Political Economy of Theocracy

RONALD WINTROBE is Professor of Economics at the University of Western Ontario, Canada.   MARIO FERRERRO is Professor of Political Economy at the University of Piemonte Orientale, Italy.

• Introduction Theocracy and the Separation of Powers The Economics of Theocracy Serving God in a Largely Theocratic Society: Rivalry and Cooperation between Church and King Theocracy, Natural Spiritual Monopoly and Dictatorship On the Economics of the Socialist Theocracy of the Jesuits in Paraguay (1609-1767) Combining Autocracy and Majority Voting: The Canonical Succession Rules of the Latin Church Theocracy and the Evolution of Morals Theocracy as a Screening Device Learning and Imitation by Theocracies An Essay on the Muslim Gap: Religiosity and the Political System The Political Economy of a Semi-Industrialized Theocratic State: The Islamic Republic of Iran