Comparative politics

The European Union currently finds itself in the midst of its most profound crises since its creation.

The Muslim Speaks reimagines Islam as a strategy for investigating the modern condition.

Since 9/11 and the global War on Terror, practitioners of Islam in Europe and beyond have been scrutinised and surveyed under suspicion of disloyalty and as potential disrupters of national social cohesion.

Since 9/11 and the global War on Terror, practitioners of Islam in Europe and beyond have been scrutinised and surveyed under suspicion of disloyalty and as potential disrupters of national social cohesion.

The Muslim Speaks reimagines Islam as a strategy for investigating the modern condition.

Throughout its history, Nigeria has been plagued by religious divisions.

Throughout its history, Nigeria has been plagued by religious divisions.

Using the life and writings of Cyril III Ibn Laqlaq, 75th patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, along with a variety of Christian and Muslim chroniclers, this study explores the identity and context of the Christian community of Egypt and its relations with the leadership of the Ayyubid dynasty in the early thirteenth century.

We live in a time where old orders are collapsing: from the postcolonial nation states of the Middle East, to the EU and the American election.

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Cedric J.

Emile Durkheim, along with Karl Marx and Max Weber, is one of the three 'founding fathers of sociology'.

Emile Durkheim, along with Karl Marx and Max Weber, is one of the three 'founding fathers of sociology'.

What kind of decolonial possibilities exist in today's world?

This is a disturbing account of the campaign to promote fear and hatred of Muslims in the United States and Europe, from the 'War on Terror' to Trump's travel ban.

This is a disturbing account of the campaign to promote fear and hatred of Muslims in the United States and Europe, from the 'War on Terror' to Trump's travel ban.

In this penetrating volume, Jeffery Webber charts the political dynamics and conflicts underpinning the contradictory evolution of left-wing governments and social movements in Latin America in the last two decades.

In this penetrating volume, Jeffery Webber charts the political dynamics and conflicts underpinning the contradictory evolution of left-wing governments and social movements in Latin America in the last two decades.

This study analyses Kurdish Hizbullah as a social movement, charting Hizbullah's development from its origins in violent militancy to its move towards a more ambiguous 'civic' mode of engagement.

James Crossley holds a mirror up to English politics, examining how Christianity is often used to legitimise ideological positions and parties.

James Crossley holds a mirror up to English politics, examining how Christianity is often used to legitimise ideological positions and parties.

After decades of occupation and creeping annexation, the situation on the ground in Palestine/Israel can only be described as a system of apartheid.

After decades of occupation and creeping annexation, the situation on the ground in Palestine/Israel can only be described as a system of apartheid.

From fear and anxiety, to celebration, China's rise has provoked a variety of responses across the world.

From fear and anxiety, to celebration, China's rise has provoked a variety of responses across the world.

What kind of decolonial possibilities exist in today's world?

The activities of pro-Israel pressure groups and lobbyists in the US are well-known.

The Iranian cleric Ayatollah Montazeri (1922-2009) played an integral role in the founding of the Islamic Republic in the wake of the Iranian Revolution of 1978/9.

Civil society is often seen as male, structured in a way that excludes women from public and political life.

Inequality is widening.

Turkey has witnessed remarkable sociocultural change under the regime of Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP), particularly regarding its religious communities.

In response to recent media controversy and public debate about legal pluralism and multiculturalism, Manea argues against what she identifies as the growing tendency for people to be treated as 'homogenous groups' in Western academic discourse, rather than as individuals with authentic voices.

Surrounded by steep escarpments to the north, south and east, Ethiopia has always been geographically and culturally set apart.

On 22 February 2006, the main dome of the al-Askariyya shrine in Samarra was blown up.

Civil society is often seen as male, structured in a way that excludes women from public and political life.

Tarek Cherkaoui reveals how geo-political and ideological legacies of the past, which divide the world into a dichotomy of 'us' against 'them', play a dominant role in reinforcing the ensuing polarisation of our media.

India's endemic gender-based violence has received increased international scrutiny and provoked waves of domestic protest and activism.

Sharia has been a source of misunderstanding and misconception in both the Muslim and non-Muslim worlds.

Inequality is widening.

Turkey has witnessed remarkable sociocultural change under the regime of Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP), particularly regarding its religious communities.

It has long been assumed that no Armenian presence remained in eastern Turkey after the 1915 massacres.

South Africa is the most industrialized power in Africa.

The Xi'an Stele, erected in Tang China's capital in 781, describes in both Syriac and Chinese the existence of Christian communities in northern China.

The early twenty-first century has been defined by a rise in Islamist radicalisation and a concurrent rise in far right extremism.

Iran's presidents have defined the Islamic Republic's attitudes towards the rest of the world.

When the British thought of themselves as a Protestant nation their natural enemy was the pope and they adapted their view of history accordingly.

Tarek Cherkaoui reveals how geo-political and ideological legacies of the past, which divide the world into a dichotomy of 'us' against 'them', play a dominant role in reinforcing the ensuing polarisation of our media.

India's endemic gender-based violence has received increased international scrutiny and provoked waves of domestic protest and activism.