23 research outputs found
Jean Bodin and religious toleration
No full textIn the wake of the Protestant Reformation and the division of Western Christianity into rival religious camps, France descended into religious civil war in the years 1562-1598. The question then was how to respond to it. Writing after Spinoza’s championing of freedom of religious thought but before Hobbes’ advocacy of a strong sovereign who would dictate the prayers and forms of religious worship for the nation as a method of avoiding religious conflict, Bodin argued for religious toleration, indeed for a degree of religious toleration that was radical in its da
Gender reversals and gender cultures : anthropological and historical perspectives
No full textBanyak masyarakat dimasa lalu melembagakan prosedur untuk pembalikan gender permanen atau sementara atau perubahanxiii, 218 p.; 24 c
Eastern Europe in Revolution. Ed. Ivo Banac. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1992. 255 pp.
No full textGender reversals and gender cultures : anthropological and historical perspectives
No full textBanyak masyarakat dimasa lalu melembagakan prosedur untuk pembalikan gender permanen atau sementara atau perubahanxiii, 218 p.; 24 c
The Columbia History of Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century. Ed. Joseph Held. New York: Columbia University Press, 1992. 435 pp. $29.95, hard bound.
No full textAn Institutional Theory of Communist Regimes: Design, Function, and Breakdown. By Antoni Z. Kaminski. San Francisco: Institute for Contemporary Studies, 1992. 414p. 15.95 paper. - Reinventing Politics: Eastern Europe from Stalin to Havel. By Vladimir Tismaneanu. New York: Free Press, 1992. 312p. $22.95.
No full textLiberal Democracy i Slovenia: From Seventh Heaven to the Lobby of Hell in Only Two Decades?
No full textFor the last twenty-five years, some of the most prominent international organizations (Freedom House, Transparency International, the World Bank, the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), Amnesty International, and the Human Development Report) have repeatedly characterized Slovenia as a champion among Yugoslav successor states for its development of liberal democracy. Nevertheless, aspects in many areas of Slovene democratic and economic life have changed or worsened in the last several years, while signs of stagnation have also been recorded in other areas. It therefore appears to be an appropriate time to assess Slovenia's progress in developing a liberal democratic system, focusing in particular on characteristics of the party arena, the costs of transformation of its economic system, problems of corruption, and the young republic's record in establishing independent media and in protecting ethnic, religious, and sexual minorities
