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Islam, Religious Outlooks, and Support for Democracy

Despite a wealth of studies examining Muslim religiosity and democracy, uncertainty regarding Islam and attitudes toward democracy remains. Although the claims concerning the incompatibility of Islam and democracy are generally discarded, public opinion scholarship has yet to build much further from...

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Published in:Political research quarterly 2019-06, Vol.72 (2), p.435-449
Main Authors: Ciftci, Sabri, Wuthrich, F. Michael, Shamaileh, Ammar
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Expectations
Islam
Latent class analysis
Measurement
Muslims
Political attitudes
Public opinion
Religion
Religion & politics
Religiosity
Scholarship
Uncertainty
Wealth
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