Religious Actors in the Fourth Wave of Democratization: Constructive, Obstructive or Destructive?
Veranstaltungsart
Workshop
Ort/Datum
Bonn, 01.12.2015
bis
02.12.2015
Veranstalter
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)
Religion has been an underlying current in the study of democratization for years. Until recently, the research was permeated by the implicit assumption that non-Christian religions presented significant impediments to democratization. First comparative empirical studies do not support this argument. Instead, religious actors often contribute to both democratization processes in some areas (procedural aspects: elections, constitutionalism etc.), but to de-democratization in other areas (liberal aspects: religious freedom, minority rights, women’s rights). This research project builds on this research by enriching its empirical basis. We compare all world religions, notably Buddhism, Chinese Religions, Islam, Orthodox Christianity, and Hinduism. It also, importantly, will systematize not only the contribution of religious actors to democratization, but also to de-democratization processes and authoritarian reversal.
This workshop brought together authors who contribute to a comparative volume on the role of religious actors in processes of de-democratization.
Event times:
1.12.2015: 9:00 - 18:00 h
2.12.2015: 9:00 - 15:00 h
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Veranstaltungsinformation
01.12.2015 bis 02.12.2015 / 10:00
Ort
Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)
Tulpenfeld 6
D-53113 Bonn
Im Fokus
Religiöse Akteure in Demokratisierungs- prozessen: konstruktiv, destruktiv und obstruktiv
Leininger, Julia (2013)
Wiesbaden: Springer VS
Im Fokus
The multi-faceted role of religious actors in democratization processes: empirical evidence from five young democracies
Leininger, Julia / Mirjam Künkler (2010)
in: Democratization 16 (6), 1058-1092