Secularism and state policies toward religion : the United States, France, and Turkey /

"Why do secular states pursue different policies toward religion? This book provides a generalizable argument about the impact of ideological struggles on the public policy making process, as well as a state-religion regimes index of 197 countries. More specifically, it analyzes why American st...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kuru, Ahmet T.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Colección:Cambridge studies in social theory, religion, and politics.
Temas:
Religion and state.
Religion and state > United States.
Religion and state > France.
Religion and state > Turkey.
Religion et État.
Religion et État > États-Unis.
Religion et État > France.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Political Advocacy.
Säkularismus
Staat
Kirche
Religion
France.
Turkey.
United States.
Frankreich
Türkei
Westliche Welt
USA
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Analyzing secularism : history, ideology, and policy
  • The United States
  • Passive secularism and the Christian Right's challenge (1981-2008)
  • Religious diversity and the evolution of passive secularism (1776-1981)
  • France
  • Assertive secularism and the multiculturalist challenge (1989-2008)
  • The war of two Frances and the rise of assertive secularism (1789-1989)
  • Turkey
  • Assertive secularism and the Islamic challenge (1997-2008)
  • Westernization and the emergence of assertive secularism (1826-1997).

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