Author's Keywords: Secularism in the United States, France, and Turkey; Church-State relations; State policies towards religion in schools	Convention All Academic Convention can solve the abstract management needs for any association's annual meeting. Submission - Custom fields, multiple submission types, tracks, audio visual, multiple upload formats, automatic conversion to pdf. Review - Peer Review, Bulk reviewer assignment, bulk emails, ranking, z-score statistics, and multiple worksheets! Reports - Many standard and custom reports generated while you wait. Print programs with participant indexes, event grids, and more! Scheduling - Flexible and convenient grid scheduling within rooms and buildings. Conflict checking and advanced filtering. Communication - Bulk email tools to help your administrators send reminders and responses. Use form letters, a message center, and much more! Management - Search tools, duplicate people management, editing tools, submission transfers, many tools to manage a variety of conference management headaches! Click here for more information.
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Kuru, Ahmet. "Secularism in the United States, France, and Turkey: An Historical Perspective" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Marriott Wardman Park, Omni Shoreham, Washington Hilton, Washington, DC, Sep 01, 2005 <Not Available>. 2011-03-14 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p42250_index.html>

Kuru, A. T. , 2005-09-01 "Secularism in the United States, France, and Turkey: An Historical Perspective" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Marriott Wardman Park, Omni Shoreham, Washington Hilton, Washington, DC Online <PDF>. 2011-03-14 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p42250_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: Why do constitutionally secular states pursue substantially different policies from one another on religion? Five state policies on religion in schools indicate a substantial variation among the US, France, and Turkey. I conceptualize two distinct meanings of secularism based on the experiences of these three countries. In the US, the dominant understanding of secularism comes closest to what I call �passive secularism,� which means state neutrality towards different religions. The meaning of secularism in France and Turkey, however, is closer to �assertive secularism,� which implies that the state favors a secular worldview in the public sphere and confines religion to the private sphere. Applying social movement theory, I argue that various state policies towards religion in schools (the dependent variable) and the two meanings of secularism (the intervening variable) in the US, France, and Turkey have been the results of intentional collective action by secular and religious movements, their ideological and interest-based conflicts, and the balance of power between them (the explanatory variables).

Politics and Religion in Secular States: The United States, France, and Turkey

Secularism and State-Religion Relations in the United States, France, and Turkey