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2026

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Political Science

D-Index
50
Citations
11171
World Ranking
240
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Political Science in Israel Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Political Science in Israel Leader Award

Overview

Jonathan Fox is affiliated with Bar-Ilan University in Israel and has contributed extensively to the field of social sciences, particularly within the domains of sociology and political science. Their academic work spans interdisciplinary areas including political science and international relations, demography, law, and molecular biology.

The primary focus of Jonathan Fox's research centers on the interactions between religion and society. Key research topics include:

  • Religion and Society Interactions
  • Religion, Society, and Development
  • Political Conflict and Governance
  • Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
  • American Constitutional Law and Politics
  • Migration, Refugees, and Integration
  • Turkey's Politics and Society

Jonathan Fox has published frequently in several academic journals and platforms. The most prominent venues include:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • Religions
  • The Review of Faith & International Affairs
  • Journal of Peace Research
  • Cambridge University Press eBooks

Some of their recent papers exemplify the scope and thematic diversity of their work:

  • What is religious freedom and who has it? (2021), published in Social Compass
  • Ensuring Individual Rights through Institutional Freedoms: The Role of Religious Institutions in Securing Religious Rights (2021), published in Religions
  • The Causes of Societal Discrimination against Religious Minorities in Christian-Majority Countries (2021), published in Religions
  • State Support for Religion and Government Legitimacy in Christian-Majority Countries (2023), published in American Political Science Review

Jonathan Fox regularly collaborates with co-authors, with frequent contributors including:

  • Ariel Zellman
  • Jori Breslawski
  • Meirav Mishali-Ram
  • Roger Finke
  • Jeffrey Haynes

Best Publications

  • The Difficult Transition from Clientelism to Citizenship: Lessons from Mexico

    Jonathan A Fox

  • A World Survey of Religion and the State

    Jonathan Fox

  • Bringing Religion Into International Relations

    Jonathan Fox;Shmuel Sandler

  • UNPACKING “TRANSNATIONAL CITIZENSHIP”*

    Jonathan A Fox

  • Religion as an Overlooked Element of International Relations

    Jonathan Fox

  • World Separation of Religion and State Into the 21st Century

    Jonathan Fox

  • Religion, Civilization, and Civil War: 1945 through the New Millennium

    Jonathan Fox

  • Latin America's Emerging Local Politics

    Jonathan A Fox

  • Latin America's Emerging Local Politics

    Jonathan A Fox

  • The Rise of Religious Nationalism and Conflict: Ethnic Conflict and Revolutionary Wars, 1945-2001

    Jonathan Fox

  • Political Secularism, Religion, and the State: A Time Series Analysis of Worldwide Data

    Jonathan Fox

  • Transforming State-Society Relations in Mexico: The National Solidarity Strategy

    Julián F. Bertranou;Wayne Cornelius;Ann Craig;Jonathan Fox

  • Ethnic Minorities and the Clash of Civilizations: A Quantitative Analysis of Huntington's Thesis

    Jonathan Fox

  • Ethnoreligious conflict in the late twentieth century : a general theory

    Jonathan Fox

  • Decentralization and Rural Development in Mexico: Community Participation in Oaxaca's Municipal Funds Program

    Jonathan A Fox;Josefina Aranda

  • Mexico's Difficult Democracy: Grassroots Movements, NGOs, and Local Government

    Jonathan Fox;Luis Hernández

  • Two Civilizations and Ethnic Conflict: Islam and the West

    Jonathan Fox

  • Invisible No More: Mexican Migrant Civic Participation in the United States

    Jonathan A Fox

  • Contemporary Evidence Regarding the Impact of State Regulation of Religion on Religious Participation and Belief

    Jonathan Fox;Ephraim Tabory

  • The Influence of Religious Legitimacy on Grievance Formation by Ethno-Religious Minorities

    Jonathan Fox

  • Religion in International Relations Theory: Interactions and Possibilities

    Nukhet A. Sandal;Jonathan Fox

  • Religious Causes of Discrimination against Ethno-Religious Minorities

    Jonathan Fox

  • Separation of Religion and State in the Twenty-First Century: Comparing the Middle East and Western Democracies

    Jonathan Fox;Shmuel Sandler

  • Do Democracies Have Separation of Religion and State

    Jonathan Fox

  • A World Survey of Religion and the State: Patterns and Trends

    Jonathan Fox

  • Securitization of Islam and religious discrimination: Religious minorities in Western democracies, 1990–2008

    Jonathan Fox;Yasemin Akbaba

  • The Unfree Exercise of Religion: A World Survey of Discrimination against Religious Minorities

    Jonathan Fox

  • An Introduction to Religion and Politics: Theory and Practice

    Jonathan Fox

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger Finke
Roger Finke Pennsylvania State University
Patrick James
Patrick James University of Southern California

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