Governing charities : church and state in Toronto's Catholic archdiocese, 1850s-1950s / Paula Maurutto.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maurutto, Paula, 1966-

Series:

McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. Series two ; 24.

McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. Series two ; 24

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--Ontario--Toronto--History--Charities.

Catholic Church.

Ontario--Toronto.

History.

Charities.

Physical Description:

xiv, 191 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2003]

Summary:

Maurutto details how welfare bureaucracies, as they began to expand during the 1930s and 1940s, did so by building stronger links with private voluntary agencies, not by disabling them. Far from being shunted aside, voluntary organizations such as Catholic charities became increasingly entrenched within the expanding welfare state. Standardized reports, state inspections, financial audits, and social work case records, to name only a few, were emblematic of the social scientific impulse that permeated the operations of Catholic charities and enabled them to more systematically police, discipline, and regulate the lives of relief recipients and those designated as moral and social "deviants." Notably, they allowed church authorities and the state to exercise greater control and supervision over the internal operations and procedures of charities, in effect enabling these institutions to govern the daily affairs of the voluntary sector.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0773525343

OCLC:

50720114