Religious market structure and democratic performance : clientelism
Patrikios, Stratos and Xezonakis, Georgios (2019) Religious market structure and democratic performance : clientelism. Electoral Studies, 61. 102073. ISSN 0261-3794
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Abstract
Is there a connection between government intervention in religious competition and partisan clientelism in democratic systems? Drawing on the economics of religion, we argue that alongside commonly examined population-level religious processes (religious diversity), state-level religious processes (government regulation of competition in the religious market) affect institutional performance in electoral democracies. Linking comparative indicators of religion-state relations with measures of partisan clientelism, statistical analysis suggests that uncompetitive religious markets, such as those where a dominant religion is sponsored by the state, create incentives, infrastructures and opportunities that favour clientelism. The study emphasises the importance of light-touch regulation of religion not merely as a normative principle narrowly related to religious freedom, but also as a potential remedy that can enhance the quality of political institutions.
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Patrikios, Stratos ![]() | Item type: | Article |
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ID code: | 69669 |
Keywords: | electoral clientelism, economics of religion, religion and the state, Political theory, Political Science and International Relations |
Subjects: | Political Science > Political theory |
Department: | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > School of Government and Public Policy > Politics |
Depositing user: | Pure Administrator |
Date deposited: | 05 Sep 2019 15:27 |
Last modified: | 18 Feb 2021 03:06 |
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URI: | https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/69669 |
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