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The lonely hero and chechen modernity: Interpreting the story of Gekha the Abrek (2014)
Journal Article
Gould, R. R. (2014). The lonely hero and chechen modernity: Interpreting the story of Gekha the Abrek. Journal of folklore research, 51(2), 199-222. https://doi.org/10.2979/jfolkrese.51.2.199

Abstract This essay interprets the Chechen ballad (illi) of the social bandit Gekha (d. 1898) in the context of Chechnya's encounter with colonial modernity. Gekha's illi elucidates the interface between anticolonial resistance and masculine identity... Read More about The lonely hero and chechen modernity: Interpreting the story of Gekha the Abrek.

Agroclimatic Conditions in China under Climate Change Scenarios Projected from Regional Climate Models (2014)
Journal Article
Tian, Z., Yang, X., Sun, L., Fischer, G., Liang, Z., & Pan, J. (2014). Agroclimatic Conditions in China under Climate Change Scenarios Projected from Regional Climate Models. International Journal of Climatology, 34(9), 2988-3000. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.3892

The recent warming trends have led to rising concerns on how the changing climate has been altering and will continue to alter agroclimatic conditions in China. In this study, high resolution climate scenarios from regional climate models (RCMs) are... Read More about Agroclimatic Conditions in China under Climate Change Scenarios Projected from Regional Climate Models.

Corporate Investment during the Financial Crisis: Evidence from China (2014)
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Bo, H., Driver, C., & Lin, H.-C. M. (2014). Corporate Investment during the Financial Crisis: Evidence from China. International Review of Financial Analysis, 35(2014), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2014.07.002

China’s growth model suggests that the 2008 financial crisis may have affected the Chinese economy differently from what one observes in mature market economies. In this paper, we examine how Chinese corporate investment responded to the financial cr... Read More about Corporate Investment during the Financial Crisis: Evidence from China.

Editor's Introduction (2014)
Journal Article
Nathan, D., & Austin, P. (2014). Editor's Introduction. Language documentation and description, 12, 4-16

Virtual Scarce Water in China (2014)
Journal Article
Feng, K., Hubacek, K., Pfister, S., Yu, Y., & Sun, L. (2014). Virtual Scarce Water in China. Environmental Science & Technology, 48(14), 7704-7713. https://doi.org/10.1021/es500502q

Water footprints and virtual water flows have been promoted as important indicators to characterize human-induced
water consumption. However, environmental impacts associated
with water consumption are largely neglected in these analyses. Incorpora... Read More about Virtual Scarce Water in China.

Helping Muslim boys succeed: the case for history education (2014)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, M. L. N. (2014). Helping Muslim boys succeed: the case for history education. The Curriculum Journal, 25(3), 396-431. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585176.2014.929527

Recent research suggests that Muslim boys have become the ‘New Folk Devils’ of British education, who are characterised by resistance to formal education, especially at secondary level, and under‐achievement. Since the 1990s, British Muslim boys woul... Read More about Helping Muslim boys succeed: the case for history education.

Republic and Empire in Montesquieu's Spirit of the Laws (2014)
Journal Article
Ramgotra, M. (2014). Republic and Empire in Montesquieu's Spirit of the Laws. Millennium: Journal of International Studies, 42(3), 790-816. https://doi.org/10.1177/0305829814541692

In The Spirit of the Laws Montesquieu claims that commerce brings peace. His ideas on the separation and balance of powers and commerce form the cornerstones of liberal democratic theory. Yet it is often overlooked that they were conceived in the c... Read More about Republic and Empire in Montesquieu's Spirit of the Laws.

China’s Growth, Stability, and Use of International Reserves (2014)
Journal Article
Aizenman, J., Jinjarak, Y., & Marion, N. (2014). China’s Growth, Stability, and Use of International Reserves. Open Economies Review, 25(3), 407-428. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11079-014-9308-x

Since the onset of the global crisis, China and the U.S. current-account imbalances are now less than half their pre-crisis levels. For China, the reduction in its current-account surplus post-crisis suggests a structural change. Panel regressions... Read More about China’s Growth, Stability, and Use of International Reserves.

Supply chains, global financial shocks, and firm behavior towards liquidity needs (2014)
Journal Article
Jinjarak, Y. (2014). Supply chains, global financial shocks, and firm behavior towards liquidity needs. World Economy, 38(3), 425-444. https://doi.org/10.1111/twec.12202

Driven by the increasingly important role of supply chains in global production, this paper studies empirical association between global credit‐market shocks and firm behaviour towards liquidity needs across countries and industries. Focusing on the... Read More about Supply chains, global financial shocks, and firm behavior towards liquidity needs.

Cultures of Resistance in Palestine and Beyond: On the Politics of Art, Aesthetics, and Affect (2014)
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Salih, R., & Richter-Devroe, S. (2014). Cultures of Resistance in Palestine and Beyond: On the Politics of Art, Aesthetics, and Affect. Arab studies journal, XXII(1), 8-28

Rather than considering protest art as singularly revolutionary, disruptive,or unsettling to established power structures per se, this article and the contributions in the special issue explore the complex relation between cultural politics, aestheti... Read More about Cultures of Resistance in Palestine and Beyond: On the Politics of Art, Aesthetics, and Affect.

The Social Dynamics of Labor Shortage in South African Small-Scale Agriculture (2014)
Journal Article
Hull, E. (2014). The Social Dynamics of Labor Shortage in South African Small-Scale Agriculture. World Development, 59, 451-460. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.02.003

This article examines the relationship between unemployment, family structure, and labor allocation in rural South Africa. Chronic joblessness has meant that many young, unemployed adults remain in the parental home. However, their productive labor i... Read More about The Social Dynamics of Labor Shortage in South African Small-Scale Agriculture.