Social Security in Religious Networks - Anthropological Perspectives on New Risks and Ambivalences (Hardcover)

During the last decades, the world has been facing tremendous political transformations and new risks: epidemics such as HIV/Aids have had destabilizing effect on the caretaking role of kin; in post-socialist countries political reforms have made unemployment a new source of insecurity. Furthermore, the state's withdrawal from providing social security is taking place throughout the world. One response to these developments has been increased migration, which poses further challenges to kinship-based social support systems. This innovative volume focuses on the ambiguous role of religious networks in social security and traces the interrelatedness of religious networks and state and family support systems. Particularly timely, it describes these challenges as well as social security arrangements in the context of globalization and migration. The wide range of case studies from various parts of the world that examine various religious groups offers an important comparative contribution to the understanding of religious networks as providers of social security.

General

Imprint:	Berghahn Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2009
Editors:	Carolin Leutloff-Grandits • Anja Peleikis • Tatjana Thelen
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	248
ISBN-13:	978-1-84545-576-7
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > General
LSN:	1-84545-576-2
Barcode:	9781845455767

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