Churches and politics in Latin America: Catholicism at the crossroads

Daudelin, Jean

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“…While Christian liberation theology recognizes the need for social change because of the oppressive role of capitalistic structures (Gallhofer and Haslam, 2004, p. 383), Freire's (2000) Pedagogy of the Oppressed calls for the concientisaçao ("conscientization") of the masses as a process of "inner self liberation" (Moerman, 2006, p. 176), whereby the oppressed, in understanding their situation and causes of their oppression, can take action against oppression (Boff, 2011). Both liberation theology and Freire's ideas have contributed to the education and increased participation of the disenfranchised (De Kadt, 1982, p. 574;Bidegain, 1993;Daudelin and Hewitt, 1995). These projects have been left unexplored in critical accounting literature (Gallhofer, 2002;Gallhofer and Haslam, 2004;Moerman, 2006) in spite of being very important to critical accounting research: the study of such projects reveals that community-centred approaches to accountability can be developed, which would enable the critical researcher to serve better the interests of the marginalized by engaging him/her with agents in the political space (Lehman, 2001;Shenkin and Coulson, 2007, p. 309), and would teach lessons on emancipatory struggles in emerging countries, thus breaking with "the Eurocentric and neocolonial structures of knowledge production that are dominant in our world" (Teivainen, 2002, p. 630).…”

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Participatory budgeting at a community level in Porto Alegre: a Bourdieusian interpretation

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2015

Acc Auditing Accountability J

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how accountability practices can enable sociopolitical emancipation. Design/methodology/approach – The authors explore the emancipatory potential of accountability from a Bourdieusian perspective. The study is informed by a two-month socio-ethnographic study of the participatory budgeting (PB) process in Porto Alegre (Brazil). The field study enabled us to observe accountability and participatory practices, conduct 18 semi-structured interviews with councillors, and analyze survey data gathered from budgeting participants. Findings – The paper demonstrates how PB both strengthened the dominants in the Porto Alegrense political field and changed the game played in this field; was characterized by accountability practices favouring the election of councillors with distinctive capitals, who were “dominated-dominants dominating the dominated”; brought emancipatory perspectives to councillors and, by doing so, opened the path to social change but also widened the gap with ordinary participants. Research limitations/implications – The research supports Shenkin and Coulson’s (2007) thesis by demonstrating that accountability, when associated with participative democracy, can create substantial social change. Significantly, by investigating the emancipatory potential of accountability, the authors challenge the often taken-for-granted assumption in critical research that accountability reinforces asymmetrical power relations, and the authors explore alternative accountability practices. Doing so enables us to rethink the possibilities of accountability and their practical implications. Originality/value – The authors study the most emblematic example of participatory democracy in South America; and the authors use Bourdieu’s theoretical framework to approach accountability at a community level.

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“…2 Gradually, the national councils began to acknowledge that popular opinion had turned against the authoritarian state and came to accept the transition to democracy and a change in church-state relations. 3 The teachings of the Second Vatican Council and also, the importance of international support for political freedom from the Vatican. Thus, Christian religious institutions provide examples of the two categories though recently, the trend has been significantly in the 'resistance to authoritarianism' camp.…”

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Religious Institutions and Authoritarian States: church–state relations in the Middle East

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2012

Third World Quarterly

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The churches in the Middle East are generally perceived to be supportive of the authoritarian states in the region. The motivations for this strategy and its successes and limitations in the context of the authoritarian environment and the religious heritage of the region are explored. This paper argues that the approaches pursued are determined by the structure of the community in relation to the majority and other Christian communities as well as state policies towards the community. The overriding aim of church leaders of protecting their communities has led to a modern variation of the historical millet system which provides them public status in exchange for their acquiescence for regime policies. This security guarantee combined with wariness towards other potential political actors and the desire to protect their privileged position from communal challengers has resulted in the hierarchies' preference for the authoritarian status quo rather than encouraging democracy promotion.

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“…Therefore, while I conducted spatial comparisons both within and across countries, I did not perform in-depth studies of each national Church, which would have greatly exceeded the scope and aim of my study. Instead, like Daudelin and Hewitt (1995a) (2010), I explicitly excluded Mexico because of its unique religio-political contexts in the region.…”

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Innocent bystanders to a dangerous situation : the Christian churches and human rights organizing in Ahmedabad, India, and Latin America

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Churches and politics in Latin America: Catholicism at the crossroads

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Participatory budgeting at a community level in Porto Alegre: a Bourdieusian interpretation

Participatory budgeting at a community level in Porto Alegre: a Bourdieusian interpretation

Religious Institutions and Authoritarian States: church–state relations in the Middle East

Innocent bystanders to a dangerous situation : the Christian churches and human rights organizing in Ahmedabad, India, and Latin America

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