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Abstract
The modernist theory of the nation is criticised for being unable to explain the existence of the idea of the nation and of national sentiments in the medieval period. By focusing on the central role played by the monarchy in the making of the French state in the Middle Ages it is possible to show the legitimating importance of French language and of French culture in that period. Furthermore, the appearance of the idea of France as an 'imagined community', even if it was only shared by a small minority of people, proves that by the end of the Middle Ages there was a clear sense of national identity.

IN CONTEMPORARY CAPITALIST SOCIETIES IT IS DIFFICULT TO DISTINGUISH THE PRIVATE FROM THE PUBLIC SECTOR BEACAUSE THE STATE IS SO BOUND UP WITH THE PROCESSES OF PRODUCTION & CONSUMPTION. A COMPREHENSIVE THEORETICAL ARGUMENT ABOUT THIS PHENOMENON, THE ENTREPRENEURIAL STATE IN THE CONTEXT OF MODERN DEPENDENCY IS OUTLINED & SCHEMATICALLY REPRESENTED.

"After the Second World War, progressives and traditionalists waged a quieter battle over schools. In Between Education and Catastrophe, George Buri connects the educational debates of the 1950s to the broader Canadian postwar political conversation about the social welfare state and Keynesian versus laissez-faire models of liberalism."--

Drawing on literature analyzing impacts of academic and professional early preparation programs for urban students, and particularly those of color, this article argues for the use of similar strategies to encourage and prepare youth from those backgrounds for international education travel. The central argument is that educators must focus more on motivating and reaching such youth prior to higher education, if they are to succeed in significantly diversifying participation in international education travel aimed at preparing global citizens. It suggests the use of early preparation programs specifically geared toward encouraging these youth to travel abroad (or at least consider it), as a method to positively influence efforts to increase their participation in international educational travel programs, like study abroad. The article is thus interdisciplinary in nature, attempting to link scholarship on early preparation programs and international education travel.

AbstractAs a non‐state actor that claims its own territory, the "Islamic State" utilizes a spectrum of very different kinds of coercion and violence. Considering the group's aspirations to govern the territories controlled by it, any clear distinction between uses of force and coercion that states typically claim as their legitimate right, and implement terrorist non‐state violence, tends to blur right before our analytically‐focused eyes. This contribution discusses how the group challenges the distinction between "terror from above" and "terrorism from below" as well as the meaning of the dual character of Daesh's belief system between the ideological and the religious for Daesh's repertoire of violence.