Saving America? : Faith-Based Services and the Future of Civil Society

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On January 29, 2001, President George W. Bush signed an executive order creating the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. This action marked a key step toward institutionalizing an idea that emerged in the mid-1990s under the Clinton administration--the transfer of some socia...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wuthnow, Robert
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2006.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Federal aid to human services.
Faith-based human services.
Civil society.
Church work with the poor.
Church charities.
Church and social problems.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology of Religion.
Aide de l'État aux services sociaux > États-Unis.
Societe civile > États-Unis.
Pastorale des pauvres > États-Unis.
Services sociaux bases sur la foi > États-Unis.
Église et problemes sociaux > États-Unis.
Federal aid to human services > United States.
Civil society > United States.
Church work with the poor > United States.
Faith-based human services > United States.
Church and social problems > United States.
Church charities > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
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Summary:On January 29, 2001, President George W. Bush signed an executive order creating the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. This action marked a key step toward institutionalizing an idea that emerged in the mid-1990s under the Clinton administration--the transfer of some social programs from government control to religious organizations. However, despite an increasingly vocal, ideologically charged national debate--a debate centered on such questions as: What are these organizations doing? How well are they doing it? Should they be supported with tax dollars?--solid answ.
Physical Description:1 online resource (376 pages).
ISBN:9781400832064

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