CATSSE

"The Invisible Politics of Religion: Catholicism, Third Sector and Territory in Southern Europe"

 Coordinatore EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE 

 Organization address address: Via dei Roccettini 9
city: FIESOLE
postcode: 50014

contact info
Titolo: Mrs.
Nome: Serena
Cognome: Scarselli
Email: send email
Telefono: 390555000000

 Nazionalità Coordinatore Italy [IT]
 Totale costo 243˙575 €
 EC contributo 243˙575 €
 Programma FP7-PEOPLE
Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
 Code Call FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IEF
 Funding Scheme MC-IEF
 Anno di inizio 2012
 Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) 2012-01-01   -   2013-12-31

 Partecipanti

# participant  country  role  EC contrib. [€] 
1    EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE

 Organization address address: Via dei Roccettini 9
city: FIESOLE
postcode: 50014

contact info
Titolo: Mrs.
Nome: Serena
Cognome: Scarselli
Email: send email
Telefono: 390555000000

IT (FIESOLE) coordinator 243˙575.00

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hypothesis    social    society    religious    ethical    territorial    civil    community    actors    politics    economic    sphere    public    regions    private    southern    catholicism    religion    catholic    reference    debates   

 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'This research project aims at contributing to the debate over religion and politics in the EU by considering the role played by Catholicism in shaping civil society mobilizations in Southern European regions. The underlying theoretical issues of this project do refer to the classical debates about a) the weberian perspective on the elective affinities between religious ethics, economic and politics; b) the role of culture and social capital in the regional economic development; c) the neo-institutionalist debates about the interaction between the EU, state, substate public authorities and civil society actors. The project will focus on the Catholic third sector. Empirical support will be taken from fieldwork research carried out in three Southern European regions: the Basque Autonomous Community (Spain), Aquitaine (France) and Emilia-Romagna (Italy).

Overall hypothesis: despite the institutional and societal decline of Catholicism, religious actors do have not renounced to interfere in public debates. Rather, they have renewed their repertoire of action when becoming civil society actors among others in a pluralistic environment. Far from being confined to the private sphere, religion still plays a significant role in the European public sphere, either as an identity resource, an ethical reference or a ritual provider. As an ethical reference, Catholicism may bias civil society mobilisations towards more caring and community-oriented dynamics and outcomes. As an organization, the Catholic Church defends both general causes and its own interests, and is involved in territorial governance networks associating civil society actors, private bodies and public authorities. This hypothesis will be tested through three case-studies: a) Historical legacy: Catholicism and the emergence of territorial social economies; b) The Catholic third sector and the issue of immigration; c) The Catholic third sector’s mediation in ethnonational conflicts.'

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