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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Eliott Mourier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institut de Hautes Études Internationales et du Développement 2013-03-01
Series:Revue Internationale de Politique de Développement
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/poldev/1391

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