Religion, Religiosity, and Democratic Values : A Comparative Perspective of Islamic and Non-Islamic Societies.

By: Mehregan, AbbasMaterial type: TextTextSeries: International Studies in Religion and Society SerPublisher: Leiden : BRILL, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (325 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789004274464Subject(s): Islam and civil society | Islam and social problems | Islam and world politics | Islamic countries -- RelationsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Religion, Religiosity, and Democratic Values : A Comparative Perspective of Islamic and Non-Islamic SocietiesDDC classification: 201.72 LOC classification: BP173.63 -- .M44 2014ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Religion, Religiosity, and Democratic Values -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- 1. Democratic Values, Islamic Principles, and Political Democracy -- Democratic Values and Political Democracy -- Islam and Free Market Economics -- Islam and Civil Society -- Theory of Political Modernization: Influencing Factors on Political Modernization -- 2. Religiosity, Market Economics, Civil Society: Comparisons of 60 Societies -- Religiosity in Cross-National Perspective -- Attitudes towards Free Market Economics in 60 Societies -- Confidence in Civil Society Organizations in Cross-National Comparison -- The Relationship between Democratic Political Tradition, HDI, and Predominant Religion of Societies -- 3. The Link between Religion, Religiosity, and Democratic Values: Multilevel Analyses -- Introduction -- Religion, Religiosity, and Free Market Economics in Islamic, Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, and Folk-Religion Societies -- Religion, Religiosity, and Confidence in Traditional, Modern, and Post-Modern Civil Society Organizations in Various Types of Religious Societies -- Religiosity and Attitudes towards Free Market Economics in Sunni and Shia Islamic Societies -- Religiosity and Confidence in Civil Society Organizations in Sunni and Shia Islamic Societies -- Discussion and Conclusions -- Appendix 1: Materials and Method -- Appendix 2: Additional Descriptive Statistics -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: In Religion, Religiosity, and Democratic Values, Abbas Mehregan examines empirically the effects of individual religiosity, historical religion, institutional democracy, and socioeconomic development on attitudes towards free market economics and confidence in civil society organizations in 60 Islamic and non-Islamic societies.
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Intro -- Religion, Religiosity, and Democratic Values -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- 1. Democratic Values, Islamic Principles, and Political Democracy -- Democratic Values and Political Democracy -- Islam and Free Market Economics -- Islam and Civil Society -- Theory of Political Modernization: Influencing Factors on Political Modernization -- 2. Religiosity, Market Economics, Civil Society: Comparisons of 60 Societies -- Religiosity in Cross-National Perspective -- Attitudes towards Free Market Economics in 60 Societies -- Confidence in Civil Society Organizations in Cross-National Comparison -- The Relationship between Democratic Political Tradition, HDI, and Predominant Religion of Societies -- 3. The Link between Religion, Religiosity, and Democratic Values: Multilevel Analyses -- Introduction -- Religion, Religiosity, and Free Market Economics in Islamic, Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, and Folk-Religion Societies -- Religion, Religiosity, and Confidence in Traditional, Modern, and Post-Modern Civil Society Organizations in Various Types of Religious Societies -- Religiosity and Attitudes towards Free Market Economics in Sunni and Shia Islamic Societies -- Religiosity and Confidence in Civil Society Organizations in Sunni and Shia Islamic Societies -- Discussion and Conclusions -- Appendix 1: Materials and Method -- Appendix 2: Additional Descriptive Statistics -- Bibliography -- Index.

In Religion, Religiosity, and Democratic Values, Abbas Mehregan examines empirically the effects of individual religiosity, historical religion, institutional democracy, and socioeconomic development on attitudes towards free market economics and confidence in civil society organizations in 60 Islamic and non-Islamic societies.

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