Bridging the gaps
Subtitle: faith-based organizations, neoliberalism, and development in Latin America and the Caribbean
By: edited by Tara Hefferan, Julie Adkins, and Laurie Occhipinti.
Contributors: Hefferan, Tara, 1972-; Adkins, Julie, 1960-; Occhipinti, Laurie A., 1968-
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780739132876; 9780739132890
Subjects: Neoliberalism -- Latin America; Religious institutions -- Latin America
Description: "Bridging the Gaps demonstrates the vital importance of ethnography for understanding the particular role of faith-based agencies in Latin America, revealing both the promise and the limitations of this "new" mode of development."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Faith-based organizations, neoliberalism, and development : an introduction / Tara Hefferan, Julie Adkins, Laurie Occhipinti; title: Waging the war on drugs : neoliberal governance and the formation of faith-based organizations in urban Mexico / Ethan P. Sharp; title: Fighting for "livity" : Rastafari politics in a neoliberal state / Bretton Alvaré; title: Encouraging development "alternatives" : grassroots church partnering in the U.S. and Haiti / Tara L. Hefferan; title: Searching for solidarity in Nicaragua : faith-based NGOs as agents of trans-cultural voluntourism / Timothy G. Fogarty; title: Beyond development and "projects" : the globalization of solidarity / Julie Adkins; title: How is your life since then? : gender, doctrine, and development in Bolivia / Jill DeTemple, Erin Eidenshink, Katrina Josephson; title: "God wants us to have a life that is sustainable : faith-based development and economic change in Andean peasant communities / Emily Hogue; title: A Chilean faith-based NGO's social service mission in the context of neoliberal reform / Javier Pereira, Ronald J. Angel, Jacqueline L. Angel; title: Faith-related education NGOs in Latin America : the case of fe y Alegria in Perú / Paul Peters; title: Soka Gakkai in Brazil : Buddhism, recruitment, or marketing? / Suzana Ramos Coutinho Bornholdt; title: Faith, hope, charity : Catholic development organizations in Argentina / Laurie Occhipinti; title: The Salesian missions of Ecuador : building an anti-neoliberal nation through the cultural and political construction of the indigenous movement / Carmen Martinez Novo.