Abstract:The United Kingdom (UK) provides an important case study when analysing the influence of religious attitudes and values on political behaviour in the European Union. Our research shows British Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to be relatively at ease working with the different faith-based organisations which seek to influence the European policy process-and much more so than many of their colleagues from other member states. This can potentially be explained by the more 'pluralist' political culture w… Show more
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