Divined intervention : religious institutions and collective action / Christopher W. Hale.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hale, Christopher W., 1980- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--Mexico.

Catholic Church.

Catholic Church--Government.

Political science.

Catholics--Political activity--Mexico--Case studies.

Catholics.

Social movements--Mexico--Case studies.

Social movements.

Social movements--Religious aspects--Catholic Church--Case studies.

Political participation--Mexico--Case studies.

Political participation.

Political participation--Religious aspects--Catholic Church--Case studies.

Liberation theology--Mexico--Case studies.

Liberation theology.

Religion and politics--Mexico--Case studies.

Religion and politics.

Catholics--Political activity.

Political participation--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Social movements--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Mexico.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

pages cm

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2020]

Summary:

"Divined Intervention provides an innovative institutionalist account for why religion enables political activism in some settings, but not others. The author argues that decentralized religious institutions facilitate grassroots collective action, and he uses a multimethod approach to test this explanation against several theoretical alternatives, all in Mexico. Utilizing nationally representative Mexican survey data, the book's statistical analyses demonstrate that decentralization by the Catholic Church is positively associated with greater individual political activism across the country. Using case studies centered in Chiapas, Yucatán, and Morelos, the author shows that religious decentralization encourages reciprocal cooperative interactions at a local level. This then increases the ability of the religion to provide goods and services to its local adherents, and these processes then prompt the growth of organizational capacities at the grassroots, enabling secular political activism"-- Provided by publisher.

"Divined Intervention provides an innovative institutionalist account for why religion enables political activism in some settings, but not others. The author argues that decentralized religious institutions facilitate grassroots collective action, and he uses a multimethod approach to test this explanation against several theoretical alternatives, all in Mexico. Utilizing nationally representative Mexican survey data, the book's statistical analyses demonstrate that decentralization by the Catholic Church is positively associated with greater individual political activism across the country. Using case studies centered in Chiapas, Yucat�an, and Morelos, the author shows that religious decentralization encourages reciprocal cooperative interactions at a local level. This then increases the ability of the religion to provide goods and services to its local adherents, and these processes then prompt the growth of organizational capacities at the grassroots, enabling secular political activism"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Of God and coffee

Theology, competition, and decentralization

Religion and political activism across Mexico

Religious decentralization and political activism in Chiapas

Activist malaise in the centralized Archdiocese of Yucatán

Decentralization and recentralization in the Diocese of Cuernavaca

Wider reflections on religion and grassroots collective action.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Hale, Christopher W., 1980- Divined intervention.

ISBN:

9780472131815

0472131818

OCLC:

1107366186

Publisher Number:

99984328280