Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
A large majority of the Indian public reports having voted in an election, either in the past year or in the more distant past. Far fewer Indians have engaged in other forms of political participation and only about one-in-ten have engaged in any of the online forms of political participation tested. Indian men are more […]
Of the seven forms of political participation tested, voting is by far the most common type of engagement in the four European nations surveyed. Greece is one of the few European countries with compulsory voting laws for all citizens. However, these laws are largely unenforced, as evidenced by the record-low turnout during the last parliamentary […]
Religion and education, two of humankind’s most ancient endeavors, have long had a close relationship. Historians and social scientists have written about this relationship and about how the two may influence each other. This chapter presents a broad overview of scholarly research into the ways religion can affect educational achievement. It is not an exhaustive […]