Introduction

Savoring God ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Gloria Maité Hernández
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Methodology

The Introduction chapter starts by evoking the first encounter of the author with the compared texts. Keeping in mind that most readers might not be equally familiar with both texts and their traditions, the chapter continues by presenting the Cántico espiritual and Rāsa Līlā within their larger religious and cultural-historical contexts. Then, the Introduction outlines the main resonances between the texts and their traditions that will be explored in the subsequent chapters. Next, it delineates the book’s comparative methodology, and establishes its dialogue with the work of other comparative scholars. To close, the Introduction offers an overview of the main topics and subtopics of each of the four chapters that comprise Savoring God.

Solo Singing Etiquette for Women in Ancient and Modern Egypt

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-70
Author(s):  
Enas Fares Yehia ◽  
Walaa Mohamed Abdelhakim
Keyword(s):  
Ancient Egypt ◽  
Comparative Methodology ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Characteristic Features ◽  
Modern Egypt

Throughout the ages, people have shown great interest in music and singing of all kinds, giving these expressive forms great importance in different eras. This article aims to comprehensively overview the etiquette, customs, and characteristic rules of polite performance in the profession of female solo singing in ancient and modern Egypt from a comparative view. This is achieved by reviewing the distinctive themes of female solo singers and their contexts in both ancient and modern Egypt. The article employs a descriptive-comparative methodology to provide a detailed sequential investigation and analysis of all the data collected on the subject and the themes of female solo singers; to discern the characteristic features of female solo singing etiquette in ancient Egypt; and to identify the similarities and differences of these features in the masters and famous models of modern Egypt. One of the main findings is that the distinctive characteristics of female solo singing in ancient Egypt have been inherited in the style of oriental but not western singing, and the greatest and most widely known model of the former style is “the Oriental singing lady Umm Kulthum”.

scholarly journals Voting Rights for Non-Citizens: The European Multilevel and the US Federal Constitutional Systems Compared

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 392-423 ◽  
Author(s):  
Federico Fabbrini
Keyword(s):  
State Level ◽  
Voting Rights ◽  
The State ◽  
Comparative Perspective ◽  
Federal System ◽  
Future Prospects ◽  
The Us ◽  
Comparative Methodology ◽  
Federal Constitutional ◽  
Regulatory Models

Voting rights – Citizens and aliens – European multilevel architecture – US federal system – Comparative methodology – Different regulatory models for non-citizens suffrage at the state level in Europe – Impact of supranational law – Challenges and tensions – Analogous dynamics in the US constitutional experience – Recent European legal and jurisprudential developments in comparative perspective – What future prospects for citizenship and democracy in Europe?

scholarly journals No Justice, No Ships Get Loaded: Political Boycotts on the San Francisco Bay and Durban Waterfronts

2013 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Cole
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
San Francisco Bay ◽  
San Francisco Bay Area ◽  
First Century ◽  
Central Position ◽  
Racial Justice ◽  
Bay Area ◽  
Comparative Methodology

AbstractUsing a comparative methodology, this essay examines how and why longshore workers in both the San Francisco Bay area and Durban demonstrate a robust sense of working-class internationalism and solidarity. Longshore workers are more inclined than most to see their immediate, local struggles in larger, even global, contexts. Literally for decades, workers in both ports used their power to advocate for racial justice at home and in solidarity with social movements globally. While such notions might seem outdated in the twenty-first century, as unions have been on the decline for some decades, longshore workers grounded their ideals in the reality that they still occupied a central position in global trade. Hence, they combined their leftist and anti-racist ideological beliefs with a pragmatic understanding of their central role in the global economy. While not the norm, these longshore workers’ attitudes and actions demand attention, as they challenge the notion that workers in recent decades are powerless to shape their world.

scholarly journals El no ciudadano a la paz: los casos de Guatemala (1999) y Colombia (2016) / The Citizenry said not to peace: the cases of Guatemala (1999) and Colombia (2016)

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-42
Author(s):  
Clara Rocío Rodríguez Pico
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Political Representation ◽  
Armed Conflicts ◽  
La Paz ◽  
Peace Negotiations ◽  
Comparative Methodology ◽  
Similarities And Differences

RESUMENEl presente texto analiza con una metodología comparada y basada en el estudio de casos, las experiencias de dos países en los cuales la población se manifestó contraria a los acuerdos o las reformas que se derivaron de negociaciones de paz. Se indaga así en los contextos, las definiciones, las campañas y los resultados de la aplicación del referendo constitucional en Guatemala en 1999 y el plebiscito por la paz en Colombia en 2016. Resaltando similitudes y diferencias de los dos casos, el análisis concluye planteando algunas reflexiones sobre el uso de este tipo de mecanismos de consulta y lo que ellos implican en la relación entre representación política y participación ciudadana, en situaciones de negociación de conflictos armados.ABSTRACTUsing a comparative methodology and based in a case studies , this article analyzes the experience of two countries in which the population declared opposition to the agreements o reforms derived from peace negotiations processes. The contexts, definitions, campaigns and results of the application of the constitutional referendum in Guatemala in 1999 and the plebiscite for peace in Colombia in 2016 are compared. Emphasizing similarities and differences of the two cases, the analysis concludes raising some reflections on the use of this type of consultation mechanisms and what they imply in the relation betwen political representation and citizen participation, in situations of armed conflicts negotiation.

Stein Rokkan’s Methodology of Macro-Historical Comparison

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 508-547
Author(s):  
Lars Mjøset
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Formal Theory ◽  
Party Systems ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Topological Maps ◽  
Historical Comparison ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Comparative Methodology ◽  
Science Framework

Stein Rokkan (1921–1979) left behind him an unfinished, ambitious macro-historical research project aiming to explain mobilization sequences, democratic resilience, and party systems in 16 Western European countries. This article explicates the comparative methodology behind this project with reference to a philosophy of social science framework. The main features of the methodology are a series of intermediate, substantive, methodological elements in between formal theory (paradigms) and empirical observations. Each element is presented in detail: lists of variables, regional grid, typological-topological maps, and comparative case reconstructions. Problems due to under-specification of variables and ambiguities in Rokkan’s ideas about parsimonious systematizations are discussed, and two possible ways of revising the methodology are sketched. Among these, the contextualist option seems the most promising one.

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