READING GROUP: RELIGION AND PUBLIC LIFE
The theme of this session is
Religion, parties and party systems: how religious cleavages concurred to shape Western party systems. Current significance of religion in explaining political parties’ alignment, identity, electoral strategies.
Core reading:
- Dalton, R., Religion and party alignment, in Sankiaho, R. et al. (ed.), People and other polities. Finnish Political Science Association. Helsinki, 1990.
- Janda, K., Regional and Religious Support of Political Parties and Effects on Their Issue Positions, International Political Science Review, Vol. 10, No. 4, October 1989.