The European State and Minority Religious Groups: Exploring Patterns of Engagement and Access
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[Thesis]
First Statement of Responsibility
Gerald T. FitzGerald
Subsequent Statement of Responsibility
Mandaville, Peter
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
George Mason University
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2017
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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453
GENERAL NOTES
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Committee members: Dinan, Desmond; Gest, Justin
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-0-355-64932-1
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
Ph.D.
Discipline of degree
Political Science
Body granting the degree
George Mason University
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2017
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This dissertation examines variations in the consistency with which governments apply certain institutions of church-state relations with respect to minority religious communities over time in Britain, France, and the Netherlands. Adopting a comparative historical approach, with a focus on Jewish and Muslim organizations operating on the national level, the research findings point to ethno-religious demographic change as a cross-cutting driver of inconsistencies across the three case studies and also highlight the role of national differences in church-state institutional arrangements in shaping the contours of the relationship between European governments and minority religious groups.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Religious history; European Studies; Political science
UNCONTROLLED SUBJECT TERMS
Subject Term
Philosophy, religion and theology;Social sciences;Europe;Islam