Limited Engagements: Revisiting the Non-encounter between American Buddhism and the Shin Tradition by Galen Amstutz

“…An apparent discrepancy exists between (on one hand) recent interests among non-Asian American Buddhists (that is, persons of European extraction, hereafter referred to as NAABs) in inventing a democratic, egalitarian form of the Buddhism and (on the other hand) the simultaneous, continuing disinterest regarding conversation with the large Shin Buddhist tradition in Japan. …”
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The portrayal of non-westerners in EFL textbooks in Norway by Paul Thomas

“…The discourse of equity and egalitarianism has a long pedigree in Norway. However, this discourse has recently come under severe strain as evidenced by the growing segregation of schools along ethnic lines in the capital Oslo. …”
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Islam dan Civil Society by Imam Sukardi

“…These ideas include egalitarianism, human rights protection, participation, law and justice enforcement and pluralism. …”
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Examining an Institutionalized Sociocultural Model of Canadian Education by Sasha Sukkhu

“…This application identifies the Canadian ISCM of education in Saskatchewan as based on foundational principles of Egalitarianism and Multiculturalism, with a distinct student-centered focus seen through teaching and learning. …”
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Gender Equality in and on Tibetan Buddhist Nuns’ Terms by Padma’tsho (Baimacuo), Sarah Jacoby

“…Critics of this scholarship contend that it superimposes liberal discourses of freedom, egalitarianism, and human rights onto Asian Buddhist women’s lives, without regard for whether/how these accord with women’s self-understandings. …”
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Whose money is it, anyway? Financial organization and negotiation between young married couples in Singapore by Leo, Zhi Qing

“…A qualitative analysis with 8 heterosexual Singaporean couples reveals aspects of money management and household responsibilities as favorable to the development of egalitarianism in relationships. The data provides evidence that understandings of traditional gendered norms & culture, combined with education and women’s labor, could potentially lead to more equal relationships, which could re-establish gender in marriages, especially among younger couples. …”
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Masyarakat Madani: Visi Etis Islam Tentang Civil Society by Perpustakaan UGM, i-lib

“…Islamic community attempt to enrich the discourse and frame the process of democratization by mobilizing ethical spirit outlined as egalitarianism, pluralism, tolerant and deliberation. …”

Clumsy Solutions for a Complex World by Verweij, M, Douglas, M, Ellis, R, Engel, C, Hendriks, F, Lohmann, S, Nay, S, Rayner, S, Thompson, M

“…These contending policy perspectives justify, represent and stem from four different ways of organizing social relations: hierarchy, individualism, egalitarianism and fatalism. Each of these perspectives: (1) distils certain elements of experience and wisdom that are missed by the others; (2) provides a clear expression of the way in which a significant portion of the populace feels we should live with one another and with nature; and (3) needs all of the others in order to be sustainable. …”

Forty-Seven DJs, Four Women: Meritocracy, Talent, and Postfeminist Politics by Tami Gadir

“…The Musikkfest case ultimately shows that gender politics in dance music cultures do not necessarily correspond to dance music’s historical associations with egalitarianism.…”
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Se dire ou ne pas se dire « raizal ». Subalternités indicibles sur l’île de San Andres (Colombie) by Morgane Le Guyader

“…On the other hand, the raizal community was derives from the legacy of the post-emancipation society that was consolidated at the end of the nineteenth century, characterized by the dominance of egalitarianism in the face of persisting socio-racial hierarchies. …”
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Necessity and Opportunity Entrepreneurship: The Mediating Effect of Culture by Francisco Liñán, José Fernández-Serrano, Isidoro Romero

“…Furthermore, the Egalitarianism-Hierarchy dimension is also very relevant in explaining the opportunity/necessity ratio.…”
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Solidarism and the Struggle Against Environmental Racism by Avery Kolers

“…Distinguishing three elements of environmental justice, and also pinpointing the logic of expendability at the core of environmental racism, the current article shows that Solidarism has more resources than liberal egalitarianism to challenge environmental injustice, but that, in the white supremacist state, environmental racism in particular poses an especially difficult challenge. …”
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Gender equality in intimate relationships : an exploratory study. by Ting, Samantha.

“…If the sphere of intimacy is increasingly ‘democratised’ as societies progress into late modernity, intimate relationships would progressively advocate principles of egalitarianism, autonomy and dialogue. This paper seeks to explore whether gender equality exists within intimate heterosexual romantic relationships in Singapore today, by drawing on accounts of modern Singaporean women’s experiences with the latter. …”
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How do we choose which life to save? Equality of access or a fair go? by Savulescu, J

“…I examine two ethical theories, egalitarianism and utilitarianism, applied to an example of allocating hearts to children who have cardiac failure. …”

Fairness in machine learning: Lessons from political philosophy by Binns, R

“…Questions of discrimination, egalitarianism and justice are of significant interest to moral and political philosophers, who have expended significant efforts in formalising and defending these central concepts. …”

Thomas Hobbes: liberal illiberal by Malcolm, N

“…Yet his political theory also contains some of the most important building-blocks of modern liberal thinking about the state and its citizens: the crucial role of consent; natural rights; egalitarianism; the idea of the state as a device to protect people against oppressors; the homogeneity of legal authority within the state; the concept of the state as a public realm; and the idea that the sovereign acts publicly—above all, through law. …”

The politicisation of climate change attitudes in Europe by Fisher, SD, Kenny, J, Poortinga, W, Böhm, G, Steg, L

“…With European Social Survey (ESS) data, we find that in Western (but not Central and Eastern) Europe there is a linkage between left-right self-placement and climate attitudes that cannot be accounted for by economic egalitarianism or liberal cultural attitudes. That linkage partly but not fully accounts for why voters for different party families have different beliefs and worries about climate change. …”

Revisiting the gender revolution: Time on paid work, domestic work, and total work in East Asian and Western Societies 1985–2016 by Kan, MY, Zhou, M, Kolpashnikova, K, Hertog, E, Yoda, S, Jun, J

“…Our findings suggest that cultural norms interact with institutional contexts to affect the patterns of gender convergence in time use, and gender equality might settle at differing levels of egalitarianism across countries.…”

Fertility, Reproduction and Conjugal Loyalty: Renegotiating Gender Relations amongst Dalits in Rural Tamil Nadu by Nitya Rao

“…Much of the literature on Dalits, and Dalit women in particular, focuses either on issues of violence, and subordination based on class, caste and gender, or the relative egalitarianism within Dalit households, which arises out of a context of shared hardship. …”
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“ISLAM” IN THE GLOBAL VILLAGE: POST-TSUNAMI DIALOG AND NEGOTIATION OF ACEH IDENTITY by Ibnu Mujib Mujib, Irwan Abdullah, Heru Nugroho

“…Among the important things offered in this paper is an attempt to reproduce and create “public space” as a productive social capital, that is, a space that is expected to build an atmosphere of openness, egalitarianism, inclusivism of many diverse groups. Therefore, in responding to the wider variety of cultural plurality which penetrates through ethnic clusters, religions, political parties, and all forms of interests, it can be managed through the deliberations of dialog. …”
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