Religion as a Social Substitute for the State: Faith-Based Social Action in Twenty-First Century Brazil (abstract)
Dynamic and pluralist religion plays a vital role in development in contemporary Brazil. As advisors that supplement and, occasionally, even substitute for a state bureaucracy absent or overwhelmed in many vulnerable areas, Brazilian religious organisations are once again becoming the favoured partn...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Institut de Hautes Études Internationales et du Développement
2013-03-01
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Series: | Revue Internationale de Politique de Développement |
Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/poldev/1391 |