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Framing Religious and Political Identities in Muslim and Catholic SocietiesReligion and Democratization is a comparative study of democratization in Muslim and Catholic societies. It explores the nature and impact of "e;religiously friendly democratization"e; processes, which institutionally favor a religion of state and allow religious...

An Approach to Irish Literary HistoryThe Cold of May Day Monday offers an indvidual view of the history of Irish literature from its very earliest phases up to the present day, more or less, with discussions of major writers such as Friel, Heaney, Derek Mahon, McGahern, and John Banville. Robert Welch traces the roots of Irish literature in myth...

Is religious faith consistent with being an intellectually virtuous thinker? In seeking to answer this question, one quickly finds others, each of which has been the focus of recent renewed attention by epistemologists: What is it to be an intellectually virtuous thinker? Must all reasonable belief be grounded in public evidence? Under what...

The Native American Defeat of the First American ArmyIn 1791, General Arthur St. Clair led the United States army in a campaign to destroy a complex of Indian villages at the Miami River in northwestern Ohio. Almost within reach of their objective, St. Clair&'s 1,400 men were attacked by about one thousand Indians. The U.S. force was decimated,...

English, Russian, Polish, German, and JapaneseThis book develops the dual themes that languages can differ widely in their vocabularies, and are also sensitive indices to the cultures to which they belong. Wierzbicka seeks to demonstrate that every language has "e;key concepts,"e; expressed in "e;key words,"e; which reflect the core...

Power, Legitimacy, and EffectivenessThe book examines the effectiveness of peace operations, arguing that their success depends on the decisions and behaviour of diverse local actors. It concludes that high quality local cooperation is more likely when the operations are perceived locally to be legitimate....