This book provides a rare window into the micropolitics of contemporary authoritarian rule
through a comparison of religious-state relations in Russia and China-two countries with …

More than half a century ago, sociologist J. Milton Yinger remarked about religion," There
are few major subjects about which men know so little, yet feel so certain." Samuel L. Perry …

Many scholars and prodemocracy organizations have documented a global democratic
recession that has been occurring since the mid-2000s. Yet the reason for this democratic …

This study uses a rational choice approach to argue that an under-theorized and rarely
tested cause of governmental discrimination against religious minorities is its popularity …

Armed conflicts, as significant human phenomena, profoundly impact populations and reflect
a state's capacity to fulfill its responsibilities. These conflicts arise from various causes …

While scholars have devoted significant attention to religious institutions' role in
democratization, less attention has been given to their role in autocratization. Moreover …

This study applies the rational choice perspective to government religion policy in Turkey.
We argue that a rational choice analysis can provide a new perspective on how the pro …

This study uses data from the Religion and State (RAS) project to examine the extent to
which 43 European states are, in fact, secular and religiously free. I find that these European …

This dissertation explores the political economy of Christian monasticism in three eras: its
origins in the Eastern Roman Empire, its institutional zenith in Medieval Europe, and its …

How do states construct political order and generate voluntary compliance from the
population? A prominent strategy is the cooptation of influential social institutions like …