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From 2024 Professorial Fellow in Sociology, School of Social & Political Sciences, University of Melbourne
2017-25: Professor of Sociology, Institute for Humanities and Social Science, Australian Catholic University
2011-18: Chair Professor in Sociology and Head of Department, Hong Kong Baptist University.
2010-11: Professorial Fellow, Centre for Citizenship and Public Policy, University of Western Sydney, Australia.
2008-09: Foundation Professor of Sociology, University of Western Sydney.
1999-2008: Professor of Sociology, University of Leicester, England (Head of Department, 2000-2006).

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The University of Melbourne: Melbourne, AU

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University of Melbourne

Hong Kong Baptist University: Kowloon, HK, HK

Chair Professor (Department of Sociology)
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Hong Kong Baptist University

Australian Catholic University: Melbourne, VIC, AU

Professor (Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences)
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Jack Barbalet

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A conceptual refinement of ritual: The case of guanxi

The British Journal of Sociology
2025-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Jack Barbalet
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Race and its reformulation in Max Weber: Cultural Germanism as political imperialism

Journal of Classical Sociology
2024-02 | Journal article
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1957308

Part of ISSN: 1468-795X
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WOS:000773489400001

Contributors: Jack Barbalet
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University of Melbourne
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Trust in modernity: The case of Adam Smith

European Journal of Social Theory
2024-02 | Journal article
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1957307

Part of ISSN: 1368-4310
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WOS:001026469200001

Contributors: Jack Barbalet
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University of Melbourne
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A calling for political education

NATION AND STATE IN MAX WEBER
2023 | Book chapter
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1957313

Part of ISBN: 978-1-032-40892-7
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WOS:001008737700006

Contributors: Jack Barbalet
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University of Melbourne
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Citizenship and its military basis

NATION AND STATE IN MAX WEBER
2023 | Book chapter
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1957314

Part of ISBN: 978-1-032-40892-7
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WOS:001008737700005

Contributors: Jack Barbalet
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University of Melbourne
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Race as a political project

NATION AND STATE IN MAX WEBER
2023 | Book chapter
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1957290

Part of ISBN: 978-1-032-40892-7
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WOS:001008737700004

Contributors: Jack Barbalet
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University of Melbourne
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Conceptualising informal institutions: Drawing on the case of <i>guanxi</i>

British Journal of Sociology
2023-01 | Journal article
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1957291

Part of ISSN: 0007-1315
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WOS:000879443400001

Contributors: Jack Barbalet
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University of Melbourne
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Conclusion

2023-01-05 | Book chapter
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1957302

Contributors: Jack Barbalet
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University of Melbourne
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Introduction

2023-01-05 | Book chapter
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1957319

Contributors: Jack Barbalet
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University of Melbourne
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Politics as violence

2023-01-05 | Book chapter
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1957312

Contributors: Jack Barbalet
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University of Melbourne
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The Theory of Guanxi and Chinese Society

Oxford University Press
2021-06-17 | Book
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Jack Barbalet
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Where does guanxi come from? Bao, shu, and renqing in Chinese connections

Asian Journal of Social Science
2021-03-01 | Journal article
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1957323

Part of ISSN: 1568-4849
Contributors: Jack Barbalet
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University of Melbourne

Violence and Politics: Reconsidering Weber's 'Politics as a Vocation'

Sociology
2021-02 | Journal article
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1957311

Part of ISSN: 0038-0385
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WOS:000506983000001

Contributors: Jack Barbalet
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University of Melbourne
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Tripartite g<i>uanxi</i>: resolving kin and non-kin discontinuities in Chinese connections

Theory and society
2021-01 | Journal article
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1957292

Part of ISSN: 0304-2421
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WOS:000541400200001

Contributors: Jack Barbalet
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University of Melbourne
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Bases of social obligation: the distinction between exchange and role and its consequences

Distinktion
2020-09-01 | Journal article
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1957299

Part of ISSN: 1600-910X
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WOS:000573740000001

Contributors: Jack Barbalet
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University of Melbourne
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Primitive accumulation and Chinese mirrors

Journal of Classical Sociology
2019-02 | Journal article
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1957304

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WOS:000457631200003

Contributors: Jack Barbalet
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University of Melbourne
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Trust: Condition of action or condition of appraisal

International Sociology
2019-01 | Journal article
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1957310

Part of ISSN: 0268-5809
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WOS:000457053700005

Contributors: Jack Barbalet
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University of Melbourne
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Magic and Reformation Calvinism in Max Weber's sociology

European Journal of Social Theory
2018-11 | Journal article
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1957301

Part of ISSN: 1368-4310
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WOS:000446200100004

Contributors: Jack Barbalet
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University of Melbourne
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<i>Guanxi</i> as Social Exchange: Emotions, Power and Corruption

Sociology
2018-10 | Journal article
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1957298

Part of ISSN: 0038-0385
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WOS:000445466500004

Contributors: Jack Barbalet
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University of Melbourne
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Confucianism and the Chinese Self Re-examining Max Weber’s China

2017-10-05 | Book
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1957720

Contributors: Jack Barbalet
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University of Melbourne

Dyadic characteristics of <i>guanxi</i> and their consequences

Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour
2017-09 | Journal article
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1957317

Part of ISSN: 0021-8308
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WOS:000409014100006

Contributors: Jack Barbalet
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University of Melbourne
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Confucian values and East Asian capitalism A variable Weberian trajectory

ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF RELIGIONS IN ASIA
2015 | Book chapter
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1957325

Part of ISBN: 978-0-415-63503-5
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WOS:000348321200021

Contributors: Jack Barbalet; B S Turner; O Salemink
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University of Melbourne

Confucian values and East Asian capitalism: A variable weberian trajectory

2015 | Book chapter
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BC-5128-962

