Search results for "Polity"

Imperialists without an empire?

2015

This article discusses settler identity formation, in the colonial polity known as Rhodesia, using Finnish nationals as a case study. It studies the involvement of Finns in natural resource extraction in Rhodesia at a time when the colonial economy and settler domination were still in their infancy, and examines both Finnish participation in colonial practices and the limitations of Finns as colonialists. White settlers in Rhodesia have typically been categorised as ‘Europeans’ partly because of their sense of representing a generalised idea of Western civilisation and partly in order to underline contrasts between black and white experiences in the history of colonialism. By focusing on th…

Perpetuating Anti-Muslim Discrimination through the Interpretation of Religious Equality in the European Court of Human Rights

2018

AbstractFaced with widespread prejudice and discrimination, European Muslims are increasingly resorting to the European Court of Human Rights as a last-ditch strategy to transform state policies toward minority faiths. While the Court has a mandate to protect religious freedom and equality, the conservative and sometimes biased way in which it has interpreted these concepts has enabled the persistence of stark asymmetries in the legal and social statuses of different religions. Using an analysis of relevant cases, this article seeks to highlight the judicial processes that currently sustain Muslim subordination and pinpoint specific reforms that could reverse the trend.

Direct regional economic impact of Germany’s 1. FC Kaiserslautern through participation in the 1. Bundesliga

2015

In discussions about the use of public money for popular sports such as clubs in Germany’s 1. Bundesliga, it is often argued that the funds are well invested due to the cash flows generated by these organizations for their home regions. However, others claim the opposite. They argue that actually no positive impact is generated and, even worse, that money is leaving the region due to the clubs. The study presented here analyses the financial flows generated by the 1. FC Kaiserslautern for its home city (Kaiserslautern) and home state (Rhineland-Palatinate) during the 2010/11 season when the club participated in the 1. Bundesliga. Based on a 3-step model, the economic impact is calculated by…

Un asesinato en la Valldigna (Valencia, 1492)

2005

In 1492, a fatal robbery was committed in a small village in the Kingdom of Valencia. This article analyses the statements of the witnesses to a confession of this crime that were recorded in an Arabic document. The document provides evidence for the application of sharī'a law among Muslims in a territory that was no longer part of an Islamic state - in this case, the meting out of punishments for blood crimes. The survival of the document as part of the case file of the Christian court that adjudicated the case shows that the Valencian justice system considered valid documents produced by a Muslim judge, by a court clerk or by a notary. Moreover, these decisions were provided in Arabic wit…

¿La vuelta a los dos demonios? Cine y pasado reciente en Argentina: una lectura actual / The Return to the theory of two demons? Cinema and Recent Pa…

2016

Este artículo indaga acerca de los tres “momentos de la memoria” (Zarco, 2016: 12-13), entendiendo con ello, el espacio, la puesta en agenda, la visibilidad, los límites y los alcances que los diferentes gobiernos han otorgado a la reconstrucción del pasado reciente argentino. Dependiendo de la estrategia memorística propuesta por cada gobierno, el cine tendrá mayor o menor apoyo estatal, implicando ello una mayor o menor repercusión de público. Para abordar las políticas de la memoria del actual gobierno argentino, se indaga acerca de lo que hemos denominado el cuarto momento de la memoria, “Vuelta a los dos demonios (2016-)” en el que se evidencia un regreso a la “teoría de los dos demoni…

Beetwen Berlin and Moscow: Polish Western Thought in the Twenty-Year Interwar Period

2020

The article was submitted on 27.02.2020. This article is not primarily focused on presenting arguments and views held by Polish political groups with reference to the territorial shape of the Polish state after the First World War. Instead, its aim is to draw attention to actions taken by these groups towards the defence of Polish western lands. One of the key problems of Poland’s foreign policy after 1918 was the question of relations with its neighbours, chiefly Germany and Russia (and the Soviet Union). For many years, the most serious problem faced by post-Versailles Europe was that of the Germans striving to revise the legal order, to break their political isolation, and return to the …

Viajeros étnicos, gestos exóticos y encuentros esporádicos: los tours mayas en Los Altos de Chiapas

2018

Este trabajo reflexiona sobre la interacción turista/anfitrión en los tours étnicos promovidos en la región Altos Tsotsil-Tseltal Chiapas, México. Las agencias turísticas promueven diferentes encuentros de los turistas con la población indígena donde se espera que los primeros cumplan con sus expectativas sobre el Otro exótico y los segundos se acoplen a los imaginarios que corren sobre sí mismos. Aquí, al contrario, interesa analizar un espacio turístico en constante construcción con la observación de tres lugares de protagonismo indígena: un mercado indígena en San Cristóbal de Las Casas, una iglesia en San Juan Chamula y una casa de tejedoras en Zinacantán, donde los roles sociales del v…

The dawn of the secular state? Heritage and identity in Swedish church and state debates 1920–1939

2015

This article provides a study of political positions concerning the role of religion in modern society in Sweden between 1920 and 1939. It aims to increase understanding of the Swedish secularization path, with special emphasis on issues related to heritage and national identity, by comparing the dominant perspectives on these issues in the Church of Sweden and in the Social Democratic Party during that period. It addresses how these positions have influenced policies during the period, as well as some of their implications for later path dependence. It explores relations between religious issues and the concept of national heritage, as well as how the fact that both were at that time commo…

POLITICS CLOAKED IN WORSHIP STATE, CHURCH AND LOCAL POWER IN PIEDMONT 1570-1770

1992

Cultural self-perceptions of German sport organizations in an intersectoral comparison

2012

This paper addresses the question as to how far cultures of sport organizations reflect the business environment and sectoral paradigms they are in. In general, the organization of sport can be assigned to the three economic sectors (non-profit, for-profit, state). Within the theories about organizations, the differences between these economic sectors are stressed time and again. It can be assumed that sport organizations' cultures differ depending on their affiliation to a specific economic sector. In this study, cultural self-perceptions of managers of sport organizations in Germany in the different economic sectors were assessed using a standardized questionnaire. In order to answer the …