ISBN:
9789004285156
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9004285156
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource
Series Statement:
Social sciences in Asia 39
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Cavaliere, Paola Promising practices
DDC:
305.4320952
Keywords:
Women volunteers in social service Japan
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Social service Religious aspects
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Women Social conditions
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Japan
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Women Political activity
;
Japan
;
Women Religious life
;
Japan
;
Japan
;
Women volunteers in social service
;
Social service Religious aspects
;
Women Social conditions
;
Women Political activity
;
Women Religious life
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies
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Social service ; Religious aspects
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Women ; Political activity
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Women ; Religious life
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Women ; Social conditions
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Women volunteers in social service
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Frau
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Religiöse Organisation
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Ehrenamtliche Tätigkeit
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Japan
;
Japan
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
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.
Abstract:
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.
Abstract:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record
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