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Showing 1 to 20 of 36 for “"Sectarianism"”.
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Sectarianism and the accounting profession: the case of Lebanon.
… examined the impact of religion and religious sectarianism on the development of accounting profession, and none has investigated it in an Ex-French colony. As an Ex-Ottoman and Ex-French colony, Lebanon is a country that has been devastated by religious sectarianism since 1850s. Many civil …
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Sectarianism in Kurdistan Region of Iraq Between Political and Theological Schism
Sectarianism has become the magic word with which many scholars and politicians describe the current Middle East politics. Much of the existing literature presumes that most of the state and non-state actors of the region are divided over Shia and Sunni blocs led by Iran and the Kingdom of Saudi …
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Your own personal Jesus : individualized religious sectarianism in the mid-victorian novel.
This Dissertation explores four novels from the mid-nineteenth century, two of which are by canonical authors, Charles Dickens and George Eliot; two not as well known, Charles Kingsley and Charlotte Yonge. The nineteenth century, in particular the century's central decades, was a time of great …
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Sectarianism in the north west of England, with special reference to class relationships in the city of Liverpool 1846 - 1914
… that the middle and upper-class deserted sectarianism leaving the working-class alone in their anxiety and outrage by the end of the century. In Chapter Five the physical manifestations of working-class anti-Catholicism are explored and it is argued that they fit into the mainstream …
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Beyond the Sipahs, Jaishs and Lashkars. Sectarian Violence in Pakistan as Reproduction of Exclusivist Sectarian Discourse.
This research project examines sectarianism and sectarian violence in Pakistan between 1996-2005. It represents a departure from the security-focused research on sectarianism and provides contemporary analysis of sectarian violence by contextualising it. This thesis distinguishes sectarianism as an …
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The criminal prosecution of heresy in the Theodosian code
… the criminalization and prosecution of religious sectarianism during the first century of the Roman Empire's Christian era (the seminal period of the crime of heresy). The antisectarian legislation issued during this period is analysed in order to deduce the concerns informing it. This analysis …
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SUNNI AND SHI’I SECTARIAN VIOLENCE IN IRAQ DURING THE RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD (2003- 2005): IMPLICATIONS FOR DEMOCRACY AND DIALOGUE
… elections, to examine issues of identity and sectarianism in Iraq. The following analysis will assist in the demystification of Iraqi sectarianism, understood to be the manifestation of an identity struggle between Sunni and Shi’a groups within Iraq, and connect this phenomenon to issues of …
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Anticipating Revolution: The Lebanese Left and the Civil War
… within interlocking matrixes of capitalism, sectarianism, and nationalism. Weaving together hegemonic discourses represented by the speeches from political elites alongside leftist intellectual and productions, this project seeks to challenge the narratives of Lebanon as a sectarian state. …
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Baiyun guan: the Development and Evolution of a Quanzhen Daoist Temple
… of images highlights persisting religious sectarianism involving Quanzhen Daoism in Baiyun guan despite ongoing changes in the temple's patrons and in the iconographic program at the site. This dissertation provides an exemplary case study demonstrating the dual nature of the site: the …
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Citizenship Education and Identity: A comparative study across different schools in Northern Ireland and Israel
… or ongoing conflict, citizenship, racism, and sectarianism. The theoretical framework brings together (neo) Marxist, post-colonialist, and critical pedagogical approaches to citizenship education and identity. Fieldwork was carried out in four different schools (Catholic, Protestant, …
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Diminishing Returns: An Anthropological Study of Iraqis in the UK
… Throughout, I examine the heightened salience of sectarianism among Iraqis in exile and in Iraq since the 1990s. Instead of understanding sectarianism as a return to traditional loyalties, I argue that it is deeply linked to the issue of power and identity politics, which the Iraqi opposition to …
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New Middle East Cold War: Saudi Arabia and Iran's Rivalry
… in seeking regional allies and promulgating sectarianism as they continue to exploit the region’s weak states in a series of proxy wars ranging from conflicts in Iraq to Lebanon. The Saudi-Iranian strategic and geopolitical rivalry is further complicated by a religious and ideological …
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A War of Words: Jacobitism as a Language of Dissent in England during the Reign of William III, 1688-1702
… In doing so, I explore how the state weaponized sectarianism and the legal system to stabilize its rule and maintain its grip on power during the years of instability in William III's reign. England, unlike Scotland and Ireland, had no popular revolt against William's rule; rather, this thesis …
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Migration to new destinations: local migrant experiences in a globalised world
… the socio-political backdrop of segregation and sectarianism. The conceptual framework developed in this study examines complex structure-agency dynamics that in many ways challenge the theory and practice of integration.
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Is the Dayton Agreement a model for long-term peace? A problematic case of Bosnia and Herzegovina
… interests of nationalists, ethno-nationalists, sectarianism and different factions. Although nationalism played a major role in the outbreak of the Yugoslav wars and in particular in the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, different authors point out at the international, economic and historical …
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Sectarian Homes: The Making of Shi'i Families and Citizens under the French Mandate, 1918-1943
… the family became intertwined in the system of sectarianism and became vital to the understanding of Shi'as as a Lebanese sect. This study examines three sites, the Shi'i press, Ja'fari shari'a courts, and Shi'i educational institutions, in order to reveal how familial and gendered relationships …
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The rise of an Ibadi religious revival movement and its impacts on the society and built environment in the Mzab (Saharan Maghrib, 1868-1914)
… rather than Kharijis. In Ghardāya, this rise in sectarianism resulted in the suppression of religious diversity in the public sphere and encouraged the integration of Muslims of multiple identities into a common and "renewed" Ibadi Mzabi community. During a period of prosperity and stability in …
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Displaced identities in the short stories of George Egerton
… ideologies, Catholicism, growing religious sectarianism throughout the nineteenth century, the Home Rule movement and the fall of Charles Stewart Pamell. Also under consideration in this work is the suggestion that Egerton repeatedly portrays the effects of inhabiting a space 'inbetween' …
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The industrial suburbs of Leeds in the nineteenth century : Community consciousness among the social classes
… chapter five, developed from the traditions of sectarianism and localism. Deference and paternalism revived after 1848 and remained important throughout the century. However there was never a factory culture in Leeds suburbs to match that of Lancashire. In chapter six it is argued that few of …
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