Bridging Alone: Religious Conservatism, Marital Homogamy, and Voluntary Association Membership

This study characterizes social insularity of religiously conservative American married couples by examining patterns of voluntary associationmembership. Constructing a dataset of 3938 marital dyads from the second wave of the National Survey of Families and Households, the author investigates whether conservative religious homogamy encourages membership in religious voluntary groups and discourages membership in secular voluntary groups. Results indicate that couples’ shared affiliation with conservative denominations, paired with beliefs in biblical authority and inerrancy, increases the likelihood of religious group membership for husbands and wives and reduces the likelihood of secular group membership for wives, but not for husbands. The social insularity of conservative religious groups appears to be reinforced by homogamy—particularly by wives who share faith with husbands

Neptune to the Common-wealth of England (1652): the republican Britannia and the continuity of interests

In the seventeenth century, John Kerrigan reminds us, “models of empire did not always turn on monarchy”. In this essay, I trace a vision of “Neptune’s empire” shared by royalists and republicans, binding English national interest to British overseas expansion. I take as my text a poem entitled “Neptune to the Common-wealth of England”, prefixed to Marchamont Nedham’s 1652 English translation of Mare Clausum (1635), John Selden’s response to Mare Liberum (1609) by Hugo Grotius. This minor work is read alongside some equally obscure and more familiar texts in order to point up the ways in which it speaks to persistent cultural and political interests. I trace the afterlife of this verse, its critical reception and its unique status as a fragment that exemplifies the crossover between colonial republic and imperial monarchy at a crucial moment in British history, a moment that, with Brexit, remains resonant

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Preface dated 1935."Notes" (including bibliographies) : p. 257-357Olivier, Fani

Australia’s International Business Survey: 2015 Report

This report provides the results of a major survey of Australia’s internationally active businesses, known as Australia’s International Business Survey (AIBS). This AIBS 2015 survey is a follow-up to the inaugural surve of Australia’s International businesses published in 201 The findings of this report are distinctive and significan because they provide key insights into the nature, nee concerns and future plans of the overall Australian international business community from the company perspective.Austrade Efic Australia Unlimite

Australia’s International Business Survey: 2016 Report

This report provides the results of Australia’s International Business Survey 2016. This latest report follows our surveys of Australia’s international businesses published in 2015 and 2014. The findings of this report are distinctive and significant because they provide key insights into issues relating to the current markets and future plans of the Australian international business community from a managerial and corporate perspective.AusTrade, Export Council of Australia, Efi