A Note on the Determinants of the Regulation of Religion

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7974043
AutoresElina Schleutker (0000-0003-3335-2574, University of Freiburg, autor de correspondencia)
Año2016
Volumen9
Número4
Páginas744-770
Fecha de publicación2016-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPolitics and Religion (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1755-0491 • E-ISSN: 1755-0483
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1755048316000109
OpenAlexW2335071166
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas50

The existing studies on the determinants of the regulation of religion are based on the theories of modernization, clash of civilizations, and economics of religion, which do not properly take into account the potential impact of the political environment. The current study aims to address this gap in the research. It discusses some of the ways in which the differences in the political environment in autocratic and democratic countries might influence the regulation of religion. The results of the descriptive analysis for ca. 150 countries show that there is more variation in regulation of religion among the autocratic countries than among the democratic ones, and that in the autocratic countries there is a clear association between patterns of legitimation and regulation. The results on the association between the constitutional structure of the democratic countries and regulation of religion are ambiguous

Association (psychology · Autocracy · Democracy · Development economics · Economics · Epistemology · Legitimation · Modernization theory · Political economy · Political science · Political system · Politics · Positive economics · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of religion · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development