Oil, Islam, and the Middle East: An Empirical Analysis of the Repression of Religion, 1980-2013

There is a lively debate on the relative impacts of Islam, oil wealth, and Middle Eastern institutional legacies regarding democratization and the spread of liberal values. We examine this issue using religious repression. We argue that oil-wealthy rulers use religious monopoly to control dissent. O...

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Published in:Politics and religion
Authors: Albertsen, Daniel (Author) ; De Soysa, Indra 1964- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [2018]
In: Politics and religion
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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