Catholic social teaching and economic globalization the quest for alternatives /
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Milwaukee, Wis. :
Marquette University Press,
c2009.
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| Series: | Marquette studies in theology ;
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Overview of the contemporary global context : life stories
- Data on poverty, hunger, and inequality in an age of globalization
- The goals and structure of this book
- Development theory and practice : an overview
- Origins of the concept of development
- Modernization theory
- Modernization theory and U.S. aid policy
- The impact of modernizationist development
- Structuralist economic theories
- Dependency theories
- Basic needs approach
- New international economic order
- Alternative development
- The impact of reformist thought on development policy
- Neoliberal resurgence and structural adjustment policies
- Current debates in development studies
- The failures of modernizationist development : a closer look
- The impacts of colonialism and slavery
- Post-WW II development policies and the third world debt crisis
- Consequences of the debt crisis
- Responses to the debt crisis
- United States opposition to social change in the third world
- Summary of major structural influences on the third world
- Catholic social teaching and development
- CST prior to Pope John XXIII
- Early reflections on development : John XXIII and Vatican II
- The pivotal contributions of Paul VI, the Latin American bishops, and justice in the world
- John Paul II : the centrality of solidarity
- The social ethics of Benedict XVI
- Summary of catholic social teaching on development issues
- Catholic social teaching and political economy : neoconservative and radical critiques
- Neoconservative reflections on CST
- Radical reflections on CST
- Evaluation of neoconservative, radical, and CST views
- Grassroots critics of development
- Rejecting the quest for development - Vandana shiva : the violence of development and reductionist science
- Further issues in the development/globalization debates
- Reclaiming the commons : the positive visions of development critics
- Catholic social teaching, the radical tradition, and development critics
- Grassroots action and policy alternatives
- Grassroots organizations in the third world : an overview
- The impact of grassroots organizations
- Development policies : follow the NIC model?
- Alternative development policies
- Differing visions : alternative development vs. regeneration
- Prospects for the adoption of alternative policies
- Re-envisioning Catholic social teaching
- The contributions of CST to the development debate
- Enhancing Catholic social teaching
- Structural analysis of capitalism
- Women, development, and CST
- CST, modernization, and cultural diversity
- CST and ecology - CST, grassroots movements, and social struggle
- The church and social change
- Social criticism and pioneering creativity : how Christians can constructively address issues of development and globalization
- Education
- Lifestyle choices
- Responsible purchasing
- Responsible investment
- Organizing, activism, and aid provision
- Direct service/solidarity
- Responsible parenting
- Applying CST in the life of the church
- Concluding reflections
- Theological epilogue: The path of discipleship
- Bibliography
- Index.