Secularism and State Policies Toward Religion The United States, France, and Turkey

Name: Secularism and State Policies Toward Religion The United States, France, and Turkey
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ISBN: 9780521741347

ISBN-10: 0521741343

ISBN-13: 9780521741347

Edition: 2008

Authors: Ahmet T. Kuru

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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 state policies are largely tolerant of religion, whereas French and Turkish policies generally prohibit its public visibility, as seen in their bans on Muslim headscarves. In the United States, the dominant ideology is "passive secularism," which requires the state to play a passive role, to be neutral toward religions and non-religion. Dominant ideology in France and Turkey is "assertive secularism,"…

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List price: $24.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 4/20/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 334
Size: 5.91" wide x 8.90" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



List of Figures and Tables


Glossary of Abbreviations


Acknowledgments


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)


Conclusion



State-Religion Regimes Index of 197 Countries



Human Development and Official Religion in 176 Countries



State-Religion Regimes in Forty-Six Muslim Countries



Turkey's National Security Council Decisions, February 28, 1997


Bibliography


Index