Book Review: In Search of Identity: Debates on Religious Conversion in India

A review of In Search of Identity: Debates on Religious Conversion in India by Sebastian C. H. Kim

Trade union managers: invisible actors in Trade union dramas

This paper is concerned with a group of people who are almost entirely absent from the literature on trade union governance, trade union managers. It looks at various governance models and seeks to make links between that literature and analogous literature in the management field, in particular between that on the polyarchal theory of trade union organisation and that on stakeholder management. It concludes that managers have become visible and that they seek to manage their organisations subject to a number of constraints arising in some cases from the fact that management remains a somewhat problematic concept in unions. Although the values of trade union managers result in their taking a positive attitude to the democratic process, the boundaries between their roles and the roles of elected activists in the governance structures are unclear and are consequently contested.School of Managemen

Book Review: Christian Inculturation in India

A review of Christian Inculturation in India by Paul Collins

Book Review: Spiritual But Not Religious? An Oar Stroke Closer to the Farther Shore

A review of Spiritual But Not Religious? An Oar Stroke Closer to the Farther Shore by Reid B. Locklin

Book Review: Playing Host to Deity: Festival Religion in the South Indian Tradition

A review of Playing Host to Deity: Festival Religion in the South Indian Tradition by Paul Younger

The Impact of Chinese Foreign Aid on Human Rights in Africa

This study finds that Chinese foreign aid has a marginal negative, if at all, impact on human rights in Africa. The study begins with an introduction on Sino-African relations and possible implications of these relations. It then presents a literature review on relevant foreign aid and human rights studies. It moves on to explain the methodology and datasets used before presenting and analyzing the results. The study concludes with ideas for further research