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Katō Kōko’s Meiji Industrial Revolution - Forgetting forced labour to celebrate Japan's World Heritage Sites - Part 2 (2021)
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Johnsen, N. (2021). Katō Kōko’s Meiji Industrial Revolution - Forgetting forced labour to celebrate Japan's World Heritage Sites - Part 2. Japan focus, 19(5),

Abstract: This article is the second in a two part-series. Part 1 introduced Katō Kōko as the pivotal figure behind the World Heritage inscription process and the controversial historical narratives of “Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution.”... Read More about Katō Kōko’s Meiji Industrial Revolution - Forgetting forced labour to celebrate Japan's World Heritage Sites - Part 2.

China–Turkey Relations from the Perspective of Neoclassical Realism (2021)
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Özşahin, M. C., Donelli, F., & Gasco, R. (2022). China–Turkey Relations from the Perspective of Neoclassical Realism. Contemporary Review of the Middle East, 9(2), 218-239. https://doi.org/10.1177/23477989211062659

There is plenty of studies focusing on China’s global outreach through its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). In tandem with this, the extensive literature on China depicts it as the next hegemon to succeed in the USA. Along this line, flourishing ties... Read More about China–Turkey Relations from the Perspective of Neoclassical Realism.

Recycling European Narratives in South Korea’s ‘Refugee Crisis’: Islamophobia, #MeToo, and Yemeni Refugees on Jeju Island (2021)
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Sheikh, F. (2021). Recycling European Narratives in South Korea’s ‘Refugee Crisis’: Islamophobia, #MeToo, and Yemeni Refugees on Jeju Island. Asiascape: Digital Asia, 8(3), 211-239. https://doi.org/10.1163/22142312-bja10015

2018 was a politically tempestuous time for South Korea as a little over 500, mostly male, Yemeni asylum-seekers landed on Korea’s Jeju Island. Their unexpected arrival caught Korean society, already in the midst of its own #MeToo wave off guard, res... Read More about Recycling European Narratives in South Korea’s ‘Refugee Crisis’: Islamophobia, #MeToo, and Yemeni Refugees on Jeju Island.

Towards a More Inclusive Digital Democracy in Asia: Introduction to the Digital Democracy Special Issue of Asiascape: Digital Asia (2021)
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Lee, Y. (2021). Towards a More Inclusive Digital Democracy in Asia: Introduction to the Digital Democracy Special Issue of Asiascape: Digital Asia. Asiascape: Digital Asia, 8(3), 135-138. https://doi.org/10.1163/22142312-bja10017

This article provides an introduction to the Asiascape: Digtial Asia special issue on digital democracy. It provides readers with a brief overview of literature that deals with digital democracy and marginalized groups online, followed by an overview... Read More about Towards a More Inclusive Digital Democracy in Asia: Introduction to the Digital Democracy Special Issue of Asiascape: Digital Asia.

Navigating Digital Borderscapes: A Case Study from Rohingya Refugee Settlements in Bangladesh (2021)
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Hussain, F., & Lee, Y. (2021). Navigating Digital Borderscapes: A Case Study from Rohingya Refugee Settlements in Bangladesh. Asiascape: Digital Asia, 8(3), 190-210. https://doi.org/10.1163/22142312-bja10018

Based on a case study of the lived experiences of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh between 2017 and 2019, this article focuses on displaced people’s digital needs and innovative efforts to navigate the challenges in their situation. The article first... Read More about Navigating Digital Borderscapes: A Case Study from Rohingya Refugee Settlements in Bangladesh.

From Suriyya al‐Asad to Souriatna: Civic nationalism in the Syrian revolutionary press (2021)
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Chevée, A. (2022). From Suriyya al‐Asad to Souriatna: Civic nationalism in the Syrian revolutionary press. Nations and Nationalism, 28(1), 154-176. https://doi.org/10.1111/nana.12787

Scholarship on the Syrian conflict has too often reduced the analysis of political behaviour to the causal variable of sectarianism and therefore overlooked the role of other identities sustaining mobilization since 2011. Using the case of the revolu... Read More about From Suriyya al‐Asad to Souriatna: Civic nationalism in the Syrian revolutionary press.

London’s “Super Sewer”: A case study for the interdisciplinary possibilities of anthropologists and economists investigating infrastructure together (2021)
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Van Waeyenberge, E., Bowles, B., & Bayliss, K. (2021). London’s “Super Sewer”: A case study for the interdisciplinary possibilities of anthropologists and economists investigating infrastructure together. Research in economic anthropology, 41, 5-30. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0190-128120210000041001

Despite the fact that recent anthropological interest in infrastructure has done much to illuminate the infrastructure asset as an assemblage of actors, technologies and ideas, an interdisciplinary approach is required to unpack how the infrastructur... Read More about London’s “Super Sewer”: A case study for the interdisciplinary possibilities of anthropologists and economists investigating infrastructure together.

