Mennonite mutual aid and the concept of social welfare : a case study of the Bergthaler Waisenamt and the co-operative movement in the Rhineland Municipality

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dc.contributor.authorHildebrand, Hilda Anneen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-12-03T19:12:18Z
dc.date.available2009-12-03T19:12:18Z
dc.date.issued1989en_US
dc.degree.disciplineSocial Worken_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Social Work (M.S.W.)en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study is an endeavour to understand the notion of Mennonite welfare and to examine whether the traditional value of meeting needs through mutual aid remained fundamentally intact for the Mennonites who emigrated from Russia during the 1870's to settle in the area known as the Municipality of Rhineland in Manitoba. The origin and development of Mennonite mutual aid is traced as a means of determining how Mennonites defined need and the subsequent welfare institutions that they developed to meet their socially recognized needs. To gain a greater insight into their definition of need, Mishra's model of welfare is applied. Several environmental factors are identified as having a significant impact on the methods whereby the community was able to organize itself, thus ultimately affecting the manner in which the practice of mutual aid could manifest itself. The case studies explore whether the institutions developed congruently with a traditional ethic of shared responsibility or whether the institutions reflect a fundamental shift in the Mennonite philosophy of meeting needs. The author concludes that the Mennonites living in the Rhineland Municipality retained the essence of their value of meeting needs through mutual aid and that their ethic of shared responsibility remained intact until at least 1945.en_US
dc.format.extentviii, 277 leaves :en_US
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dc.identifierocm72753209en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/3591
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.rightsThe reproduction of this thesis has been made available by authority of the copyright owner solely for the purpose of private study and research, and may only be reproduced and copied as permitted by copyright laws or with express written authorization from the copyright owner.en_US
dc.titleMennonite mutual aid and the concept of social welfare : a case study of the Bergthaler Waisenamt and the co-operative movement in the Rhineland Municipalityen_US
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