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Autore |
Mehregan Abbas |
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Titolo |
Religion, religiosity, and democratic values : a comparative perspective of Islamic and non-Islamic societies / / by Abbas Mehregan |
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Leiden, Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (325 p.) |
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Collana |
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International Studies in Religion and Society, , 1573-4293 ; ; Volume 23 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Islam and civil society |
Islam and world politics |
Islam and social problems |
Electronic books. |
Islamic countries Relations |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Democratic Values, Islamic Principles, and Political Democracy -- Religiosity, Market Economics, Civil Society: Comparisons of 60 Societies -- The Link between Religion, Religiosity, and Democratic Values: Multilevel Analyses -- Appendix 1: Materials and Method -- Appendix 2: Additional Descriptive Statistics -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Does religiosity diminish democratic economic and civil tendencies? Do Islamic traditions provoke more hostility to democratic values in comparison to other religious traditions? In Religion, Religiosity, and Democratic Values , Abbas Mehregan undertakes an empirical examination of the effects of individual religiosity, historical religion, institutional democracy, and socioeconomic development on attitudes towards free market economics and confidence in traditional, modern, and post-modern civil society organizations. Using multilevel analysis, Mehregan compares 60 Islamic, Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, and folk-religion societies in these regards. Furthermore, in addition to an empirical comparison of Sunni and Shia Islamic countries, a theoretical |
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investigation of the relationship between Islam and democratic economic and civil values provides a comprehensive insight into the topic. |
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