Life at the Center : Haitians and Corporate Catholicism in Boston, Paperback ...

Description: Life at the Center : Haitians and Corporate Catholicism in Boston, Paperback by James, Erica Caple, ISBN 0520400542, ISBN-13 9780520400542, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US A free version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit to learn more. In Life at the Center, 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.

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