Countermovement Mobilization and State Raids on Minority Religious Communities

An ongoing study of government raids on minority religious communities in 19 Western-style democracies over seven-plus decades shows a dramatic increase in raids beginning in the 1990s. Two distinct and related patterns are found to explain this escalation in frequency. Both patterns involved counte...

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Authors: Wright, Stuart A. 1951- (Author) ; Palmer, Susan J. 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [2018]
In: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 2018, Volume: 57, Issue: 3, Pages: 616-633
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Western world / New religion / Religious minority / Counter movement (Sociology) / Social control / State power
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AZ New religious movements
ZC Politics in general
Further subjects:B countermovement mobilization
B state raids
B NRMs
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