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German Coalition Politics: Between Pluralist Stagnation and Crisis‐Driven Welfare Retrenchment
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract The current German coalition government of the centre‐right Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) and the centre‐left Social Democrats (SPD) has spent its first year in office preparing for a major round of welfare state retrenchment. However, the coalition lacks a coherent political project.
Jörg Michael Dostal
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The role of cultural diplomacy in international relations
Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals, 2009 Cultural diplomacy, as a cornerstone of public diplomacy, plays an important role in today’s international relations, which are characterised by so-called culture shocks, and it should represent a decisive tool not only for transmitting culture and ...
Said Saddiki
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A Machiavellian Moment? Devolution and the New Politics of Place
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract The Cabinet statement, Rewiring the State, published in July 2026, promises a radical devolution of the British state and a remaking of territorial politics. We review this development and assess its political and historical significance. We argue that the present conjuncture is distinctive because claims of the English North are driving a new
Kevin Morgan, John Tomaney
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Cutting freedom down to size Liberté calibrée
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.Freedom, as a concept and a value, presents limited prospects for anthropological comparison. The study of enslavement, much neglected in attempts to develop an anthropology of freedom, shows that freedom has been imagined by the enslaved as the opposite of their condition only under particular circumstances.
Harri Englund
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Introduction: On the fickleness of friendship Introduction : de l'inconstance en amitié
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.In this Introduction to the special section, I provide a brief overview of the anthropology of friendship, particularly from the 1960s to the present, before focusing on the four articles that form the main body of the section. I argue that anthropologists who do not regard themselves as specialists in friendship will still find much to gain from ...
Simon Coleman
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The Big Picture: Religion and Global Comparative History
Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.This article considers what a ‘big picture’ approach to global religious history might look like, and in particular the implications of deploying the comparative method across much larger stretches of time and space than historians normally attend to. It will begin by reflecting on the epistemological moods that have hindered this project to date, the ...
Alan Strathern
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Institute for Cultural Diplomacy - its role and importance
, 2011 The main subject of this Bachelor thesis is the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy (ICD). ICD is a specific organization which is able to apply cultural diplomacy into all today's crucial spheres through large scale of topics of its programs.
Kuchyňková, Michaela
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Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In 1955, two female factory workers and trade union leaders, Tan Lee Eng and Kwek Tai Eng, established the Singapore Women's Federation (SWF) to unite women regardless of race, religion or class for the anti‐colonial nationalist struggle. Singapore Chinese left‐wing feminism emerged at the confluence of the nationalist interest in mobilising ...
Yee‐Ting Leong
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Foundations in the Complex Cultural Diplomacy Environment
, 2012 Stiftung Mercator staged a round-table discussion on the topic of Cultural Diplomacy, China and the Roles of Foundations. This special publication picks up on and addresses in greater detail the topics and results of the round-table discussions.
Anheier, Helmut K. (Prof. Dr.)
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