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The origins of Italian human capital divides: new evidence from marriage signatures, ca. 1815

of the political unification (1861) originated after the Napoleonic period. Primary school centralization reforms might have helped women to rapidly improve literacy rates, leading to a first ... political unification (1861) makes it difficult to attribute the role of specific events to the origins of the Italian regional divides. Gathering evidence on the origins of the divides would also be

Measuring stock market integration during the Gold Standard

political crises as idiosyncratic shocks were more common than they are today. The results suggest that although overall integration rose during this period, it was low compared to more recent data. The ... during this period. Second, the pattern of integration in individual countries coincides with important historical events in these countries. In particular, large country-specific political upheavals

The Concept of Neutrality with Regard to Gender and Religion: A Critique Exemplified by the Approach of Martha Nussbaum

This article is about the meaning and the plausibility of the concept of neutrality with regard to debates on gender and religion in political philosophy. As an example, it takes the Capabilities ... latter conception, the former better corresponds to the basic norm of equal respect. Political philosophy; secularism; feminist ethics; Martha Nussbaum Author affiliation Cornelia M?gge holds a PhD from

Starting high school? On the origins of secondary education in Spain, 1857–1901

financial muscle and political will to broaden access to secondary education, whereas the Church was searching for a niche from which to consolidate its position in the nascent liberal society. ... during the period of study. Political instability 8 In this regard, see Gispen (1989) on the intended role of secondary education on the training of engineers in nineteenth-century Germany. 9 Nelson and

Gendering the Secular: Interventions in Politics, Philosophy and Movements

conversations between Political Science, Sociology, Gender Studies, Philosophy, Anthropology, Religious Studies and Theology. As guest editors of this special issue, we therefore call for continued rigorous ... neutrality. It uses the oeuvre of Martha Nussbaum, notably her Capabilities Approach, as material to analyse how political philosophy constructs the meaning of ?neutrality? and assesses its plausibility in the

Sicilian sulphur and mafia: resources, working conditions and the practice of violence

Marciante (2021) . Also, the increasing political integration of Sicily to the rest of the Kingdom offered the chance of participating in the electoral game to individuals connected with organized crime. The ... gangs of the mafia became a systemic instrument of political struggle, often by eliminating rivals and—following the convenience of the moment—contributing to fuel or soothe local revolts against the

Review of Pamela Sue Anderson, Re-visioning Gender in Philosophy of Religion: Reason, Love and Epistemic Locatedness, Farnham and Burlington: Ashgate 2012

Vol. 1878-5417 Review of Pamela Sue Anderson, Re-Visioning Gender in Philosophy of Religion. Reason, Love and Epistemic Locatedness (Intensities: Contemporary Continental Philosophy of Religion ... this is a book written with a strong commitment to transform traditional philosophy of religion as practised in the western, especially Anglo-Saxon, academy. This task is pursued not simply by revising

Review of Pamela Sue Anderson (ed.), New Topics in Feminist Philosophy of Religion: Contestations and Transcendence Incarnate, Dordrecht: Springer 2010

forms part of the 'Feminist Philosophy Collection' published by Springer. The Collection's mission statement mentions that philosophy has become a vital arena for feminists during the last forty years so ... that this book series aims to publish new, representative contributions by feminist thinkers to the six most significant areas of philosophy, one of which is philosophy of religion. Some volumes in this

Review of Jeanette Jouili, Pious Practice and Secular Constraints: Women in the Islamic Revival in Europe, Stanford, California: Stanford University Press 2015, xiii + 258 pp., ISBN: 9780804794664

Islam with Aristotelian ethical thinking, but also speaks to and with ongoing discussions in gender studies, political philosophy, and religious studies. In order to study European-born Muslim women?s ... are ever more hostile to visible forms of Islamic piety more generally (2015: 3). The insight that Jouili develops at this intersection of Islamic female piety and society, is the ethical-political

Complex networks to understand the past: the case of roads in Bourbon Spain

of the country. These findings are in stark contrast with claims that the radial structure of the Bourbon roads was designed ex-novo with political or ideological objectives rather than economic ones ... political debate. In this area, the development of national road networks is one of the issues of greatest interest since they form the basis on which the other transport networks are implemented. The works

Feminist Scholarship and Its Relevance for Political Engagement: The Test Case of Abortion in the U.S.

