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This volume seeks to understand the role and function of religious-based organizations in strengthening associational life through the provision of social services, thereby legitimizing a new role for faith in the formerly secular public sphere. Specifically, we explore how a church in a postcommunist setting, during periods of economic growth and recession in the wake of transitions to capitalism, and with varied numbers of adherents, might c...

This publication provides an up-to-date assessment of the political and economic issues and is valuable reading for anyone wishing to understand contemporary Spain and Portugal.

This volume seeks to understand the role and function of religious-based organizations in strengthening associational life through the provision of social services, thereby legitimizing a new role for faith in the formerly secular public sphere. Specifically, we explore how a church in a postcommunist setting, during periods of economic growth and recession in the wake of transitions to capitalism, and with varied numbers of adherents, might c...

Poetry and philosophy to inspire wonder, truth and universal consciousness. Philosopher, poet and songwriter, Paul Manuel addresses questions many of us ask ourselves. Using a mixture of questions, answers and poetry, Paul aims to inspire the reader to find the answers for his or herself and to go further....to inspire an infinite perspective from where all questions and answers are born. We are all Children of the Universe. You are the door y...

In the face of a parliamentary alternative to the American presidential system, this book illustrates how the constitutional system of checks and balances functions. It explains how the institutional dimension of the political equation is of importance to the understanding of American politics.

This volume examines the role and function of religious-based organizations in strengthening associational life in a representative sample of West European countries: newly democratized and long-established democracies, societies with and without a dominant religious tradition, and welfare states with different levels and types of state-provided social services. It asks how faith-based organizations, in a time of economic crisis, and with decl...

How a Parliamentary System Could Change American Politics

A book that astutely crosses the theology-political Science divide to probe the relation between faith and culture. The authors capture multiple tensions and ambiguities as the Catholic Church faces challenges of secularization, nationalism, and democracy across the globe."—Clarke E. Cochran, Texas Tech University "Manuel, Reardon, and Wilcox have assembled a superb group of scholars to discuss the global challenges to the Catholic Church. Org...

After two years of political and economic chaos, democracy emerged in Portugal. This book examines the fascinating period from 1974-1976 when the Portuguese transition to democracy was far from a simple question of volunteeristic engineering.

This study examines the process of democratic political consolidation as seen in Portugal. It considers how, by solving problems and fulfilling expectations, Portugal's relatively new democratic regime has improved its chances for long-term durability. As Maravall has suggested, once democracies are re-established after a period of dictatorial rule, new problems emerge: the efficiency of the new political system, not just its legitimacy, becom...

This publication provides an up-to-date assessment of the political and economic issues and is valuable reading for anyone wishing to understand contemporary Spain and Portugal.

A book that astutely crosses the theology-political Science divide to probe the relation between faith and culture. The authors capture multiple tensions and ambiguities as the Catholic Church faces challenges of secularization, nationalism, and democracy across the globe."—Clarke E. Cochran, Texas Tech University "Manuel, Reardon, and Wilcox have assembled a superb group of scholars to discuss the global challenges to the Catholic Church. Org...

Die Bedeutung Niklaus Manuels (um 1484—1530) als Maler, Dichter und Staatsmann in der Zeit heftiger Konfessionspolemik und Glaubenskämpfe im Umfeld der Reformation ist unbestritten. Dennoch sind seine literarischen Werke und schriftlichen Zeugnisse vor über 120 Jahren zum letzten Mal ediert worden und seit langem nicht mehr greifbar. Die vorliegende Ausgabe schliesst diese Lücke, damit erscheinen Niklaus Manuel und sein Werk — unter den Gesich...