{"product_id":"life-at-the-center-erica-caple-james-9780520400542","title":"Life at the Center: Haitians and Corporate Catholicism in Boston Volume 15","description":"\u003cb\u003eA free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eLife at the Center\u003c\/i\u003e, Erica Caple James traces how faith-based and secular institutions in Boston have helped Haitian refugees and immigrants attain economic independence, health, security, and citizenship in the United States. Using the concept of \"corporate Catholicism,\" James documents several paradoxes of assistance arising among the Catholic Church, Catholic Charities, and the Haitian Multi-Service Center: how social assistance produces and reproduces structural inequalities between providers and recipients; how these inequities may deepen aid recipients' dependence and lead to resistance to organized benevolence; how institutional financial deficits harmed clients and providers; and how the same modes of charity or philanthropy that previously caused harm can be redeployed to repair damage and rebuild \"charitable brands.\" The culmination of more than a decade of advocacy and research on behalf of the Haitians in Boston, this groundbreaking work exposes how Catholic corporations have strengthened--but also eroded--Haitians' civic power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Erica Caple James\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520400542\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520400542\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/28\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Erica Caple James","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46602814718207,"sku":"9780520400542","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b8fb70ea-c2cd-482f-945b-35389bcf0786.jpg?v=1739695371","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/life-at-the-center-erica-caple-james-9780520400542","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}