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Item type:Publication, "Ye shall know them by their fruits": Corruption, Competitiveness, and Christianity in Europe and the AmericasBackground: High corruption and low competitiveness are common denominators in countries with pervasive Roman Catholic traditions. In contrast, historically Protestant countries, both in the Americas and in Europe, tend to have higher levels of transparency, education, social progress, and competitiveness. According to the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus Christ declared that "Ye shall know them by their fruits." He was referring to the true and false prophets who would come on his behalf. This parable inspires this study, which examines the relationship between religious systems ("prophets") and social prosperity ("fruits"). Its main question is: How does Protestantism influence competitiveness and transparency compared to Roman Catholicism in Europe and the Americas? Methodology: I applied a comprehensive methodological framework consisting of different epistemological approaches (Mixed Methods). The correlational (quantitative) part established the interrelations between the investigated variables, while the Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) further inferred causal relations for 65 countries in Europe and the Americas. The qualitative part used Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) to examine four case studies (Switzerland, Uruguay, Cuba, and Colombia). Results: Combining three main factors accounted for uneven socio-economic and institutional performance in Europe and the Americas. These factors are: 1. Religion: 1.1) Historical Protestantism and its positive influence on law, institutions and language (highest performance); 1.2) anti-clericalism (medium-high performance); 1.3) Roman Catholicism or Orthodoxy (medium-low performance); 1.4) Syncretism (low performance). 2. Political non-religious influences: 2.1) Communism (low performance). 3. Geography and environment, which modulate overall performance. Conclusion: This study contributes to existing research in this field by demonstrating for the first time the effect of the mutually reinforcing configuration of multiple prosperity triggers (religionpolitical environment). Historical Protestantism largely influenced prosperity by promoting education, by secularising institutions and by stabilising democracy. Protestantism has also proven highly influential in the successive historical law revolutions that gradually mitigated the power of pervasive feudal institutions and of papalist medieval canon law. In contrast, traditionally Roman Catholic countries have generally upheld a medieval model of extractivist institutions until anti-clerical (non-communist) movements were able to weaken this influence in some countries.Type:doctoral thesis - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, 'Ye shall know them by their fruits'”: Corruption, Competitiveness, and Christianity in Europe and the AmericasBackground: High corruption and low competitiveness are common denominators in countries with pervasive Roman Catholic traditions. In contrast, historically Protestant countries, both in the Americas and in Europe, tend to have higher levels of transparency, education, social progress, and competitiveness. According to the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus Christ declared that “Ye shall know them by their fruits.” He was referring to the true and false prophets who would come on his behalf. This parable inspires this study, which examines the relationship between religious systems (“prophets”) and social prosperity (“fruits”). Its main question is: How does Protestantism influence competitiveness and transparency compared to Roman Catholicism in Europe and the Americas? Methodology: I applied a comprehensive methodological framework consisting of different epistemological approaches (Mixed Methods). The correlational (quantitative) part established the interrelations between the investigated variables, while the Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) further inferred causal relations for 65 countries in Europe and the Americas. The qualitative part used Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) to examine four case studies (Switzerland, Uruguay, Cuba, and Colombia). Results: Combining three main factors accounted for uneven socio-economic and institutional performance in Europe and the Americas. These factors are: 1. Religion: 1.1) Historical Protestantism and its positive influence on law, institutions and language (highest performance); 1.2) anti-clericalism (medium-high performance); 1.3) Roman Catholicism or Orthodoxy (medium-low performance); 1.4) Syncretism (low performance). 2. Political non-religious influences: 2.1) Communism (low performance). 3. Geography and environment, which modulate overall performance. Conclusion: This study contributes to existing research in this field by demonstrating for the first time the effect of the mutually reinforcing configuration of multiple prosperity triggers (religion–political– environment). Historical Protestantism largely influenced prosperity by promoting education, by secularising institutions and by stabilising democracy. Protestantism has also proven highly influential in the successive historical law revolutions that gradually mitigated the power of pervasive feudal institutions and of papalist medieval canon law. In contrast, traditionally Roman Catholic countries have generally upheld a medieval model of extractivist institutions until anti-clerical (non-communist) movements were able to weaken this influence in some countries.Type:doctoral thesis