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Forced Labor, Resistance, and Masculinities in Kayes, French Sudan, 1919–1946 (2014)
Journal Article
Rodet, M. (2014). Forced Labor, Resistance, and Masculinities in Kayes, French Sudan, 1919–1946. International Labor and Working-Class History, 86, 107-123. https://doi.org/10.1017/S014754791400012X

In this article I analyze how African gender categories have interacted with those produced and imposed by French colonization and how these forced interactions may have given rise to specific kinds of resistance from local populations. Using the cas... Read More about Forced Labor, Resistance, and Masculinities in Kayes, French Sudan, 1919–1946.

“I’m Not Dead Yet”: A Comparative Study of Indigenous Language Revitalization in the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey. (2014)
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Wilson, G., Johnson, H., & Sallabank, J. (2015). “I’m Not Dead Yet”: A Comparative Study of Indigenous Language Revitalization in the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey. Current Issues in Language Planning, 16(3), 259-278. https://doi.org/10.1080/14664208.2014.972535

At the outset of the twenty-first century, the survival of many minority and indigenous languages is threatened by globalization and the ubiquity of dominant languages such as English in the worlds of communication and commerce. In a number of cases,... Read More about “I’m Not Dead Yet”: A Comparative Study of Indigenous Language Revitalization in the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey..

From Passive to Radical Revolution in Venezuela’s Populist Project (2014)
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Brading, R. (2014). From Passive to Radical Revolution in Venezuela’s Populist Project. Latin American Perspectives, 41(6), 48-64. https://doi.org/10.1177/0094582X14521991

In December 2001, Hugo Chávez and others changed Venezuela’s Bolivarian revolutionary project, which consisted of replacing a corrupt and elitist constitution with a fair and popular one, into a radical one. In its early stages the project correspond... Read More about From Passive to Radical Revolution in Venezuela’s Populist Project.

The Influence of Religiously Motivated Consumer Boycotts on Brand Image, Loyalty and Product Judgment (2014)
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Abosag, I., & Farah, M. (2014). The Influence of Religiously Motivated Consumer Boycotts on Brand Image, Loyalty and Product Judgment. European Journal of Marketing, 48(11/12), 2262-2283. https://doi.org/10.1108/EJM-12-2013-0737

Purpose – The purpose of this paper was to examine the in!uence of religiously motivated boycotts,
such as the one conducted in Saudi Arabia against Danish companies, on corporate brand image,
customer loyalty and product judgment. Despite a growin... Read More about The Influence of Religiously Motivated Consumer Boycotts on Brand Image, Loyalty and Product Judgment.

The Qur'an and Identity in Contemporary Chinese Fiction (2014)
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Ouyang, W.-C. (2014). The Qur'an and Identity in Contemporary Chinese Fiction. Journal of Qur'anic Studies, 16(3), 63-84. https://doi.org/10.3366/jqs.2014.0166

How is it possible to comprehend and assess the impact of the Qur’an on the literary expressions of Chinese Muslims (Hui) when the first full ‘translations’ of the Qur’an in Chinese made by non-Muslims from Japanese and English appeared only in 1927... Read More about The Qur'an and Identity in Contemporary Chinese Fiction.

Can there be mercy without the merciful? A meditation on Martha Nussbaum’s questions (2014)
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Chan, S. (2014). Can there be mercy without the merciful? A meditation on Martha Nussbaum’s questions. Third World Quarterly, 35(9), https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2014.970868

Martha Nussbaum raised profound concerns about aid as being conceived out of the self-directed charity of donors and not the expressed concerns of those being aided. Even when the recipients of aid seek to express their concerns, their capabilities m... Read More about Can there be mercy without the merciful? A meditation on Martha Nussbaum’s questions.

Drawn by Images: Control, Subversion and Contamination in the Visual Discourse of Tokyo Metro (2014)
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Padoan, T. (2014). Drawn by Images: Control, Subversion and Contamination in the Visual Discourse of Tokyo Metro. Lexia (Torino), 17-18, 579-599. https://doi.org/10.4399/978885487680428

This paper intends to investigate the active role of images in shaping contemporary urban life, by exploring the trail of strategies, actions, counteractions and transformations produced by a particular corpus of subway posters. Since September 1974,... Read More about Drawn by Images: Control, Subversion and Contamination in the Visual Discourse of Tokyo Metro.

FLEGT VPAs: Laying a pathway to sustainability via legality lessons from Ghana and Indonesia (2014)
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Lesniewska, F., & McDermott, C. L. (2014). FLEGT VPAs: Laying a pathway to sustainability via legality lessons from Ghana and Indonesia. Forest Policy and Economics, 48(November), 16-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2014.01.005

The long-term objective of the 2003 EU FLEGT Action Plan was to ensure a legal trade of timber products within and between countries and, by doing so, clear a pathway towards global sustainability and good governance. Voluntary Partnership Agreements... Read More about FLEGT VPAs: Laying a pathway to sustainability via legality lessons from Ghana and Indonesia.

