Building on Max Weber's understanding of charismatic authority and its relationship with institution building, this study investigates the features of the immediate prophetic succession of Elijah by Elisha, the only clear case of prophetic succession reported in the Hebrew Bible…
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Max Weber presents a typology of ideal types of power---charismatic, traditional, and legal-rational. Men historically have been the basis for Weber's and other scholar's theories. Today, there are enough women in political positions to construct a typology on the effects of gen…
This dissertation investigates the experience of Muslim identity in the United States. It explores the various encounters between Muslim life and American forms. It pays particular attention to the processes of cultural settlement of Muslims and their post-9/11 citizenship pract…
"This timely, pathbreaking study of North Korea's political history and culture sheds invaluable light on the country's unique leadership continuity and succession. Leading scholars Heonik Kwon and Byung-Ho Chung begin by tracing Kim Il Sung's rise to power during the Cold War. …