This essay explores how gender studies in academe, including in religious studies, might remain relevant to ongoing feminist political engagement.  I explore some specific dynamics of this challenge ... of women and girls (51415); the notion that the personal is political (530); and the Combahee River Collective?s methodology (510n. 14). 10 See M. Daly, Beyond God the Father: Toward a Philosophy of

Who’s Afraid of Islamic Family Law? Dealing with Shari‘a-based Family Law Systems in the Netherlands

In the Netherlands, where views of Muslims and Islamic family law are highly politicised, the application of Islamic family laws by Dutch courts is a topic of heated political debate. Especially ... . It asks how the application of Islamic family laws can be understood against the background of Dutch political discourses on Islam, family law and women's rights. While in public and political debates

The rise of public schooling in nineteenth-century Imperial Austria: Who gained and who paid?

limited impact on each other; that the popular demand for schooling was weak and that the push for school expansion came mainly from the top of the political hierarchy. ... of the political hierarchy. KeywordsPublic schooling Education Economic development Austria  JEL ClassificationN13 I25 I28  1 Introduction Across the industrialized world, economic

Prices, Investment and Political Economy in Electricity

generation investment; energy sector reforms; political economy; transaction costs.

Sexual Politics and Religious Actors in Argentina

-democratic regime, while gender and sexuality have been the main political targets of religious institutions since the 1980s and 1990s. In this context, progressive legislation on gender, sexual, and ... the Catholic Church. Paradoxically, abortion remains largely illegal, allowed only in exceptional circumstances. Daniel Jones is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Methods of Social Sciences at the

Vital New Matters: The Speculative Turn in the Study of Religion and Gender

This article provides an introduction to a new trend in continental philosophy, the turn toward metaphysics, realism and speculative philosophy.  This stands in sharp contrast with the anitrealist ... , Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons 1994 . 16 J. Bennett , Vibrant Matter: A Political Ecology of Things , Durham: Duke University Press 2010. 17 Peter Gratton , Philosophy in a Time of Error, 'Vibrant Matters

Against the Heresy of Immanence: Vatican’s ‘Gender’ as a New Rhetorical Device against the Denaturalisation of the Sexual Order

both to delegitimise feminist and LGBTQ studies and struggles and to reaffirm that sexual norms transcend historical and political arrangements. It also investigates how the transnationality of this ... 'gender ideology' can be understood as a political reaction against the entry of minorities into the fields of politics and theory. Sara Garbagnoli is a doctoral candidate at the Institut de Linguistique et

The Body of Mary: Embodiment and Identity in Modern Apparitions

and interpretations to bear on contemporary political concerns. Finally, sites afford opportunities for devotees to foster relationships with Mary as agent. Material and postcolonial theories illustrate ... read hundreds of postings on various dates and coded them for political, social, devotional, and theological themes. I found similar themes to my ethnographic fieldwork, including references to specific

Cliometrica after 10 years: definition and principles of cliometric research

with observed stylized facts or ‘‘laws’’ to understand and explain how a/the system worked. Cliometrics as biology? Yes. Evolutionary perspective. Cliometrics as political philosophy? Yes. Designing ... economic experience of the past and understanding the ways in which economic factors influence social and political developments, for an increased knowledge of the past, present, and future economic and

Path dependence in an evolving system: a modeling perspective

researchers began to use the concept to explain regional, technological, environmental, political, and organizational mechanisms and developments. Furthermore, the introduction of related concepts such as path ... represent other kinds of system characteristics, such as characteristics of institutions, organizations (e.g., structures within firms), or (some) political decisions. In principle, all characteristics of the