Part of ISBN: 9781315758534
Contributors: Barbalet, Jack Michael
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Hong Kong Baptist University

Marx's construction of social theory

2015 | Book
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RB-5128-552

Contributors: Barbalet. Jack Michael
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Hong Kong Baptist University

The paradox of power: Conceptions of power and the relations of reason and emotion in European and Chinese culture

2015 | Book chapter
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BC-5128-624

Contributors: Barbalet, Jack Michael ; Qi, Xiao Ying
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Hong Kong Baptist University

<i>Guanxi</i>, Tie Strength, and Network Attributes

American Behavioral Scientist, The
2015-07 | Journal article
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1957297

Part of ISSN: 0002-7642
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WOS:000356229100010

Contributors: Jack Barbalet
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University of Melbourne
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Laozi’s Daodejing (6th Century BC)

2014-10-02 | Book
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1957294

Contributors: Jack Barbalet; Jenny Helin; Tor Hernes; Daniel Hjorth; Robin Holt
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University of Melbourne
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Weber's Daoism: A failure of orthodoxy

Journal of Classical Sociology
2014-08 | Journal article
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1957305

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WOS:000212287900003

Contributors: Jack Barbalet
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University of Melbourne
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A template for the Asian values debate: Reactions to Weber on Confucianism

2014-07 | Conference paper
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CP-5128-2732

Contributors: Barbalet, Jack
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Hong Kong Baptist University

Barbalet, Jack

2014-07 | Conference paper
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CP-5128-2730

Contributors: Trust in Chinese Guanxi?
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Hong Kong Baptist University

Globalization and cosmopolitanism: Continuity and disjuncture, contemporary and historical

Journal of Sociology
2014-06 | Journal article
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1957315

Part of ISSN: 1440-7833
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WOS:000336221400008

Contributors: Jack Barbalet
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University of Melbourne
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Greater Self, Lesser Self: Dimensions of Self-Interest in Chinese Filial Piety

Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour
2014-06 | Journal article
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1957303

Part of ISSN: 0021-8308
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WOS:000336499600004

Contributors: Jack Barbalet
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University of Melbourne
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The structure of <i>guanxi</i>: Resolving problems of network assurance

Theory and society
2014-01 | Journal article
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1957293

Part of ISSN: 0304-2421
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WOS:000330210900003

Contributors: Jack Barbalet
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University of Melbourne
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Adam Smith: Theorie der ethischen Gefühle

2013 | Book chapter
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1957316

Part of ISBN: 9783531172378
Contributors: Jack Barbalet
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University of Melbourne
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Collective fear and societal change

2013 | Book chapter
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BC-5128-613

Part of ISBN: 9781137025678
Contributors: Barbalet, Jack Michael ; Demertzis, Nicolas
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Hong Kong Baptist University

The paradox of power: conceptions of power and the relations of reason and emotion in European and Chinese culture

Journal of Political Power
2013 | Journal article
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1957318

Part of ISSN: 2158-379X
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WOS:000214865000004

Contributors: Jack Barbalet; Xiaoying Qi
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University of Melbourne
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Chinese individualization, revisited

2013-12 | Conference paper
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CP-5128-2305

Contributors: Barbalet, Jack Michael
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Hong Kong Baptist University

Teaching classical sociological theory in Hong Kong SAR, China

Journal of Sociology
2013-12 | Journal article
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1957295

Part of ISSN: 1440-7833
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WOS:000326965300004

Contributors: Jack Barbalet
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University of Melbourne
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Western theories - Chinese realities: The case of Guanxi

2013-12 | Conference paper
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CP-5128-2306

Contributors: Barbalet, Jack Michael
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Hong Kong Baptist University

Self-Interest in Chinese Discourse and Practice

Sociological Review
2013-11 | Journal article
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Jack Barbalet

Self-interest in Chinese discourse and practice: temporal distinctions of self

Sociological Review
2013-11 | Journal article
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1957296

Part of ISSN: 0038-0261
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WOS:000325853000001

Contributors: Jack Barbalet
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University of Melbourne
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The molecular structure of Guanxi

2013-07 | Conference paper
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CP-5128-2316

Contributors: Barbalet, Jack Michael
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Hong Kong Baptist University

Trust or assurance: Guanxi as a triadic relationship

2012-12 | Conference paper
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CP-5128-2227

Contributors: Barbalet, Jack Michael
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Hong Kong Baptist University

Self-interest and the theory of action

British Journal of Sociology
2012-09 | Journal article
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1957320

Part of ISSN: 0007-1315
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WOS:000308374200002

Contributors: Jack Barbalet
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University of Melbourne
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Self interest in Chinese discourse and practice

2012-03 | Conference paper
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CP-5128-2248

Contributors: Barbalet, Jack Michael
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Hong Kong Baptist University

Book Review: Markets

Sociological Review
2012-02 | Journal article
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1957300

Part of ISSN: 0038-0261
Contributors: Jack Barbalet
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University of Melbourne
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Chinese religion, market society and the State

2011 | Book chapter
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BC-5128-530

Part of ISBN: 9780857288073
Contributors: Barbalet, Jack Michael
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Hong Kong Baptist University

Public religions and the state: A comparative perspective

2011 | Book chapter
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BC-5128-566

Contributors: Barbalet, Jack Michael ; Possamai, Adam ; Turner, Bryan S.
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Hong Kong Baptist University

Religion and the State A Comparative Sociology

2011 | Book
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1957721

Contributors: Jack Barbalet; Adam Possamai; Bryan S Turner
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University of Melbourne

Religion and the state: A comparative sociology

2011 | Edited book
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BK-5128-113

Contributors: Barbalet, Jack Michael ; Possamai, Adam ; Turner, Bryan S.
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Hong Kong Baptist University
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