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Adjustment in Central America (1993)
Book Chapter
Weeks, J., & Pelupessy, W. (1993). Adjustment in Central America. In J. Weeks, & W. Pelupessy (Eds.), Economic Maladjustment in Central America (1-22). Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-22529-3_1

With the exception of Costa Rica, despotic regimes ruled the Central American countries in the postwar period, in which the use of force played a key role both in the maintenance of civil order and in the day-to-day functioning of the economy. In the... Read More about Adjustment in Central America.

The Nicaraguan Stabilisation Programme of 1989 and Prospects for Recovery (1993)
Book Chapter
Weeks, J. (1993). The Nicaraguan Stabilisation Programme of 1989 and Prospects for Recovery. In J. Weeks, & W. Pelupessy (Eds.), Economic Maladjustment in Central America (25-40). Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-22529-3_2

Through the 1980s, the Nicaraguan economy showed increasing signs of crisis. By 1984 the economy was in decline (see Table 2.1), in 1985 inflation reached triple digits, and 1988 took the monetary economy into chaos with hyperinflation. Beginning in... Read More about The Nicaraguan Stabilisation Programme of 1989 and Prospects for Recovery.

Context and Internal Relationships: Keys to Qur'anic Exegesis (1993)
Book Chapter
Abdel-Haleem, M. (1993). Context and Internal Relationships: Keys to Qur'anic Exegesis. In A.-K. A. Shereef, & G. Hawting (Eds.), Approaches to the Qur'an (71-98). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203988848-10

This paper argues that a most relevant and fruitful approach to understanding the text of the Qur'an is by means of two key concepts developed by Muslim scholars in the classical period: context and internal relationships. The importance of context (... Read More about Context and Internal Relationships: Keys to Qur'anic Exegesis.

Medical Ethics in Islam (1993)
Book Chapter
Abdel-Haleem, M. (1993). Medical Ethics in Islam. In A. Grubb (Ed.), Choices and Decisions in Health Care (1-20). John Wiley and Sons

Islamic Revival in Algeria: An Overview (1993)
Journal Article
Zebiri, K. (1993). Islamic Revival in Algeria: An Overview. The Muslim World, 83(3-4), 203-226. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1478-1913.1993.tb03576.x

Turmoil in Algeria is encouraging the spread of an international form of Islamism that threatens to polarize rather than unite a divided society. The Islamic Salvation Front emerged from the Oct 1988 street demonstrations with the largest constituenc... Read More about Islamic Revival in Algeria: An Overview.

Colonialism and cultural identity : The making of a Hindu discourse, Bengal 1867-1905. (1993)
Thesis
Chowdhury Sengupta, I. Colonialism and cultural identity : The making of a Hindu discourse, Bengal 1867-1905. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis studies the construction of a Hindu cultural identity in the late nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries in Bengal. The aim is to examine how this identity was formed by rationalising and valorising an available repertoire of images... Read More about Colonialism and cultural identity : The making of a Hindu discourse, Bengal 1867-1905..

Personnel transfers and the geographical mobility of population: The case of Japan. (1993)
Thesis
Wiltshire, R. J. Personnel transfers and the geographical mobility of population: The case of Japan. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Personnel transfers within the internal labour markets of large multilocational organizations are shown to be the largest single cause of interregional population migration in contemporary Japan. The challenges which such transfers present to convent... Read More about Personnel transfers and the geographical mobility of population: The case of Japan..

The influence of Chinese mathematical arts on Seki Kowa. (1993)
Thesis
Jochi, S. The influence of Chinese mathematical arts on Seki Kowa. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

I will consider the Influence of Chinese mathematics on Seki Kowa. For this purpose, my thesis is constructed in four parts, introduction, I the studies of editions; Shu. Shu. Jiu Zhang and Yang Hui Sum. Fa, II the conception and extension of method... Read More about The influence of Chinese mathematical arts on Seki Kowa..

Anglo-Egyptian relations in the aftermath of the Suez Crisis. (1993)
Thesis
Mohsen, A. M. M. Anglo-Egyptian relations in the aftermath of the Suez Crisis. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis examines the reconstruction of Anglo-Egyptian relations in the aftermath of the Suez crisis during the period 1957-1961. The research starts by showing that this relationship was ruptured as a result of conflicts in the foreign policies o... Read More about Anglo-Egyptian relations in the aftermath of the Suez Crisis..

Pollution theory and Harijan strategies among South Indian Tamils. (1993)
Thesis
Sekine, Y. Pollution theory and Harijan strategies among South Indian Tamils. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis considers the concepts of purity and pollution in a Tamil village context from a cosmological or religious viewpoint. Thus it contrasts with the Dumontian understanding which I argue is dominated by a 'secular' point of view. This approac... Read More about Pollution theory and Harijan strategies among South Indian Tamils..

Caring women: Gender, power and ritual in Gujarati households in East London. (1993)
Thesis
McDonald, M. A. Caring women: Gender, power and ritual in Gujarati households in East London. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This is an ethnographic study which examines the way in which some Gujarati women living in east London create auspiciousness and care for the ritual, spiritual, social and moral well-being of their natal and conjugal households. Fieldwork was conduc... Read More about Caring women: Gender, power and ritual in Gujarati households in East London..