Varieties of Religious Repression: Why Governments Restrict Religion

by Ani Sarkissian

Religious repression--the non-violent suppression of civil and political rights--is a growing and global phenomenon. Though most often practiced in authoritarian countries, levels of religious repression nevertheless vary across a range of non-democratic regimes, including illiberal democracies and competitive authoritarian states.

In The Varieties of Religious Repression, Ani Sarkissian argues that seemingly benign regulations and restrictions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199348081
• ISBN13: 9780199348084
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Oxford Univ PR
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"