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--Charities--History.

Catholic Church.

Physical Description:

xiv, 191 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The Origins of a Catholic Benevolent Enterprise, 1850s-1890s

Market Mechanisms and Charity Governance

From Catholic Charity to Catholic Welfare: The Impact of Social Work

Social Casework during the Depression

Private Policing and Surveillance of Catholics, 1920–1960

The Role of Catholic Private Agencies in Community Corrections, 1890–1940

Conclusion

Appendices

Catholics in the Toronto Region, 1841–1960

Catholic Charities in the Archdiocese of Toronto, 1849–1930s

Provincial and Municipal Grants to the Protestant House of Industry and the Catholic House of Providence in the City of Toronto for the Years 1870–1880

Provincial and Municipal Grants to Protestant and Catholic Orphanages in the City of Toronto for the Years 1870–1880

Catholic Welfare Bureau Year-End Report on Charitable Work with Single Unemployed Men, 1933–1939

Monthly Report of the Family Welfare Division, Catholic Welfare Bureau, on Charitable Work with Families on Poor Relief, 1932–1933

Casework Assessment Form Used by the Family Welfare Division, Catholic Welfare Bureau, with Poor Relief Applicants

Notes

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-179) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-86112-3

9786612861123

0-7735-7102-7

OCLC:

929120870