Results for "Quinn, John"

With a Foreword by Krista Tippett–a poignant and beautiful collection of conversations and presentation from John O’Donohue’s work with close friend and former radio broadcaster John Quinn  John O'Donohue, beloved author of To Bless the Space Between Us, is widely recognized... Read More about Walking in Wonder: Eternal Wisdom for a Modern World

Nineteenth-century New England was a hostile place for Catholics. In Massachusetts a mob torched a convent; in Maine a priest was tarred and feathered; and Rhode Island elected an anti-Catholic Know Nothing governor. “No Irish Need Apply” signs were common. Newport was different. It was a religiousl... Read More about The Rise of Newport’s Catholics: From Colonial Outcasts to Gilded Age Leaders

Majority State Ownership of Oil and Mining Sectors in Africa: The Resource Curse Undermined shows that countries in sub-Saharan Africa with majority state ownership of their major oil or mineral export sectors suffered from more severe versions of the natural resource curse than other similar countr... Read More about Majority State Ownership of Oil and Mining Sectors in Africa: The Resource Curse Undermined (Routledge Studies on the Political Economy of Africa)

Nineteenth-century New England was a hostile place for Catholics. In Massachusetts a mob torched a convent; in Maine a priest was tarred and feathered; and Rhode Island elected an anti-Catholic Know Nothing governor. “No Irish Need Apply” signs were common. Newport was different. It was a religiousl... Read More about The Rise of Newport’s Catholics: From Colonial Outcasts to Gilded Age Leaders

Many scholars of sub-Saharan Africa agree that inward-oriented development policies have hampered economic development in the region. Quinn questions traditional explanations for the low economic growth levels of sub-Saharan African countries by showing that majority state ownership of enterprise is... Read More about The Road Oft Traveled: Development Policies and Majority State Ownership of Industry in Africa

This timely book examines crucial developments in the field of privacy law, efforts by legal systems to impose their data protection standards beyond their borders and claims by states to assert sovereignty over data.By bringing together renowned international privacy experts from the EU and the US,... Read More about Data Protection Beyond Borders: Transatlantic Perspectives on Extraterritoriality and Sovereignty