Sacred and Secular: Religion and Politics Worldwide - Couverture souple

Norris, Pippa

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0521548721 ISBN 13 : 9780521548724

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2004

Synopsis

Book by Norris Pippa Inglehart Ronald

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

'This is the antidote to fact-free speculation. Instead of grandiose speculation about the impact of globalization and economic development on religion world-wide, Norris and Inglehart give us gold standard social science: sound reasoning based on the vast body of evidence in the accumulated World Values Survey data sets.' Steve Bruce, University of Aberdeen

'This book, by two skilled and prolific political scientists, will be widely read by scholars and students interested in gender politics, political culture, political change and modernization, and comparative public opinion and political participation.' Virginia Sapiro, University of Wisconsin, Madison

'Using the concept of existential security, Norris and Inglehart recast the debate on secularization. Their interdisciplinary approach successfully overcomes previous pitfalls to produce a nuanced and thought-provoking treatment of contemporary relations between religion and economic development.' Rachel M. McCleary, Harvard University

'A superb book that will reshape the debate over secularization. We have been losing sight of the big picture; Norris and Inglehart restore perspective. This study is both a major achievement empirically and a substantial contribution to theory.' David Voas, University of Manchester

'This is an important book that counters conventional wisdom with considerable and careful research. Its arguments will be controversial, and should inspire political scientists and sociologists who disagree with its premises to challenge it. The book is must reading for anyone interested in religion and politics, for it is likely to be at the center of the debate for years to come.' Clyde Wilcox, Georgetown University

'... the book is a very valuable overview of the general distribution of religiosity in the current world and some of its main dynamics.' GeoJournal

'Norris & Inglehart's book is a pleasure to read and an inspiration for scholars for its effort to generate solid knowledge on a much debated question. ... the reader will find much fascinating material,...' Journal of Peace research

Biographie de l'auteur :

Pippa Norris is the McGuire Lecturer in Comparative Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Her work analyzes comparative elections and public opinion, gender politics, and political communications. Companion volumes by this author, also published by Cambridge University Press, include A Virtuous Circle (2000), Digital Divide (2001), Democratic Phoenix (2002), Rising Tide (2003, with Ronald Inglehart) and Electoral Engineering (2004).

Ronald Inglehart is professor of political science and program director at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. His research deals with changing belief systems and their impact on social and political change. He helped found the Euro-Barometer surveys and directs the World Values Surveys. Related books include Modernization and Postmodernization: Cultural, Economic and Political Change in 43 Societies (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1997), Rising Tide (2003, with Pippa Norris) and Development, Cultural Change and Democracy (2004, with Christian Welzel).

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0521548721
• ISBN 13: 9780521548724
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 348