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Catholicism and the Welfare State in Secular France : Continuities and Changes in the Catholic Mobilizations in the Social Policy Domain (1940-2017) / Fabio Bolzonar.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bolzonar, Fabio, author.
- Series:
- KADOC studies on religion, culture, and society ; Volume 31.
- KADOC-Studies on Religion, Culture and Society Series ; Volume 31
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Catholic Church--France--Influence.
- Catholic Church.
- Christianity and politics--France.
- Christianity and politics.
- Church and social problems--France.
- Church and social problems.
- France--Politics and government.
- France.
- France--Religion.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Leuven, Belgium : Leuven University Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- Secular France and the changing influence of Catholicism. Even though the policy impact of Catholicism has increasingly been acknowledged, existing scholarship lacks a coherent view on its changing influence over time and in different political contexts. In this book, Fabio Bolzonar investigates the influence of Catholicism on developments in French social protection from World War II to the mid-2010s. He discusses the factors that have favoured or inhibited it and explores the hybridization between Catholic values and secular principles in the social engagement of Catholic actors in secular France. By doing so, this multidisciplinary study integrates current scholarship, which has given limited attention to the changing patterns of Catholic involvement in the social policy domain over a long period of time, and the renewed influence of Catholic values in secularized societies. Catholic mobilization has relocated from the political to the civil society sphere, making voluntary organizations and social movements, rather than political parties, the main channels for defending Catholic values in secular France. Rather than marginalizing Catholicism, this process has opened up new opportunities for Catholic actors and values to play a significant role in society and politics. Bolzonar identifies two divergent scenarios that define Catholic social engagement in contemporary France: either the strengthening of new forms of institutional collaboration between Catholic-inspired philanthropic organizations and public administrations in the interest of socially vulnerable citizens, or the emergence of new ideological conflicts on gender- and sexuality-related issues. This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).
- Contents:
- 9789462703889_cov
- E-Boek_welfareState
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- 1INTRODUCTION
- Catholicism and the Welfare State: Beyond ChristianDemocracy
- Studying the Role of Catholicism in Social Policy Developments
- Outline of the Book
- 2CATHOLICISMAND THE WELFARE STATEIN A REACTIONARY REGIME(1940-1944)
- Catholicism and Politics in Vichy France
- Social Policies during the Vichy Regime
- The Expansion of Social Protection
- The Reorganization of Public Hospitals
- An Authoritarian Corporatist Reform
- A Legacy for Post-War Reformers
- 3FOUNDATION ANDCONSOLIDATION OF A CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC WELFARE STATE (1944-1959)
- The Roots of Christian Democratic Social Reformism
- Foundation and Development of a Christian DemocraticWelfare State
- The New Institutional Organization of Social Security
- Family Policies
- Housing Policies
- A Christian Democratic Welfare State?
- 4CATHOLICISM IN THE YEARS OF GAULLISM AND MITTERRANDISM (1959-1995)
- The Social Reforms of Gaullist and Right-wing Governments
- The Reform of 1967
- Family Policies under the Right in Power
- Moral Liberalization of Legislation
- Decline of Family Benefits
- Support for Larger Families
- Support for Working Mothers
- The Mitterrand Years
- Renovating the Démocratie Sociale
- Modernizing Family Policies
- Moral Liberalization of Family Legislation
- Increasing Family Benefits
- Support for Smaller Families
- Promotion of Work-family Reconciliation Policies
- Great Disillusions?
- 5A PERIOD OF CHANGES
- Catholicism in Contemporary France: Some Observations
- Weakening Values?
- A Church in Decline?
- Do Catholic Values Still Play a Role in French Politics?
- Catholicism and Civil Society
- Entering a Post-secular Era: Secularization, Civic Engagement,and New Social Mobilization
- 6SOCIAL CATHOLICISM IN AN AGE OF PERMANENT AUSTERITY.
- Housing Policies and Social Catholicism
- Early and Contradictory Developments
- Increasing Activism
- Toward a New Alliance?
- Evaluating Values in Action
- 7NEW IDEOLOGICAL CONFLICTS?
- Against Same-sex Marriage
- Troubles in the Church
- The Political Support for the Anti-gay Marriage Campaign
- The Opposition of Civil Society
- Influence on Policy Outcomes
- Abortion: A Still Open Question
- New Ideological Conflicts?
- 8A CONTRIBUTION TO A THEORY ON THE MOBILIZATION OF CATHOLICISM IN SECULARSOCIETIES
- Continuities and Changes in a Long Story
- A Way Ahead
- Concluding Remarks
- ABBREVIATIONS
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX OF PERSONS
- COLOPHON.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 94-6166-533-4
- OCLC:
- 1398570895
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