Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of tables and figures
- Acknowledgements
- List of Arabic words with English translations
- List of abbreviations
- Map of the Middle East
- one Introduction: religion and social policy – an “old–new” partnership
- two Religion and the foundations of social policy
- three Lebanon: a profile of political and welfare institutions
- four A philosophy of social service: faith or social insurance?
- five Systems of provision and welfare outcomes: defining and treating the causes of poverty
- six Social solidarity: between power and morality
- seven Social ethics and welfare particularism
- eight What next for the Middle East? Re-reading history, re-visioning future possibilities of positive action
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Appendix A Lebanon country profile
- Appendix B Social protection institutions and coverage
- Index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2022
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of tables and figures
- Acknowledgements
- List of Arabic words with English translations
- List of abbreviations
- Map of the Middle East
- one Introduction: religion and social policy – an “old–new” partnership
- two Religion and the foundations of social policy
- three Lebanon: a profile of political and welfare institutions
- four A philosophy of social service: faith or social insurance?
- five Systems of provision and welfare outcomes: defining and treating the causes of poverty
- six Social solidarity: between power and morality
- seven Social ethics and welfare particularism
- eight What next for the Middle East? Re-reading history, re-visioning future possibilities of positive action
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Appendix A Lebanon country profile
- Appendix B Social protection institutions and coverage
- Index
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- Social Welfare and Religion in the Middle EastA Lebanese Perspective, pp. i - iiPublisher: Bristol University PressPrint publication year: 2009