In the 1980s, Swedish welfare researchers travelled the world to presentthe Scandinavian social democratic model at conferences. The modelrepresented a‘modern’alternative to the market economy and socialism,combining generous benefits and economic equality with high labourforce participation for both women and men. However, the downsidequickly became apparent: high taxes and swelling public…
The present volume is the proceedings of the start-up conference “Establishing of Buddhist Nodes in Eastern Central Asia 6th to 14th C. Part I: Sacred Space, Pilgrimage, Patronage, Legitimation Strategies” of the BuddhistRoad project, which was held at Ruhr-Universität Bochum on 23–25 May, 2018.1 The themes chosen for this volume are similar to those that constitute the research …