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Dr Alexandra Wilson's research on the reception of Puccini's operas was disseminated to a large non-specialist, international audience, principally via numerous opera house programme essays, but also via radio broadcasts, pre-performance talks, a podcast and a book for general readers. Accessible yet authoritative, her research on the historical contexts of Puccini's operas has transformed the way in which they are written about for a general audience, challenging outdated stereotypes. Her work has deepened audience understanding, particularly of Puccini's lesser-known works, encouraging audiences to explore other unfamiliar repertory. It has helped both operatic newcomers and seasoned audience members to engage more effectively with the art-form as a whole and influenced the way in which opera is written about in the media.

AbstractIn a quantitative study using unique quarterly data across two decades, this article addresses the opposition's opportunities to influence policy; a topic that has been neglected in existing party-policy research. The idea that is developed is applied to a remarkable policy development on crime during the Danish leftwing government in the 1990s. Contrary to its policy position when it took office in 1993, the leftwing government repeatedly adopted severe restrictions to penal policy. The policy position of the rightwing opposition and its vehement and persistent criticism of the government provide an explanation, the article argues. Taking media coverage, public opinion, violence statistics, and the government's performance into account, the analysis shows that opposition criticism spurred the penal policy restrictions. Hence, by incorporating a policy agenda perspective, this article encourages a broadening of the perspective on parties' policy influence. In particularly the opposition's opportunities to politicise issues and hereby influence policy.

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1: The Rise of Roma Politics in Contemporary Europe -- Introduction -- The Politics of Roma in Western Europe -- The Politics of Roma in Central and Eastern Europe -- Democratisation -- Post-communist Politics of Roma -- Transnational Roma Politics -- Conclusion -- References -- 2: Roma Identity and Diversity -- Introduction -- Language -- Collective Self-Identity -- Religion -- Cultural Practices -- Lifestyle -- Race and Citizenship -- The Inclusive Roma -- How Many Roma? -- The 'Official' European Roma Population -- Official Roma Data -- Survey Data -- Census Data -- The Discrepancy Between Survey and Census Numbers -- Choice and Inclusivity -- The Roma Political Phenomenon -- References -- 3: The Gypsy Legacy and Roma Politics -- Introduction -- The Past of Present Roma -- Biological Data -- Romani -- The Historical Record -- In Western Europe -- In Eastern Europe -- Moldavia and Wallachia -- Hungary -- Conclusion: A Complex Past -- References -- 4: Roma Activism -- Feudal Fragmentation and Nationalism -- Self-Organisation in Western Europe -- Roma Politics in Communist States -- Post-communist Roma Politics -- Inherent Weakness of Roma Activism -- International Roma Activism -- The Long Road to Roma Representation -- References -- 5: Roma Policy -- Introduction -- Western Policies -- Post-communist Policies -- Integration Policies -- Beyond the State -- Impact of Roma Policy -- Effective Racism -- References -- 6: Deracialisation -- Privileged Politicised Identity -- Time of the Gypsies? -- Low Expectations -- Ethnic Exclusion -- Looking Ahead -- Deracialisation -- References -- References -- Index

The introduction focuses on the issues that the debate on animal sacrifice has raised over the centuries, both in the West and in South Asia. This dual focus is necessary for two reasons. One is that the current Indian judicial system and traditions have evolved from the British colonial legacy, To understand how animal sacrifice came to be banned by an Indian court, one needs to grasp this Indian-British legal entanglement. The second reason is that many of the current legal arguments on the protection of animals in general, and animal sacrifice in particular, in both South Asia and western countries, call upon both Indian religious and philosophical developments and Western concepts and values. As a result, controversies surrounding particular animal sacrifice practices often involve broader issues and more general debates. The introduction discusses how the recent judicialisation of these debates and their international dimension has led to the emergence of new questions concerning the legal status of animals. We consider, for example, how the question has been debated in Europe with regard to the practice of ritual killing in Muslim or Jewish communities, and in a well-known case involving the US Supreme Court's ruling on Santeria sacrifice in Florida (cited above).We then move from the general situation to the particular case of India and Nepal. The emphasis here is on previous and recent attempts to reform or even ban animal sacrifice in these countries. Although the practice of animal sacrifices had been criticized over the centuries by sectarian and devotional movements, such criticism gained a new impetus, with a different meaning, from the actions of Christian missionaries who became increasingly active in parts of South Asia from the late fifteenth century onwards. The ideas of 'idolatry', 'superstition' or 'false gods' that the first Christian writers had used in rejecting animal sacrifices in ancient Rome were now projected by Christian missionaries in India (and in other places in the world) onto ...

The introduction focuses on the issues that the debate on animal sacrifice has raised over the centuries, both in the West and in South Asia. This dual focus is necessary for two reasons. One is that the current Indian judicial system and traditions have evolved from the British colonial legacy, To understand how animal sacrifice came to be banned by an Indian court, one needs to grasp this Indian-British legal entanglement. The second reason is that many of the current legal arguments on the protection of animals in general, and animal sacrifice in particular, in both South Asia and western countries, call upon both Indian religious and philosophical developments and Western concepts and values. As a result, controversies surrounding particular animal sacrifice practices often involve broader issues and more general debates. The introduction discusses how the recent judicialisation of these debates and their international dimension has led to the emergence of new questions concerning the legal status of animals. We consider, for example, how the question has been debated in Europe with regard to the practice of ritual killing in Muslim or Jewish communities, and in a well-known case involving the US Supreme Court's ruling on Santeria sacrifice in Florida (cited above).We then move from the general situation to the particular case of India and Nepal. The emphasis here is on previous and recent attempts to reform or even ban animal sacrifice in these countries. Although the practice of animal sacrifices had been criticized over the centuries by sectarian and devotional movements, such criticism gained a new impetus, with a different meaning, from the actions of Christian missionaries who became increasingly active in parts of South Asia from the late fifteenth century onwards. The ideas of 'idolatry', 'superstition' or 'false gods' that the first Christian writers had used in rejecting animal sacrifices in ancient Rome were now projected by Christian missionaries in India (and in other places in the world) onto ...

Since the Brexit referendum, the UK government has deployed a vision of 'Global Britain' revolving around trade agreements, yet, this was not a key issue in the referendum. Drawing on politicisation literature, we explore the absence of visible activism around future trade policy, in contrast to moderate activity around the EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). We identify actors in UK TTIP mobilisation and trace their actions post-referendum, revealing politicisation as campaigners participate in channels for attempting to influence future UK trade policy. In the presence of these channels and lack of full clarity on future policy, to date, recourse to visible mobilisation in the public space has not yet occurred. Tracing this dynamic process, intertwining Brexit and trade policy, enables us to understand how politicisation of one process affects another. Crucially, given the context of re-nationalisation of trade policy, it allows us to explore how politicisation is operationalised in the absence of one of the key conditions for politicisation suggested in the literature: the transfer of authority to a more remote level of governance.