Dennis C. Mueller is professor emeritus of economics at the University of Vienna. His main research interests are public choice, industrial economics, and constitutional political economy. He is the author of many articles and several books, including Public Choice III (Cambridge University Press, 2003), The Corporation (2003), and Constitutional Democracy (1996). Mueller is a past president of the U.S. and European Public Choice Societies, the Southern Economic Association, the Industrial Organization Society, the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics, and the International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society.

• 1. Liberal democracy; Part I. Fundamentals: Evolution, Psychology, Reasoning and Religion: 2. Evolution, psychology and reason; 3. Religion; Part II. An Historical Look at the State, Democracy and Religion: 4. The first states; 5. Athens and Rome; 6. The Caliphate; 7. The Renaissance; 8. The Enlightenment; 9. Religion and democracy after the French revolution; Part III. The Institutions of Liberal Democracy: 10. Democracy and citizenship; 11. Rights; 12. Education, citizenship, immigration and democracy; Part IV. Challenges to Liberal Democracy: 13. Democracy and religion; 14. Building and protecting Liberal democracy.

'Mueller's new book tackles a very large question and approaches it with a very broad, but very fine brush. The first half of the book provides a biological explanation for the origin of both reason and religion and explores how reason and religion have affected the development of civilization and have, in turn, been affected by those civilizations. The second half of the book links religion and rationality to issues in contemporary politics. It focuses on such issues as the relationship between education, religion, and democracy; the effects of emigration; and constitutional design. I am impressed by the book and with the project itself. I found myself broadly sympathetic with the book's arguments and conclusions, and even where I disagree, the arguments are interesting and provocative.' Roger Congleton, George Mason University

Dennis C. Mueller is professor emeritus of economics at the University of Vienna. His main research interests are public choice, industrial economics, and constitutional political economy. He is the author of many articles and several books, including Public Choice III (Cambridge University Press, 2003), The Corporation (2003), and Constitutional Democracy (1996). Mueller is a past president of the U.S. and European Public Choice Societies, the Southern Economic Association, the Industrial Organization Society, the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics, and the International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society.

• 1. Liberal democracy; Part I. Fundamentals: Evolution, Psychology, Reasoning and Religion: 2. Evolution, psychology and reason; 3. Religion; Part II. An Historical Look at the State, Democracy and Religion: 4. The first states; 5. Athens and Rome; 6. The Caliphate; 7. The Renaissance; 8. The Enlightenment; 9. Religion and democracy after the French revolution; Part III. The Institutions of Liberal Democracy: 10. Democracy and citizenship; 11. Rights; 12. Education, citizenship, immigration and democracy; Part IV. Challenges to Liberal Democracy: 13. Democracy and religion; 14. Building and protecting Liberal democracy.

'Mueller's new book tackles a very large question and approaches it with a very broad, but very fine brush. The first half of the book provides a biological explanation for the origin of both reason and religion and explores how reason and religion have affected the development of civilization and have, in turn, been affected by those civilizations. The second half of the book links religion and rationality to issues in contemporary politics. It focuses on such issues as the relationship between education, religion, and democracy; the effects of emigration; and constitutional design. I am impressed by the book and with the project itself. I found myself broadly sympathetic with the book's arguments and conclusions, and even where I disagree, the arguments are interesting and provocative.' Roger Congleton, George Mason University

Dennis C. Mueller is professor emeritus of economics at the University of Vienna. His main research interests are public choice, industrial economics, and constitutional political economy. He is the author of many articles and several books, including Public Choice III (Cambridge University Press, 2003), The Corporation (2003), and Constitutional Democracy (1996). Mueller is a past president of the U.S. and European Public Choice Societies, the Southern Economic Association, the Industrial Organization Society, the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics, and the International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society.

• 1. Liberal democracy; Part I. Fundamentals: Evolution, Psychology, Reasoning and Religion: 2. Evolution, psychology and reason; 3. Religion; Part II. An Historical Look at the State, Democracy and Religion: 4. The first states; 5. Athens and Rome; 6. The Caliphate; 7. The Renaissance; 8. The Enlightenment; 9. Religion and democracy after the French revolution; Part III. The Institutions of Liberal Democracy: 10. Democracy and citizenship; 11. Rights; 12. Education, citizenship, immigration and democracy; Part IV. Challenges to Liberal Democracy: 13. Democracy and religion; 14. Building and protecting Liberal democracy.

'Mueller's new book tackles a very large question and approaches it with a very broad, but very fine brush. The first half of the book provides a biological explanation for the origin of both reason and religion and explores how reason and religion have affected the development of civilization and have, in turn, been affected by those civilizations. The second half of the book links religion and rationality to issues in contemporary politics. It focuses on such issues as the relationship between education, religion, and democracy; the effects of emigration; and constitutional design. I am impressed by the book and with the project itself. I found myself broadly sympathetic with the book's arguments and conclusions, and even where I disagree, the arguments are interesting and provocative.' Roger Congleton, George Mason University