Faith Based Religious Neoliberalism and the Politics of Welfare in the United

Informationen zum Autor JASON HACKWORTH is an associate professor in the Department of Planning and Geography at the University of Toronto. He is author of The Neoliberal City: Governance, Ideology, and Development in American Urbanism , which was nominated for the Robert Park Book Award. Klappentext Explores how the Religious Right has supported neoliberalism in the US! bringing a particular focus to welfare - an arena where conservative Protestant politics and neoliberal economic ideas come together most clearly. Zusammenfassung Through case studies of gospel rescue missions, Habitat for Humanity, and religious charities in post-Katrina New Orleans, Jason Hackworth describes both the theory and practice of faith-based welfare, revealing fundamental tensions between the religious and economic wings of the conservative movement.

Product details

• Assisted by: Melissa Wright (Editor), Deborah Cowen (Editor)
• Authors: Jason Hackworth, Jason R. Hackworth, Jason R Hackworth
• Publisher: The University of Georgia Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 15.06.2012
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education
• EAN: 9780820343044
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-4304-4
• Pages: 184
• Series: Geographies of Justice and Soc > 11; Geographies of Justice and Soc > 11
• Subjects: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, Demokratische Ideologien: Liberalismus, Mitte, Demokratische Ideologien: Konservativismus, Mitte-rechts, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, RELIGION / Institutions & Organizations, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Philanthropy & Charity, Politics / Current Events, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism