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It justifies the use of an identity-based definition of religious cleavages over an issue-based one, citing higher reliability and lower data collection costs. The author describes the use of the Religion and State (RAS) dataset to measure religious discrimination and demography (fractionalization and polarization), and the use of official state religion as a proxy for religious legitimacy. The methodology also includes the treatment of non-religious groups, specifically coding Communist regimes and rebels as non-religious, and the application of control variables such as regime type based on the Polity IV project.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001687#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The author adopts an identity-based definition of religious cleavages, which identifies a cleavage when parties belong to separate religions, different denominations of one religion, or when one side is religious and the other is not. 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