Promising practices : women volunteers in contemporary Japanese religious civil society / by Paola Cavaliere.
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TextSeries: Social sciences in Asia ; v. 39.Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]Description: 1 online resourceContent type: - text
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- 9789004285156
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- Women volunteers in social service -- Japan
- Social service -- Religious aspects
- Women -- Japan -- Social conditions
- Women -- Political activity -- Japan
- Women -- Religious life -- Japan
- Femmes bénévoles en service social -- Japon
- Service social -- Aspect religieux
- Femmes -- Japon -- Conditions sociales
- Femmes -- Activité politique -- Japon
- Femmes -- Vie religieuse -- Japon
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies
- Social service -- Religious aspects
- Women -- Political activity
- Women -- Religious life
- Women -- Social conditions
- Women volunteers in social service
- Japan
- Frau
- Religiöse Organisation
- Ehrenamtliche Tätigkeit
- Japan
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- HN730.Z9 V64324 2011eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Figures and Tables; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 Understanding Women in Faith-Based Volunteering: Gender, Religion and Civil Society Factors; Chapter 2 Profiles of Targeted Organizations and Volunteer Groups: Shinnyoen, Risshō Kōseikai and the Roman Catholic Church; Chapter 3 Women Volunteers in Faith-Based Groups: A Profile; Chapter 4 Visions of Self and Society: Women's Voices; Chapter 5 Volunteering in a Faith-Based Group:The Elusive Role of Religiosity.
Chapter 6 Exploring Women's Trajectories of Self in Faith-Based Volunteer GroupsConclusion; Appendix A: The Survey Process; Appendix B: List of Interviewees; Appendix C: Connecting Sites: External Actors; Bibliography; Index.
Promising Practices explores the ways women's participation in contemporary Japanese religious civic organizations can work as a gateway toward participatory democracy and presents new perspectives on values and social interactions that embed democracy in the everyday women's lives.
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