Religion and Democratizations Contributor(s): Haynes, Jeffrey (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415850304 ISBN-13: 9780415850308 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Policy - Political Science | Political Freedom |
Dewey: 322.1 |
Physical Information: 0.59" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.88 lbs) 264 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book examines key debates on religion and democratization from three main perspectives:
The contributions are divided into two sections: (1) Religion, democratization and democracy, and (2) Secularization, democratization and democracy. Overall, they examine the three assertions in the bullet points above. The book's starting point is that in general around the world, religions have left their assigned place in the private sphere. This means they have in many cases become recognisably politically active in various ways and with assorted outcomes. This re-emergence from political marginality dates back until at least the 1980s. At that time, the US sociologist, Jose Casanova noted that 'what was new and became "news" ... was the widespread and simultaneous refusal of religions to be restricted to the private sphere'. This involved a remodelling and re-assumption of public roles by religion, which theories of secularisation had long condemned to social and political marginalisation. This book was published as a special issue of Democratization. |