Health policy research tends to focus on medical care practices and disease prevention while the emphasis on political determinants of health is thin at best. Past performance can oft be used as a predictor for future political decisions. Politicians, the electorate and healthca…
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This thesis examines selected religious, political, and military developments of the late Roman Empire from the end of the second century through the end of the reign of Justinian I. The specific developments under consideration are the military reforms that occurred throughout …
The thesis aims primarily to analyse the communication strategies of radical right parties. More specifically, the research examines three cases of radical right parties in Western Europe during the first decade of the twenty-first century with particular emphasis on the politic…
Over the centuries, the term feudalism has come to encompass a variety of definitions. This has led to numerous works concentrating on the subject of feudalism, with a majority of them focusing on western European feudalism. However, a definitive definition of feudalism that enc…
This study was designed to discover what strategies Christian couples with progressive values who are engaged to be married can use to plan a wedding that honors their beliefs and prepares them to be partners in a marriage that values egalitarian principles. Attitude changes in …
Lusterware, tin-glazed pottery decorated with striking iridescent designs, was first made in Basra, Iraq, in the ninth century. These luxury ceramics and the specialized technique involved in their creation spread rapidly throughout the Islamic world, with the Iberian Peninsula …
This dissertation examines prison-based deradicalization programs for terrorist detainees and argues that highly institutionalized deradicalization programs that include a robust religious re-education component are more likely to be effective in achieving deradicalization when …
This dissertation explores everyday interactions and political struggles between Christians and Muslims in the Spanish exclave of Ceuta. I first explore how each group envisions themselves as part of a local and national community, and then I consider how such visions affect loc…
The army of the First Crusade set out to conquer Jerusalem in 1096. This dissertation examines the logistics of the First Crusade—the movement and supply of its composite contingents—to arrive at a fuller understanding of how Europeans of the eleventh century were able to send t…
This study is a comparative study of the Turkish Islamist movement Milli Görüs (IGMG) in Germany and the Netherlands. It is a qualitative and a quantitative inquiry about the nature (whether it is moderate or radical) of the Milli Görüs movement in these two countries. The centr…