Sökning: "the economics of religion"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 33 avhandlingar innehållade orden the economics of religion.
1. People of reliable loyalty… : Muftiates and the State in Modern Russia
Sammanfattning : This dissertation presents a full-fledged portrait of the muftiate (spiritual administration of Muslims) in modern Russia. Designed initially for the purpose of controlling religious activity, over time the institution of the muftiate was appropriated by Muslims and became a key factor in preserving national identity for different ethnic groups of Tatars. LÄS MER
2. Hushållningens dygder : Affektlära, hushållningslära och ekonomiskt tänkande under svensk stormaktstid
Sammanfattning : A basic assumption in the thesis is that every economic as well as political and ethical doctrine contains a conception of man, and, thus, that this conception needs to be scrutinised in order to achieve deeper understanding of the doctrine. The purposes of the thesis is (1) to account for conceptions of man within the rarely studied Swedish seventeenth-century economic thought, (2) to examine how conceptions of man and of society influence and shape this thought, and (3) to do this from a synchronous approach, by which emphasis is laid on economic thought as an integral part of the intellectual culture of the epoch. LÄS MER
3. Religion, Politics, and Development : Essays in Development Economics and Political Economics
Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of three essays in development and political economics."Islamic Rule and the Emancipation of the Poor and Pious". I report new findings on the causal relationship between political Islamic control and female participation in public institutions. LÄS MER
4. Essays on Urban Economics
Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays.Essay 1 (with Olof Åslund and Matz Dahlberg): In this essay we investigate the impact of commuter train access on individual labor market outcomes. LÄS MER
5. After Apartheid: The Effects of ANC Power and Religion and HIV: Evidence Using the Expansion of Faith-Based Radio in Uganda
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