Beyond Neoclassical Economics: The Impact of Religion on the Economic Disparity Between Georgia and Estonia
The aim of this article is to examine the impact religion has had on the post-Soviet economic development of Georgia and Estonia. The role of religion in economic development has been neglected in the field of social sciences, in which political and economic theories dominate. Considering the differ...
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| description | The aim of this article is to examine the impact religion has had on the post-Soviet economic development of Georgia and Estonia. The role of religion in economic development has been neglected in the field of social sciences, in which political and economic theories dominate. Considering the difference in the religiosity of the two countries—Georgia is one of the most religious countries in Europe while Estonia is the most atheist—religion will be incorporated as a factor that could have directly or indirectly impacted the post-Soviet development of the two countries. By studying the relationship of the church and the state in the two countries and the population’s economic attitudes that may have been influenced by their religiosity, this paper will conclude that religion can be considered a contributing factor in the economic divergence between Estonia and Georgia. The article’s overall findings will suggest that the practice of Eastern Orthodoxy in Georgia impedes the development of good governance and a free market economy, whereas the opposite holds for Protestantism or atheism in Estonia. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3a67289074294de483ee751af480065d2022-12-21T23:28:32ZengSciendoBaltic Journal of European studies2228-05962018-09-0182244310.1515/bjes-2018-0014bjes-2018-0014Beyond Neoclassical Economics: The Impact of Religion on the Economic Disparity Between Georgia and EstoniaMgaloblishvili Anastasia0Department of Law, School of Business and Governance, Tallinn University of Technology, Akadeemia tee 3, Tallinn12618, EstoniaThe aim of this article is to examine the impact religion has had on the post-Soviet economic development of Georgia and Estonia. The role of religion in economic development has been neglected in the field of social sciences, in which political and economic theories dominate. Considering the difference in the religiosity of the two countries—Georgia is one of the most religious countries in Europe while Estonia is the most atheist—religion will be incorporated as a factor that could have directly or indirectly impacted the post-Soviet development of the two countries. By studying the relationship of the church and the state in the two countries and the population’s economic attitudes that may have been influenced by their religiosity, this paper will conclude that religion can be considered a contributing factor in the economic divergence between Estonia and Georgia. The article’s overall findings will suggest that the practice of Eastern Orthodoxy in Georgia impedes the development of good governance and a free market economy, whereas the opposite holds for Protestantism or atheism in Estonia.https://doi.org/10.1515/bjes-2018-0014economic developmentestoniageorgiareligion |
| spellingShingle | Mgaloblishvili Anastasia Beyond Neoclassical Economics: The Impact of Religion on the Economic Disparity Between Georgia and Estonia Baltic Journal of European studies economic development estonia georgia religion |
| title | Beyond Neoclassical Economics: The Impact of Religion on the Economic Disparity Between Georgia and Estonia |
| title_full | Beyond Neoclassical Economics: The Impact of Religion on the Economic Disparity Between Georgia and Estonia |
| title_fullStr | Beyond Neoclassical Economics: The Impact of Religion on the Economic Disparity Between Georgia and Estonia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Beyond Neoclassical Economics: The Impact of Religion on the Economic Disparity Between Georgia and Estonia |
| title_short | Beyond Neoclassical Economics: The Impact of Religion on the Economic Disparity Between Georgia and Estonia |
| title_sort | beyond neoclassical economics the impact of religion on the economic disparity between georgia and estonia |
| topic | economic development estonia georgia religion |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/bjes-2018-0014 |
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