Social contract

This thesis aims at furthering our understanding of the constitutional structures and processes of sui generic associations such as the European Union. The thesis argues that the problematical constitutionalisation of the European Union has highlighted the limitations of the pol…

This study attempts to reinterpret Ibn Khaldun's conception of politics on the basis of his theory of asabiya . The significance of Ibn Khaldun's theory of asabiya comes from the fact that it reveals the possibility of developing a holistic framework outside of a mechanical, par…

This study explores the changing mission statements of the University of Toledo and how those changes impacted the social contract between the University and city of Toledo. Specially, the study engages in historical and documental analysis and investigates three major moments i…

This dissertation reexamines the process of secularization that went on in the European Enlightenment, specifically as it relates to political theory. The philosophers of the Enlightenment united the secularizing trends occurring in all areas of knowledge--science, sociology, hi…