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"This book analyzes the political and economic reforms that resulted from the Asian financial crisis of 1997-1998, looking at how such reforms helped to prepare Asian countries for coping with the 2009 global recession. The historical background, social and political system, economic development, and foreign relations of each country are analyzed and compared against those of neighboring countries"--Provided by publisher

The Orthodox Church in post-Soviet Russia is currently tackling numerous issues. Some of these are modern, like the institution's relationship with nationalism, while others are centuries-old, like the Old Believer schism. Some have argued that there is one potential solution to both problems: the restoration of edinoverie, a uniate movement founded in 1800 to bring the Old Believers into the Church. In this article, we consider all of the most recent works on this subject to demonstrate how a particular historical narrative has been sanctified by ecclesiastic writers to justify edinoverie's revival. At the same time, its legacy is being utilised by a few nationalist or neo-traditionalist figures to restore a distinctively Russian character to Orthodoxy that can inoculate the country against irreligiosity and globalisation. Finally, we consider the failure to offer a convincing scholarly alternative to these narratives, a problem which is only now being rectified by young Russian academics.

"Separating theory and practice creates problems for thinking about religion. Current neuropsychological research helps the religious person by returning theory to practice, opening new avenues of religious knowing and showing that reason is on the side of those who choose a religiously lived life"--

L'islam, deuxième religion de France, de par sa visibilité croissante est au cœur du débat sur la place faite aux immigrés dans la société. Or, l'affirmation de cette religion est concomitante au développement de l'islam politique sur la scène internationale. Ce qui n'est pas sans créer des malentendus. Aussi est-il important de faire apparaître la condition musulmane en France dans toute sa complexité et dans toute la diversité de ses pratiques et de ses stratégies.

"Most studies describing this evolution have either drawn on classical legalistic approaches (see e.g. Aust and Nolte 2016; Keller and Stone Sweet 2008 or Mackenzie, Romano and Shany 2010) or been developed by constitutionalists?often from political science and sociology?preoccupied with mapping the global development and influence of ICs (see e.g. Slaughter 2000; Slaughter 2004; Slaughter and Burke-White 2006; Romano, Alter and Shany 2013 and Alter 2014). While the more classical legal scholarship has been predominated by accounts that outline principles and application of IC case law in national courts, constitutionalists have focused on actual practice, describing the evolution and functioning of ICs more broadly. What has unified both strands of research, however, is the often implicit description of a universal and unidirectional strengthening of legalization and judicialization in global affairs. The present volume puts the question in a different way. We do not from the outset normatively assume that ICs are important and powerful actors or that national actors without further ado cite, embrace or enter into a constructive dialogue with these supranational bodies. Rather what this book does is to ask?from a multidisciplinary perspective?how and to what degree do ICs actually influence, impose constraints on and create loyalty from those actors involved? It is our claim that rather little research has been occupied with the actual effects on the ground for those national courts, political institutions and citizens who are formally governed by the increased judicialization"--

When talking about the relationship between Christianity and politics two things are certain: there will be a split on whether or not people believe the two should have a relationship at all, and that at some point the conversation will focus on the perceived success or failure of the Moral Majority. Founded by Jerry Falwell and Paul Weyrich in 1979 to give a voice to Christian conservatives, the Moral Majority quickly became the most prominent Evangelical political lobbying group in the country and managed to achieve a level of influence that eluded many of the other Evangelical groups that were founded for similar reasons. Due to its success and rise to power, the Moral Majority became a listing rod for those opposed to the belief that Christian principles should be legislated and the group also sparked the conversation within Evangelical circles throughout the country about the proper role that Christianity should play in the secular world. By taking a closer look at the leaders of the Moral Majority, how the group was organized, the theological foundations that inspired their active participation in politics, the continuing effect that the group had on both Christianity and politics, and conclusion of all those questions posed about the organization can finally be achieved.

This publication is based on papers presented at an academic conference that followed the British Museum's exhibition Hadrian: Empire and Conflict. It offers new research by sixteen international experts on one of the most important Roman emperors. Their essays cover a wide range of aspects of Hadrian's reign, which continues to attract considerable academic interest and vivid debate. Drawing from the fields of architecture, ancient history, art history, archaeology and science, the authors present critical new insights, both on familiar monuments and new discoveries, spanning the breadth of the Roman Empire and regions far beyond, from the Caucasus to the Indian Ocean.

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