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This book offers a synthesis of social science and evolutionary approaches to the study of intergenerational relations, using biological, psychological and sociological factors to develop a single framework for understanding why kin help one another across generations. With attention to both biological family relations as well as in-law and step-relations, it provides an overview of existing studies centred on intergenerational relations – particularly grandparenting – that incorporate social science and evolutionary family theories. This evolutionary social science approach to intergenerational family relations goes well beyond the traditional nature versus nurture distinction. As such, it will appeal to scholars across a range of disciplines with interests in relations of kinship, the lifecourse and the sociology of the family.

Family Relations

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Dans cet ouvrage, Sara Schulthess discute l’état de la recherche sur les manuscrits arabes des lettres de Paul et offre une contribution innovante en éditant et analysant la Première lettre aux Corinthiens dans le Vaticanus Arabicus 13, un manuscrit du 9ème siècle. In this work, Sara Schulthess discusses the state of research on the Arabic manuscripts of the Letters of Paul and offers an innovative contribution by editing and analysing First Corinthians in the 9th century manuscript Vaticanus Arabicus 13. Readership: L’ouvrage s’adresse à toute personne intéressée par les traductions arabes de la Bible, ainsi qu’aux chercheurs-euses travaillant sur les manuscrits du Nouveau Testament et concerné-e-s par les avancées dans le domaine de la critique textuelle. All interested in the Arabic translations of the Bible, as well as scholars working with New Testament manuscripts and concerned by developments in the field of textual criticism.

Interfaith relations

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Why has the US so dramatically failed in Afghanistan since 2001? Dominant explanations have ignored the bureaucratic divisions and personality conflicts
inside the US state. This book rectifies this weakness in commentary on Afghanistan
by exploring the significant role of these divisions in the US’s difficulties
in the country that meant the battle was virtually lost before it even began. The
main objective of the book is to deepen readers’ understanding of the impact of
bureaucratic politics on nation-building in Afghanistan, focusing primarily on the
Bush administration. It rejects the ‘rational actor’ model, according to which the
US functions as a coherent, monolithic agent. Instead, internal divisions within
the foreign policy bureaucracy are explored, to build up a picture of the internal
tensions and contradictions that bedevilled US nation-building efforts. The book
also contributes to the vexed issue of whether or not the US should engage in
nation-building at all, and if so under what conditions.

politics & international relations --- international relations --- international politics

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Ce dossier a pour objet les relations turco-russes qui, depuis la période post-bipolaire, ont suivi un cours instable fait de rapprochements spectaculaires mais aussi de crises qui sont allées, au moins une fois, jusqu’à la rupture. Au cours des trois décennies qui ont suivi la guerre froide, en dépit de cette inconstance, c'est bien une convergence croissante qui s’est affirmée. Marquée par un ensemble d’initiatives politiques, économiques et culturelles, ces dernières ont permis d’institutionnaliser les rapports entre les deux pays. Les relations économiques et notamment le commerce des hydrocarbures ont sans doute contribué au renforcement des rapports turco-russes. Cependant, on constate que la démarche qui a longtemps consisté à privilégier la convergence d’intérêts économiques, pour faire oublier les divergences politiques et stratégiques, est désormais révolue. La coopération qui s’est reconstruite entre les deux pays après l’épisode pénible de 2015-2016 le montre bien, car des antagonismes demeurent.

21e siècle --- relations diplomatiques --- relations internationales

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Humanity as never before shares a common destiny, whether it be in terms of the resources of the planet, the global environment, economic integration, or the movement of peoples, ideas, cultures. For better or worse humankind is a Community of Shared Destiny 命运共同体. The People’s Republic of China under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party and its ‘Chairman of Everything’, Xi Jinping, has declared that it shares in the destiny of the countries of the Asia and Pacific region, as well as of nations that are part of an intertwined national self-interest. The Party, according to Marxist-Leninist-Maoist theory, is the vanguard of progressive social forces; it cleaves to the concept of shared destiny and its historical role in shaping that destiny. Since its early days nearly a century ago it has emphasised the collective over the individual, the end rather than the means. It addresses majority opinion while guiding and moulding the agenda both for today, and for the future.

politics --- international relations --- china