The Christian Support Networks for Immigrants in Palermo

<span class="abs_content">Based on a fieldwork conducted in Sicily, this paper analyses how, when faced with the emergence of immigration, Christian organisations in Palermo become involved with the migration issue, notably thanks to the pioneering commitment of certain clerics. It d...

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Autor principal:	Marie Bassi
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Coordinamento SIBA 2014
Materias:	christian associationism ethical and pragmatic dimensions of involvement immigration internal secularisation professionalisation sicily welfare Political science (General) JA1-92
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:11b13e7416414df88eda0c5d34b08b5b2021-11-21T15:11:37ZThe Christian Support Networks for Immigrants in Palermo1972-76232035-660910.1285/i20356609v7i1p58https://doaj.org/article/11b13e7416414df88eda0c5d34b08b5b2014-03-01T00:00:00Zhttp://siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/paco/article/view/13753https://doaj.org/toc/1972-7623https://doaj.org/toc/2035-6609<span class="abs_content">Based on a fieldwork conducted in Sicily, this paper analyses how, when faced with the emergence of immigration, Christian organisations in Palermo become involved with the migration issue, notably thanks to the pioneering commitment of certain clerics. It draws attention to the heterogeneous nature of the Christian sphere, the internal secularisation of the religious organisations working with migrants, and the transformations of the church-related associative sector from a volunteering to professional expertise model. In sum, the capacity for organisational and ideological adaptation of religious organisations has enabled them to retain social control of the territory by becoming inescapable stakeholders in the migration issue. This study also identifies the practices and the know-how of the actors involved in these organisations, and singles out the motives that lead them to engage with these organisations and the meaning they attach to their implication</span><br />Marie BassiCoordinamento SIBAarticlechristian associationismethical and pragmatic dimensions of involvementimmigrationinternal secularisationprofessionalisationsicilywelfarePolitical science (General)JA1-92ENPartecipazione e Conflitto, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 58-82 (2014)
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spellingShingle	christian associationism ethical and pragmatic dimensions of involvement immigration internal secularisation professionalisation sicily welfare Political science (General) JA1-92 Marie Bassi The Christian Support Networks for Immigrants in Palermo
description	<span class="abs_content">Based on a fieldwork conducted in Sicily, this paper analyses how, when faced with the emergence of immigration, Christian organisations in Palermo become involved with the migration issue, notably thanks to the pioneering commitment of certain clerics. It draws attention to the heterogeneous nature of the Christian sphere, the internal secularisation of the religious organisations working with migrants, and the transformations of the church-related associative sector from a volunteering to professional expertise model. In sum, the capacity for organisational and ideological adaptation of religious organisations has enabled them to retain social control of the territory by becoming inescapable stakeholders in the migration issue. This study also identifies the practices and the know-how of the actors involved in these organisations, and singles out the motives that lead them to engage with these organisations and the meaning they attach to their implication</span><br />
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title	The Christian Support Networks for Immigrants in Palermo
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The Christian Support Networks for Immigrants in Palermo

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