COVID-19 debt relief (2021)
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Becchetti, L., & Scaramozzino, P. (2021). COVID-19 debt relief. Scienza e pace, 12(2), 1-25

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a global shock with dramatic consequences on debts of governments called to alleviate the economic and social impact of the crisis on firms and households. We explore conditions for the feasibility of (COVID-19 generate... Read More about COVID-19 debt relief.

Desperate, deceived and disappointed: women’s lives and labour in rural Ethiopia and Uganda (2021)
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Sender, J., & Cramer, C. (2022). Desperate, deceived and disappointed: women’s lives and labour in rural Ethiopia and Uganda. Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 40(2), 153-171. https://doi.org/10.1080/02589001.2021.1998393

Life history interviews from Ethiopia and Uganda, organised around experiences of wage labour, provide rich evidence on the working conditions of many poor, rural women and on what leads them to work for wages. The life histories confirm and illumina... Read More about Desperate, deceived and disappointed: women’s lives and labour in rural Ethiopia and Uganda.

“Miracle Examination Centres” as hubs for malpractices in Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination in Nigeria: A systematic review (2021)
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Agwu, P., Orjiakor, C. T., Odii, A., Onalu, C., Nzeadibe, C., Roy, P., Onwujekwe, O., & Okoye, U. (2021). “Miracle Examination Centres” as hubs for malpractices in Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination in Nigeria: A systematic review. International Journal of Educational Development, 88, Article 102538. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2021.102538

Sport Diplomacy and Sport for Development SfD: A Discourse of Challenges and Opportunity (2021)
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Rofe, J. S. (2024). Sport Diplomacy and Sport for Development SfD: A Discourse of Challenges and Opportunity. Journal of Global Sport Management, 9(4), 688-703. https://doi.org/10.1080/24704067.2021.2010024

The article’s aim is to illustrate the intersection of Sport Diplomacy and Sport for Development approaches. The value of exploring this relationship is to realise the potential contribution of sport diplomacy to the practitioners and policy makers w... Read More about Sport Diplomacy and Sport for Development SfD: A Discourse of Challenges and Opportunity.

Regional Developmentalism in West Africa: The Case for Commodity-based Industrialization through Regional Cooperation in the Cocoa–Chocolate Sector (2021)
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Bashi Rudahindwa, J., & van Huellen, S. (2021). Regional Developmentalism in West Africa: The Case for Commodity-based Industrialization through Regional Cooperation in the Cocoa–Chocolate Sector. Journal of African trade, 8(1), 82-95. https://doi.org/10.2991/jat.k.211130.001

Regional integration occupies a prominent place in the economic policies of most sub-Saharan African countries. However, despite different waves of initiatives across the African continent, the majority of African regional schemes have not managed to... Read More about Regional Developmentalism in West Africa: The Case for Commodity-based Industrialization through Regional Cooperation in the Cocoa–Chocolate Sector.

Out of the window? Green monetary policy in China: window guidance and the promotion of sustainable lending and investment (2021)
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Dikau, S., & Volz, U. (2023). Out of the window? Green monetary policy in China: window guidance and the promotion of sustainable lending and investment. Climate Policy, 23(1), 122-137. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2021.2012122

Chinese monetary and financial authorities have been among the pioneers in promoting green finance. This article investigates the use of one specific monetary policy tool, namely window guidance, by the Peoples’ Bank of China (PBC) and the China Bank... Read More about Out of the window? Green monetary policy in China: window guidance and the promotion of sustainable lending and investment.

An Ethnography of Parliamentary Ethnographers: riffs, rhythms and rituals in their research (2021)
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Crewe, E. (2021). An Ethnography of Parliamentary Ethnographers: riffs, rhythms and rituals in their research. Journal of Organizational Ethnography, 10(3), 337-345. https://doi.org/10.1108/JOE-10-2021-085

Social science has witnessed a growing respect towards ethnography albeit in an uneven way across regions and disciplines [1]. The tolerance for ethnography in parliamentary studies seems to be far higher in the United Kingdom (UK) than in the USA, b... Read More about An Ethnography of Parliamentary Ethnographers: riffs, rhythms and rituals in their research.

Political Legitimacy, Authoritarianism, and Climate Change (2021)
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Mittiga, R. (2022). Political Legitimacy, Authoritarianism, and Climate Change. American Political Science Review, 116(3), 998-1011. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055421001301

Is authoritarian power ever legitimate? The contemporary political theory literature—which largely conceptualizes legitimacy in terms of democracy or basic rights—would seem to suggest not. I argue, however, that there exists another, overlooked aspe... Read More about Political Legitimacy, Authoritarianism, and Climate Change.

The Tyranny of Strangers: Transformative Occupations Old and New (2021)
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Craven, M. (2021). The Tyranny of Strangers: Transformative Occupations Old and New. London Review of International Law, 9(2), 197-218. https://doi.org/10.1093/lril/lrab017

In the aftermath of the US led invasion of Iraq in 2003, considerable attention was given to the apparent emergence of a new type of belligerent occupation—the ‘transformative occupation’ which apparently challenged the traditional assumptions of the... Read More about The Tyranny of Strangers: Transformative Occupations Old and New.