| Regulating Religion: Case Studies from Around the Globe Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Richardson, James T. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0306478870 ISBN-13: 9780306478871 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $170.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2003 Annotation: Regulating Religion: Case Studies from Around the Globe presents, through the inclusion of contributions by international scholars, a global examination of how a number of contemporary societies are regulating religious groups. It focuses on legal efforts to exert social control over such groups, especially through court cases, but also with selected major legislative attempts to regulate them. As such, this analysis falls within the broad area of the sociology of social control and more specifically, legal social control, a topic of great interest when studying how contemporary societies attempt to maintain social order. The factual details about social and legal developments in societies where religion has been defined as problematic include Western and Eastern Europe, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas. This book will be of interest to researchers and students in the sociology of religion, the sociology of law, social policy, and religious studies as well as policy makers. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science - Social Science | Sociology - General - Law | International |
| Dewey: 322.1 |
| LCCN: 2003060164 |
| Series: Critical Issues in Social Justice |
| Physical Information: 1.27" H x 7.38" W x 9.76" (2.31 lbs) 578 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Regulating Religion: Case Studies from Around the Globe presents, through the inclusion of contributions by international scholars, a global examination of how a number of contemporary societies are regulating religious groups. It focuses on legal efforts to exert social control over such groups, especially through court cases, but also with selected major legislative attempts to regulate them. As such, this analysis falls within the broad area of the sociology of social control and more specifically, legal social control, a topic of great interest when studying how contemporary societies attempt to maintain social order. The factual details about social and legal developments in societies where religion has been defined as problematic include Western and Eastern Europe, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas. This book will be of interest to researchers and students in the sociology of religion, the sociology of law, social policy, and religious studies as well as policy makers. |
