Recovering solidarity : lessons from Poland's unfinished revolution / Gerald J. Beyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beyer, Gerald J. (Gerald John), 1970-

Series:

Catholic social tradition series.

Catholic social tradition series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor unions--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Labor unions.

NSZZ "Solidarność" (Labor organization)--History.

NSZZ "Solidarność" (Labor organization).

Catholic Church--Poland--History.

Catholic Church.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Recovering Solidarity, Gerald J. Beyer provides a contextualized theological and ethical treatment of the idea of solidarity.

Contents:

Introduction

1. The ethic of solidarity from 1980 to 1989

2. The eclipse of solidarity after 1989

3. Poverty in Poland after 1989 : empirical signs of the failure of the revolution

4. Recovering and applying an ethic of solidarity to Polish poverty

5. Freedom and participation as social products

6. Promoting an ethic of solidarity as evangelization : the church's social witness in Poland since 1989

Conclusion: Is solidarity possible in a neoliberal capitalist world?

Epilogue.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780268075767

026807576X

OCLC:

694144522