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This book builds upon an inter-disciplinary body of literature to detail the centrality of European colonialism and imperialism in the constitution of modern international relations. A critical historical analysis that challenges conventional assumptions about the evolution and expansion of international society, it addresses the interconnections between the European and non-European sides of that history. Pearcey argues that features of European expansion were guided by a discourse on civilization, one that subsumed the uncivilized Other within the boundaries of the civilized Self. Doing so, civilization enabled a process of "exclusion by inclusion", whereby many of the world's Indigenous peoples were gradually excluded from the "international" by being subsumed within the "domestic." Challenging conventional assumptions about the evolution and expansion of international society, especially those of the English School, this book contributes to central debates in International Relations theory.--

Religious ideas, practices, discourses, institutions, and social expressions are in constant flux. This volume addresses the internal and external dynamics, interactions between individuals, religious communities, and local as well as global society. The contributions concentrate on four areas: 1. Contemporary religion in the public sphere: The Tactics of (In)visibility among Religious Communities in Europe; Religion Intersecting De-nationalization and Re-nationalization in Post-Apartheid South Africa;2. Religious transformations: Forms of Religious Communities in Global Society; Political Contributions of Ancestral Cosmologies and the Decolonization of Religious Beliefs; Esoteric Tradition as Poetic Invention; 3. Focus on the individual: Religion and Life Trajectories of Islamists; Angels, Animals and Religious Change in Antiquity and Today; Gaining Access to the Radically Unfamiliar in Today's Religion; Religion between Individuals and Collectives; 4. Narrating religion: Entangled Knowledge Cultures and the Creation of Religions in Mongolia and Europe; Global Intellectual History and the Dynamics of Religion; On Representing Judaism.

In a linear rational expectations two–country model, using an aggregate demand, aggregate supply framework, we analyse the effects of the adoption of an inflation–targeting regime on exchange rate volatility and the possible scope for policy coordination. This analysis is conducted using optimized interest rate policy rules within a calibrated model. Rules for interest rates that respond either to exchange rates or to portfolio shocks give improved performance and permit gains from international coordination. Optimized Taylor rules perform relatively well.

Le concept de régionalisme tel qu'appréhendé dans cet ouvrage se réfère à des régions mondiales qui constituent une dimension médiane entre l'échelon étatique et le système mondial. Depuis l'Après-guerre, le monde a fait face à plusieurs vagues et types de régionalismes. Toutefois, c'est dans le contexte post-bipolaire et de l'accélération de la mondialisation que le régionalisme devient un phénomène à l'échelle mondiale. Aucun continent n'est épargné. Il s'agit d'un phénomène complexe et multiple qui ne se développe pas de manière uniforme. Il est dotés de stratégies collectives, investit par des acteurs tant publics que privés et/ou habités par des institutions et règles communes. Il peut être un simple espace d'action ou se transformer en acteur de la scène internationale.