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The Importance of Protestantism in Max Weber's Theory of Secularisation [PDF]
In this article, I review my recent book Protestant Modernity. Weber, Secularisation and Protestantism, which reconstructs Weber's theory of secularisation and argues that this is formulated within a liberal Protestant framework. I argue that this theory
Carroll, Anthony
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SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY AND PHARMACY PRACTICE RESEARCH: (1) An introduction to sociology — and what it can do for pharmacy practice research [PDF]
, 2001 Paul Bissell +2 more
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European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.Abstract This article applies the concept of transaction to the process of policy transfer, through the case of conflict of interest regulation in France, using archives, documentary sources, and interviews with stakeholders. It contributes to the literature on policy translation by clarifying the role of contingency, which remains underspecified.
Sofia Wickberg
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Enabling modernisation, marginalising alternatives? Kenya's agricultural policy and smallholders
Journal of International Development, Volume 35, Issue 1, Page 3-20, January 2023., 2023 Abstract To address intensifying social and environmental challenges, development policy must learn from inclusions and exclusions of past discourses. We analyse Kenya's post‐colonial agricultural policy discourse. Our analysis reveals a near‐exclusive focus on the promotion of agricultural modernisation based on industrial farm inputs, a bureaucratic ...
Fredrick Ajwang +4 more
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Consequences of Realism for Sociological Theory‐Building [PDF]
, 2001 Thomas Brante
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Policy process theories in Europe: A survey of who uses them, where, and why
European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.Abstract Many US policy process theories have been applied as much in Europe as in the US. We assess this journey in three ways. First, we use published reviews of the field to identify the high quantity of applications and their concentration in Western European liberal democracies.
Paul Cairney +3 more
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Journal of International Development, Volume 35, Issue 1, Page 21-42, January 2023., 2023 Abstract Billions of dollars continue to be provided in foreign aid each year. However, few scholarly studies have examined whether the outcomes from foreign aid interventions are sustained after donor funding has ceased. This paper examines current approaches to assessing this issue before arguing that a realist evaluation approach is ideally suited ...
Simon Feeny +2 more
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Theories of the policy process: Chronicling the past and looking to the future
European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.Abstract This personal reflection starts with the theme of how Theories of the Policy Process or ToPP (Sabatier, 1999) was received by European researchers and why this volume was particularly important for scholars working on the policy process of the European Union.
Claudio M. Radaelli
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Economic transformation in Africa: What is the role of Chinese firms?
Journal of International Development, Volume 35, Issue 1, Page 43-64, January 2023., 2023 Abstract African countries face an economic transformation gap. Given the large and growing Chinese presence on the African continent, a fundamental question is whether Chinese firms contribute to, or hinder, economic transformation in Africa. This article conducts a scoping review of over one hundred sources, examining the pathways through which ...
Linda Calabrese, Xiaoyang Tang
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