Purpose: Postnatal depression (PND) has significant negative outcomes for both mother and baby. The literature indicates that cognitive behavioural interventions can be effective and efficacious treatments, less is known about what mechanisms underpin change in such intervention…
Moderation does not constitute a monolithic model and the difference in the moderation process will influence the way a political party manages its internal dynamics. The cases of the AKP and the PKS show that both have different levels of moderation due to the different context…
The dissertation examines the rise of radical Islamist and Kurdish movements in Turkey and considers their possibility to moderate and integrate into plural political systems. In contrast to popular views, ethnic or religious demands are not always superior to economic interests…
Despite contextual conditions unique to every manifestation of political Islam, there exist certain commonalities among movement identity politics which allow for an analysis of how collective action changes over time. The initial formation of group identity in these movements i…
This dissertation examines the works of David Hume and his use of esotericism in his historical and political writing. In the past couple of years there have been calls to rethink David Hume’s legacy and even rename buildings named after him. It is perhaps fitting and necessary …
The period of Revolution and Toleration in England was filled with rapid change, political uncertainty, and ecclesiastical volatility. Still recovering from the strife of Civil War and a divisive Restoration, the relationship between the Church of England and Nonconformists rema…
This dissertation explores how and why parliamentarian Islamists, both in Morocco and in Turkey, moderated their beliefs and behaviors over time. From a heavily identity-based discourse, both parties became more policy-oriented and pro-systemic over time, albeit with differing d…