Comparative politics

Written by a team of leading authorities in the field, this collection provides a critique of the law as it applies to social work practice, and identifies key contemporary issues for social work.

Presenting religion as journalism's silent partner, From Yahweh to Yahoo!

In the United States, egg donation for reproduction and egg donation for research involve the same procedures, the same risks, and the same population of donorsdisadvantaged women at the intersections of race and class.

Although scholars have long studied how Muslims authenticated and transmitted Muhammad's sayings and practices (hadith), the story of how they interpreted and reinterpreted the meanings of hadith over the past millennium has yet to be told.

Hizmet Means Service examines Hizmet, a Turkey-based but global movement dedicated to human service.

Debating or making speeches, American politicians invariably cite tenets of Christian faitheven as they unfailingly defend the liberal principles of tolerance and religious neutrality that underpin a pluralistic democracy.

New Challenges for Maturing Democracies in Korea and Taiwan takes a creative and comparative view of the new challenges and dynamics confronting these maturing democracies.

This study of religion and violence "e;forces us to reexamine some of our most cherished self-images of modern liberal democratic societies"e; (Charles Taylor).

Although democracy is, in principle, the antithesis of dynastic rule, families with multiple members in elective office continue to be common around the world.

Beyond the Euromaidan examines the prospects for advancing reform in Ukraine in the wake of the February 2014 Euromaidan revolution and Russian invasion.

Many today place great hope in law as a vehicle for the transformation of society and accept that law is autonomous, universal, and above all, secular.

Even casual acquaintances of the Bible know that the Truth shall set you free, but in the pursuit of that Truth in higher education--particularly in Christian or Jewish seminaries--there are often many casualties suffered along the way.

Once seen as a fringe phenomenon, populism is back.

Is religion a source of political stability and social continuity, or an agent of radical change?

From 1949 to 1989, Germany was divided into West and East Germany.

During the Cold War, the U.

This textbook provides clear, reliable, and comprehensive insights into key topics in comparative law and legal history.

This book develops a post-secular, post-sectarian political theology, taking that burgeoning field in a new direction.

While the construction of architecture has a place in architectural discourse, its destruction, generally seen as incompatible with the very idea of "e;culture,"e; has been neglected in theoretical and historical discussion.

Spanning various regions of Sub-Saharan Africa, the authors of this volume come together to explore the complex relationship between religion and democracy in contemporary Africa.

As the Bride of Christ, the body of Christian believers has been called to serve Him.

Have you ever felt implicit pressure to 'go along' with something you believe not to be true?

Drawing on a decade of research into the community that proposed the so-called "e;Ground Zero Mosque,"e; this book refutes the idea that current demands for Muslim moderation have primarily arisen in response to the events of 9/11, or to the violence often depicted in the media as unique to Muslims.

In A Faith Not Worth Fighting For, editors Justin Bronson Barringer and Tripp York have assembled a number of essays by pastors, activists, and scholars in order to address the common questions and objections leveled against the Christian practice of nonviolence.

"e;Do many young boys meet hermits in the forest, and trade mushrooms for wisdom?

This book offers a philosophical and macro-historical analysis of secularism, supported by an investigation of various contemporary cases.

Can religious individuals and communities learn from each other in ways that will lead them to collaborate in addressing the great ethical challenges of our time, including climate change and endless warfare?

In a fallen world, politics will be a brutal, at times violent, sport.

Daniel Hannan, a British Conservative Member of the European Parliament, calls on Americans to avoid Europe's future.

This book investigates the political legacy of colonialism in contemporary African institutions.

Because the turbulent trajectory of Russia's foreign policy since the collapse of the Soviet Union echoes previous moments of social and political transformation, history offers a special vantage point from which to judge the current course of events.

The book provides insights on decolonising media and communication studies education from diverse African scholars at different stages of their careers.

This book re-examines the claim of the Conservative Party to be the 'national party' and in its politics to express the enduring 'national interest'.

For over four decades, events in Palestine-Israel have provoked raging conflicts within British universities around issues of free speech, 'extremism', antisemitism and Islamophobia.

This most thorough and contemporary examination of the religious features of the UK state and its monarchy argues that the long reign of Elizabeth has led to a widespread lack of awareness of the centuries old religious features of the state that are revealed at the accession and coronation of a new monarch.

In the wake of same-sex marriage legalization, most religious conservatives realize that they now share a minority viewpoint on many social issues.

Is the Atlantic World in a state of crisis?

The religion of Orange politics offers an in-depth anthropological account of the Orange Order in Scotland.

Religious liberty is often called "e;the first freedom.

The twenty-first century has seen violence thunder back onto the stage of history.

Through its strength in numbers and remarkable presence in politics, Pentecostalism has become a force to reckon with in twenty-first-century Zambian society.

For over four decades, events in Palestine-Israel have provoked raging conflicts within British universities around issues of free speech, 'extremism', antisemitism and Islamophobia.

In what ways can we think through the complexities of identity?

The 2014 Ukrainian-Crimean crisis has raised serious questions in the West about Russian motivations and future policy directions.

This book provides a thought provoking and comprehensive account of teenagers' perceptions and experiences of the physical and symbolic divisions that exist in 'post conflict' Belfast.

This book examines the quest to promote the health and vigour of individuals and populations of liberal democracies.

The latest book in the long-running Britain at the Polls series provides an indispensable account of the fascinating 2017 British general election.

This book provides a scholarly yet accessible account of the Irish nationalist youth organisation Na Fianna Eireann and its contribution to the Irish Revolution in the period 1909-23.

The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) are now established as one of the larger groups in the European Parliament and from 2014 to 2019 had more MEPs than the Liberals, Greens or radical left and right-wing factions.

The new edition of Mark Lewis Taylors award-winning The Executed God is both a searing indictment of the structures of Lockdown America and a visionary statement of hope.