Topic 4 - Exsistential security theory - Flashcards in A Level and IB Sociology

1. Why do rich societies have less need for security? Because there are higher (6, 9)
4. What do they think religion meets people's need for? (8)
5. Who found that the more a country spent on welfare the lower its religiosity? Gill and (11)
8. What values make America need more security and thus religion? (15)

2. What does this theory account for? Higher religiosity in (5, 5, 9)
3. Who are the main theorists? Norris and (10)
6. Why do they think Europe is less religious than America? Because europe has better (7)
7. In the 20th century the state began to provide .... which contributed to religion's decline (7)
9. CRITICISM - They only use ............... data which does not give a valid picture. (12)
10. CRITICISM - Although the state can now meet the needs of a person' security, it still cannot provide answers to (8, 9)

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