A case study of the role of six Catholic social agencies as mediating structures in social welfare service provision in Virginia

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dc.contributor.authorChew, Tracyen
dc.contributor.committeechairStephenson, Max O. Jr.en
dc.contributor.committeememberDyck, Robert G.en
dc.contributor.committeememberRitzdorf, Marshaen
dc.contributor.committeememberKoebel, C. Theodoreen
dc.contributor.departmentUrban and Regional Planningen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:39:12Zen
dc.date.adate2009-06-23en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:39:12Zen
dc.date.issued1995-08-04en
dc.date.rdate2009-06-23en
dc.date.sdate2009-06-23en
dc.description.abstractThis study explores the role of religious service organizations in social welfare provision by examining the activities of six social service/action agencies of the Diocese of Richmond, Virginia. It compares Diocesan agency operations with a profile drawn from existing knowledge of secular nonprofits and finds similarities. In particular, these religious service providers evidence degrees of marketization and dependence upon public and private funds. An empirical portrait of the purposes, organization, funding, programs and scope of delivery, target populations, advocacy role, and influence of the bishop reveals that these agencies provide many different services to a limited number of recipients. Agency leaders argued strongly that their organizations are already functioning at their maximum capacity. Agency directors interviewed believe that their organizations cannot significantly increase their current service capacity and analysis of their funding bases supports their claims. The study concludes with an analysis of the mediating role of these agencies in Virginia’s social welfare system. Two mediation theories, by Tocqueville (1840) and Berger and Neuhaus (1977) are tested. The Diocesan agencies are found to vary individually as mediating structures suggesting that religious organizations play diverse roles in social welfare provision in Virginia.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Urban and Regional Planningen
dc.format.extentviii, 162 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-06232009-063522en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06232009-063522/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/43457en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1995.C449.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 34295647en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectDiocese of Richmonden
dc.subjectCatholic social service/action agenciesen
dc.subjectreligious nonprofit organizationsen
dc.subjectVirginiaen
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1995.C449en
dc.titleA case study of the role of six Catholic social agencies as mediating structures in social welfare service provision in Virginiaen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineUrban and Regional Planningen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Urban and Regional Planningen

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