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Articles 1 - 5 of 5
Full-Text Articles in Comparative Politics
Nato In The Balkans, Bert Chapman
Nato In The Balkans, Bert Chapman
Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research
This encyclopedia entry examines the contemporary and recent historic role of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Balkan countries. It also discusses and emerging security concerns affecting these countries.
Yugoslav-Soviet Split, Bert Chapman
Yugoslav-Soviet Split, Bert Chapman
Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research
Describes the political and military split between the Communist countries of Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union in the years after World War II until Yugoslavia's disintegration in the early 1990s.
How Secular Should Democracy Be? A Cross-Disciplinary Study Of Catholicism And Islam In Promoting Public Reason, David Ingram, David Ingram
How Secular Should Democracy Be? A Cross-Disciplinary Study Of Catholicism And Islam In Promoting Public Reason, David Ingram, David Ingram
Philosophy: Faculty Publications and Other Works
I argue that the same factors (strategic and principled) that motivated Catholicism to champion liberal democracy are the same that motivate 21st Century Islam to do the same. I defend this claim by linking political liberalism to democratic secularism. Distinguishing institutional, political, and epistemic dimensions of democratic secularism, I show that moderate forms of political and epistemic secularism are most conducive to fostering the kind of public reasoning essential to democratic legitimacy. This demonstration draws upon the ambivalent impact of Indonesia’s Islamic parties in advancing universal social justice aims as against more sectarian policies.
Democratization And Instability In Ukraine, Georgia And Belarus, Robert Nalbandov Dr.
Democratization And Instability In Ukraine, Georgia And Belarus, Robert Nalbandov Dr.
Robert Nalbandov Dr.
No abstract provided.
Geography Of Development Of Eastern Europe, Kathryn E. Dyas
Geography Of Development Of Eastern Europe, Kathryn E. Dyas
Social Sciences
The aim of this senior project is to evaluate the long-standing effects the geography of development has had on Eastern Europe since the 1900s onward. The analysis concentrates on Poland, Croatia, and Ukraine thoroughly examining the political, cultural, and geographic nature that has affected the history and development of these countries. The author outlines theories of development and how they are applicable to Eastern Europe’s continuing development. The focus of this paper is on the influence of socialism and communism, as well as the affect the European Union has had, and continues to have on Eastern Europe as a whole. …