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Problems of Historicizing Transnational Migration in a Global Context: the Case of the Overseas Chinese in the Nineteenth- and Twentieth-century Straits and Lower Burma (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Charney, M. W. (2000, April). Problems of Historicizing Transnational Migration in a Global Context: the Case of the Overseas Chinese in the Nineteenth- and Twentieth-century Straits and Lower Burma. Paper presented at World History Association Australasian Affiliate Branch Conference, Wollongong, Australia

Journey to the Vanished City: the Search for a Lost Tribe of Israel (2000)
Book
Parfitt, T. (2000). Journey to the Vanished City: the Search for a Lost Tribe of Israel. Ramdon House

The book formed the basis of a film for Channel Four and a PBS Nova documentary, and was in addition the basis for a 20-minute section on CBS 60 Minutes and two 45-minute Radio Four documentaries.

Dutch translation: De Verdwenen Stad: Uitgeverij B... Read More about Journey to the Vanished City: the Search for a Lost Tribe of Israel.

Review of: Contemporary Economic Issues: Proceedings of the Eleventh World Congress of the International Economic Association, Tunis: Volume 1: Regional Experience and System Reform. by Justin Yifu Lin; Contemporary Economic Issues: Proceedings of the Eleventh World Congress of the International Economic Association, Tunis: Volume 2: Labour, Food and Poverty. by Yair Mundlak (2000)
Journal Article
Weeks, J. (2000). Review of: Contemporary Economic Issues: Proceedings of the Eleventh World Congress of the International Economic Association, Tunis: Volume 1: Regional Experience and System Reform. by Justin Yifu Lin; Contemporary Economic Issues: Proceedings of the Eleventh World Congress of the International Economic Association, Tunis: Volume 2: Labour, Food and Poverty. by Yair Mundlak. The Economic Journal, 110(461), F202-F204. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0297.00513

Two South African voices for justice, reconciliation [Review of Desmond Tutu’s No Future without Forgiveness and Ahmed Kathrada’s Letters from Robben Island: A Selection of Ahmed Kathrada’s Prison Correspondence, 1964–1989, edited by Robert D. Vassen] (2000)
Journal Article
Easton, K. (2000). Two South African voices for justice, reconciliation [Review of Desmond Tutu’s No Future without Forgiveness and Ahmed Kathrada’s Letters from Robben Island: A Selection of Ahmed Kathrada’s Prison Correspondence, 1964–1989, edited by Robert D. Vassen]. The Boston globe, N3

Secularism, Gender and the State in the Middle East: The Egyptian Women's Movement (2000)
Book
Al-Ali, N. (2000). Secularism, Gender and the State in the Middle East: The Egyptian Women's Movement. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511489518

A considerable literature has been devoted to the study of Islamic activism. By contrast, Nadje Al-Ali’s book explores the anthropological and political significance of secular-oriented activism by focusing on the women’s movement in Egypt. In so doi... Read More about Secularism, Gender and the State in the Middle East: The Egyptian Women's Movement.

We Are Not Feminists: Egyptian Women’s Rights Activists On Feminism (2000)
Book Chapter
Al-Ali, N. (2000). We Are Not Feminists: Egyptian Women’s Rights Activists On Feminism. In C. Nelson, & S. Rouse (Eds.), Situating Globalization: Views from Egypt (337-358). Transcript Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839400616-011

Based on a panel entitled: Gender discourse and the indigenization of knowledge debate, organized by Cynthia Nelson for the Sixth Congress of the International Assocation of Middle Eastern Studies held at Bayt al-Ayn University, Mafraq, Jordan, April... Read More about We Are Not Feminists: Egyptian Women’s Rights Activists On Feminism.

Review of "Der neue Islam der Frauen: Weibliche Lebenspraxis in der globalisierten Moderne - Fallstudien aus Afrika, Asien und Europa" by Ruth Klein-Hessling; Sigrid Nökel; Karin Werner (2000)
Journal Article
Al-Ali, N. (2000). Review of "Der neue Islam der Frauen: Weibliche Lebenspraxis in der globalisierten Moderne - Fallstudien aus Afrika, Asien und Europa" by Ruth Klein-Hessling; Sigrid Nökel; Karin Werner. European Journal of Women's Studies, 7(4), 523-525. https://doi.org/10.1177/135050680000700406

ESOP's Fable: Golden Egg or Sour Grapes? (2000)
Book Chapter
Fine, B. (2000). ESOP's Fable: Golden Egg or Sour Grapes?. In J. Toporowski (Ed.), Political Economy and the New Capitalism: Essays in Honour of Sam Aaronovitch (179-193). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203055557-22

This essay, drawing upon a report prepared for the South African trade union movement, assesses the position of ESOPs.1 The first part addresses conceptual issues, while later sections discuss the historical record of ESOPs and examines some of the t... Read More about ESOP's Fable: Golden Egg or Sour Grapes?.

The End of Finance: The Theory of Capital Market Inflation, Financial Derivatives, and Pension Fund Capitalism (2000)
Book
Toporowski, J. (2000). The End of Finance: The Theory of Capital Market Inflation, Financial Derivatives, and Pension Fund Capitalism. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203014097

This volume develops an original critique of the belief that the present era of finance, where finance markets dominate contemporary capitalist economies, represents the best possible way of organising economic affairs. In fact, it is argued, the ens... Read More about The End of Finance: The Theory of Capital Market Inflation, Financial Derivatives, and Pension Fund Capitalism.

Political Economy and the New Capitalism: Essays in Honour of Sam Aaronovitch (2000)
Book
Toporowski, J. (Ed.). (2000). Political Economy and the New Capitalism: Essays in Honour of Sam Aaronovitch. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203055557

Political Economy and the New Capitalism examines the relevance of Sam Aaronovitch's pioneering empirical studies of British capitalism in the light of modern developments. A wide range of problems are reviewed from industrial concentration today to... Read More about Political Economy and the New Capitalism: Essays in Honour of Sam Aaronovitch.