Testing the fire-sale FDI hypothesis for the European financial crisis (2014)
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Weitzel, U., Kling, G., & Gerritsen, D. (2014). Testing the fire-sale FDI hypothesis for the European financial crisis. Journal of International Money and Finance, 49(B), 211-234. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jimonfin.2014.03.011

Using a panel of corporate transactions in 27 EU countries from 1999 to 2012, we investigate the impact of the financial crisis on the market for corporate assets. In particular, we test the ‘fire-sale FDI’ hypothesis by analyzing the number of cross... Read More about Testing the fire-sale FDI hypothesis for the European financial crisis.

The global financial crisis and the European single market: The end of integration? (2014)
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Choudhry, T., Kling, G., & Jayasekera, R. (2014). The global financial crisis and the European single market: The end of integration?. Journal of International Money and Finance, 49, 191-196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jimonfin.2014.08.002

Using various versions of the Feldstein-Horioka (FH) coefficient, we measure the time-varying degree of capital mobility and economic integration in the European Union. Prior research shows high correlation between domestic investment and savings imp... Read More about The global financial crisis and the European single market: The end of integration?.

Triggers of change: structural trajectories and production dynamics (2014)
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Andreoni, A., & Scazzieri, R. (2014). Triggers of change: structural trajectories and production dynamics. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 38(6), 1391-1408. https://doi.org/10.1093/cje/bet034

The transformation of production structures has been at the centre of the historical dynamics of capitalist economies since the first Industrial Revolution. The article concentrates on production processes as principal loci of structural economic dyn... Read More about Triggers of change: structural trajectories and production dynamics.

Review: Siudmak, John. The Hindu-Buddhist Sculpture of Ancient Kashmir and its Influences. Vol. 28, Handbook of Oriental Studies: Section 2, South Asia. Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2013. (2014)
Journal Article
Luczanits, C. (2014). Review: Siudmak, John. The Hindu-Buddhist Sculpture of Ancient Kashmir and its Influences. Vol. 28, Handbook of Oriental Studies: Section 2, South Asia. Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2013. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 77(3), 600-601. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0041977X14000731

Improving Performance of Agro-ecological Zone (AEZ) Modeling by cross-scale Model Coupling: An Application to Japonica Rice Production in Northeast China (2014)
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Tian, Z., Zhong, H., Sun, L., Fischer, G., van Velthuizen, H., & Liang, Z. (2014). Improving Performance of Agro-ecological Zone (AEZ) Modeling by cross-scale Model Coupling: An Application to Japonica Rice Production in Northeast China. Ecological Modelling, 290, 155-164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.11.020

The challenges to food security posed by climate change require unprecedented efforts and ability to simulate and predict the interactions between crop growth dynamics, and the environment and crop management at various scales. This calls for model c... Read More about Improving Performance of Agro-ecological Zone (AEZ) Modeling by cross-scale Model Coupling: An Application to Japonica Rice Production in Northeast China.

Negotiating Reconciliation in Rwanda: Popular Challenges to the Official Discourse of Post-Genocide National Unity (2014)
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Clark, P. Negotiating Reconciliation in Rwanda: Popular Challenges to the Official Discourse of Post-Genocide National Unity. Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, 8(4), 303-320. https://doi.org/10.1080/17502977.2014.958309

Reconciliation is among the most contested terms in current peacebuilding and transitional justice debates. Critics often view reconciliation as romantic—expecting immediate harmony after enormous harm—or imposed on victims by religious groups or gov... Read More about Negotiating Reconciliation in Rwanda: Popular Challenges to the Official Discourse of Post-Genocide National Unity.

The Oil is Sizzling in the Pot’: Sound and Emotion in Uyghur Qur'anic Recitation (2014)
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Harris, R. (2014). The Oil is Sizzling in the Pot’: Sound and Emotion in Uyghur Qur'anic Recitation. Ethnomusicology Forum, 23(3), 331-359. https://doi.org/10.1080/17411912.2014.956774

How do Muslims in different parts of the world recite and how do they hear the sound of the Qur'an? What are the purposes of their recitation, and what meanings do they associate with it? In this article I analyse one ritual performance of Qur'anic r... Read More about The Oil is Sizzling in the Pot’: Sound and Emotion in Uyghur Qur'anic Recitation.

Entrepreneurship across Time and Space: Empirical Evidence from Korea (2014)
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Hong, E., Lee, I. H., Sun, L., & Harrison, R. (2015). Entrepreneurship across Time and Space: Empirical Evidence from Korea. Small Business Economics, 44(3), 705-719. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-014-9613-1

This paper investigates the temporal and spatial dynamics of business start-up activities and their determinants. It integrates three perspectives in explaining regional variations of start-ups: (i) spatial heterogeneity that characterizes regional d... Read More about Entrepreneurship across Time and Space: Empirical Evidence from Korea.

Muslim Exegesis of the Bible in Medieval Cairo. Najm al-Dīn al-Ṭūfī’s (d. 716/1316) Commentary on the Christian Scriptures. A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation with an Introduction. By Lejla Demiri. Leiden: Brill, 2013. Pp. xiv + 566. €158 (cloth). (2014)
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Shah, M. (2014). Muslim Exegesis of the Bible in Medieval Cairo. Najm al-Dīn al-Ṭūfī’s (d. 716/1316) Commentary on the Christian Scriptures. A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation with an Introduction. By Lejla Demiri. Leiden: Brill, 2013. Pp. xiv + 566. €158 (cloth). Journal of Near Eastern Studies, 73(2), 378. https://doi.org/10.1086/677276