State Religious Exclusivity and Human Rights

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6344014
AutoresJonathan Fox (0000-0002-0422-7275, Bar-Ilan University, autor correspondente)
Ano2008
Volume56
Fascículo4
Páginas928-948
Data de publicação2008-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPolitical Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0032-3217 • E-ISSN: 1467-9248
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-9248.2008.00724.x
OpenAlexW2052314664
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas11
Referências citadas51

This study uses the Religion and State (RAS) and the Cingranelli-Richards (CIRI) data sets to examine whether the extent to which a state government supports religious exclusivity influences that state's human rights record. It tests this relationship for all states included in the study as well as for four problem sets which look specifically at democracies. The results show that both for all states in general and for democracies in particular, state religious exclusivity — which is defined here as state support for some religions or one religion over others and state legislation of religious precepts as law — is associated with poorer human rights records. However, this result is weaker in tests which include only Western democracies. The results also show that Muslim states tend to have relatively poor human rights records and Christian states tend to have relatively good human rights records

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