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  • Women, the Recited Qur'an, and Islamic Music in Indonesia

    Women, the Recited Qur'an, and Islamic Music in Contemporary Indonesia takes readers to the heart of religious musical praxis in Indonesia, home to the largest Muslim population in the world. Anne K. Rasmussen explores a rich public soundscape, where women recite the divine texts of the Qur'an, and where an extraordinary diversity of Arab-influenced Islamic musical styles and genres, also ... Read more

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  • Divine Inspirations

    Music and Islam in Indonesia

    Edited by David Harnish, Anne Rasmussen ...
    Divine Inspirations: Music and Islam in Indonesia brings together the work of 11 international scholars into an unprecedented volume focused on religion and performance in a nation celebrated for its extraordinary arts, religious diversity, and natural beauty. The resulting collection provides a panoramic view of Indonesia's Islamic arts in a variety of settings and communities. Together the ... Read more

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  • Legislative Codecision in the European Union

    Experience over Twenty Years and Implications

    Series series Journal of European Public Policy Series
    This volume takes stock of twenty years of practising and studying codecision in the European Union (EU) and examines the procedure‘s long-term implications for the EU‘s institutions, politics and policies. The introduction of co-legislation between the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament in 1993 raised the prospect of increased parliamentary involvement in EU decision-making and ... Read more

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  • Divine Inspirations

    Music and Islam in Indonesia

    Edited by David Harnish, Anne Rasmussen ...
    Divine Inspirations: Music and Islam in Indonesia brings together the work of 11 international scholars into an unprecedented volume focused on religion and performance in a nation celebrated for its extraordinary arts, religious diversity, and natural beauty. The resulting collection provides a panoramic view of Indonesia's Islamic arts in a variety of settings and communities. Together the ... Read more

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  • The Role of Political Parties in the European Union

    Series series Journal of European Public Policy Series
    At the national level, political parties play an important role in making representative democracy work. They help to aggregate and communicate policy preferences, link decision-making between different legislative bodies and hold politicians accountable. In the European Union, however, the electoral connection is weak. This casts doubt on the impact of partisan politics at the European level. Are ... Read more

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