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Religious Policy Adoption in the American States: Measuring and Validating Influence of the Christian Right

McCrea, Austin Michael
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1461946919

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2016, BA, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Political Science.
This paper attempts to bring a greater understanding to the adoption of Religious Freedom and Restoration Act (RFRA) bills and similar religious policies at the state-level. Based off the trends and patterns of the past decade, religious legislation is a highly controversial and divisive issue that has created a gulf between secularism and religious freedom. To understand these adoption patterns, I advance a framework of analysis based on several theories that share a similar spatial distribution to that of RFRA across the American states. An extant body of literature discusses the role of the Christian Right as an effective state-level movement. I explore how the organizational strength of the movement influences states to adopt these policies. Moreover, I explore the implications of the policy innovation literature to test how innovativeness affects the likelihood of adoption. Finally, I consider the concept of social capital and how population characteristics affect adoption.
Daniel Hawes (Advisor)
40 p.
Political Science; Public Policy
Religion; Social Capital; Public Policy; RFRA

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  • McCrea, A. M. (2016). Religious Policy Adoption in the American States: Measuring and Validating Influence of the Christian Right [Undergraduate thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1461946919

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • McCrea, Austin. Religious Policy Adoption in the American States: Measuring and Validating Influence of the Christian Right . 2016. Kent State University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1461946919.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • McCrea, Austin. "Religious Policy Adoption in the American States: Measuring and Validating Influence of the Christian Right ." Undergraduate thesis, Kent State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1461946919

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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