects | |
Social service - Lebanon | |
Soggetto geografico: | Middle East Social policy |
Note generali: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Jul 2022). |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Social welfare and religion in the Middle East; Contents; List of tables and figures; Acknowledgements; List of Arabic words with English translations; List of abbreviations; Map of the Middle East; 1. Introduction: religion and social policy - an "old-new" partnership; 2. Religion and the foundations of social policy; 3. Lebanon: a profile of political and welfare institutions; 4. A philosophy of social service: faith or social insurance?; 5. Systems of provision and welfare outcomes: defining and treating the causes of poverty; 6. Social solidarity: between power and morality |
7. Social ethics and welfare particularism8. What next for the Middle East? Re-reading history, re-visioning future possibilities of positive action; Conclusion; Bibliography; Appendix A: Lebanon country profile; Appendix B: Social protection institutions and coverage; Index | |
Sommario/riassunto: | The original analysis in this book presents a new and comprehensive narrative of social welfare in the Middle East through an examination of the role of religious welfare. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Social welfare and religion in the Middle East ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-4473-0351-2 |
1-282-50168-2 | |
9786612501685 | |
1-84742-780-4 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910828096603321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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