Download or read book Religion and Comparative Development written by Theocharis Grigoriadis and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion and Comparative Development is the first analytical endeavor on religion and government that incorporates microeconomic modeling of democracy and dictatorship as well as empirical linkages between religious norms and the bureaucratic provision of public goods within the framework of survey data analysis and public goods experiments. Moreover, it explores the rising significance of religion in Middle East and post-Soviet politics, as well as in current migration, security and party developments in the United States and Europe alike through these lenses.