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A Difference That Makes A Difference: The Role Of The United States In World Society, Jason F. Charrette
A Difference That Makes A Difference: The Role Of The United States In World Society, Jason F. Charrette
Doctoral Dissertations
This dissertation examines the global role of the United States and other organizations within world society. What sets this project apart from previous scholarship is that it relies on the insights of Niklas Luhmann’s modern systems theory to contextualize those roles. Luhmann argues that the closest human civilization has to a world order is a “world society” made up of many functional communication systems. These systems each provide a distinct model through which humans understand and construct their social world. Because these models are not always compatible, the potential for conflict is woven into the fabric of world society. Extending …
Essays On Religion, Conflict, And Economic Development, Sadullah Yildirim
Essays On Religion, Conflict, And Economic Development, Sadullah Yildirim
Doctoral Dissertations
This dissertation will examine, theoretically and empirically, the relationship between religion and state and how the historical evolution of this relationship has affected current economic outcomes. Developing an argument centered on legitimizing relationship between political rulers and religion, and using a new dataset that has information on the religious and political histories of today's nations since the year 1000, it first demonstrates how state religion has evolved over time and across space since the year 1000, then analyzes how historical religious differences between rulers and segments of populations affect current civil conflict, and finally extend the analysis to the historical …