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Assessing the markets in financial instruments directive and its legal impact on the French capital markets (2009)
Journal Article
Makhlouf, A. (2009). Assessing the markets in financial instruments directive and its legal impact on the French capital markets. Revue droit & affaires, 1-13

The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) Note 5 replaces the Investment Services Directive (ISD)Note 6 which sought to develop a European framework for investment services. But despite important developments in the early 1990s, the ISD... Read More about Assessing the markets in financial instruments directive and its legal impact on the French capital markets.

From Windfall to Curse? Oil and Industrialization in Venezuela, 1920 to the Present (2009)
Book
Di John, J. (2009). From Windfall to Curse? Oil and Industrialization in Venezuela, 1920 to the Present. Penn State University Press. https://doi.org/10.5325/j.ctv14gp29g

Since the discovery of abundant oil resources in the 1920s, Venezuela has had an economically privileged position among the nations of Latin America, which has led to its being treated by economic and political analysts as an exceptional case. In her... Read More about From Windfall to Curse? Oil and Industrialization in Venezuela, 1920 to the Present.

Reparació En Periodes De Transició Incerta. Lliçons Des Del Sudan [Reparation in Times of Uncertain Transition. Lessons from Sudan] (2009)
Book Chapter
Oette, L. (2009). Reparació En Periodes De Transició Incerta. Lliçons Des Del Sudan [Reparation in Times of Uncertain Transition. Lessons from Sudan]. In H. Olivan, M. Prandi, & M. Cañadas (Eds.), Dretş Humans I Justicia Transicional: Gestionant El Passat (178-189). Generalitat de Catalunya, Departament d'Interior, Relacions Institucionals i Participació, Oficina de Promoció de la Pau i dels Drets Humans and escola de cultura de pau

United Nations (and League of Nations) (2009)
Book Chapter
Plesch, D. (2009). United Nations (and League of Nations). In M. Kazin, R. Edwards, & A. Rothman (Eds.), The Princeton Encyclopedia of American Political History. Princeton University Press

The United Nations was created in 1942 as a political military alliance and went on to create a range of global institutions including those we know today. It tried to overcome the weaknesses of the League by creating more enforcement powers. Despite... Read More about United Nations (and League of Nations).

Social transformations in Arab tourism in Thailand (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Neal, M., & Cohen, E. (2009, November). Social transformations in Arab tourism in Thailand. Paper presented at New Zealand Sociological Association Annual Conference, Massey University, New Zealand

Financialisation and Social Policy (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fine, B. (2009, November). Financialisation and Social Policy. Paper presented at Social and Political Dimensions of the Global Crisis: Implications for Developing Countries, UNRISD, Geneva

The Concept, Causes and Consequences of Failed States: A Critical Review of the Literature and Agenda for Research with Specific Reference to Sub-Saharan Africa (2009)
Journal Article
Di John, J. The Concept, Causes and Consequences of Failed States: A Critical Review of the Literature and Agenda for Research with Specific Reference to Sub-Saharan Africa. The European Journal of Development Research, 22(1), 10-30. https://doi.org/10.1057/ejdr.2009.44

This article provides a critical review of recent literature that has attempted to define what a ‘failed state’ is and explains why such states emerge. It is argued that aggregate indices of ‘failure’ are misleading due to the wide variations of capa... Read More about The Concept, Causes and Consequences of Failed States: A Critical Review of the Literature and Agenda for Research with Specific Reference to Sub-Saharan Africa.

Text, Performance, and Gender in Chinese Literature and Music: Essays in Honor of Wilt Idema (2009)
Book
Van Crevel, M., Tan, T. Y., & Hockx, M. (Eds.). (2009). Text, Performance, and Gender in Chinese Literature and Music: Essays in Honor of Wilt Idema. Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004179066.i-468

Wilt Idema is one of the world's leading scholars and translators of Chinese literature, with research interests ranging from classical poetry to premodern fiction, performance literature and women's writing. His oeuvre is exceptional in its inclusiv... Read More about Text, Performance, and Gender in Chinese Literature and Music: Essays in Honor of Wilt Idema.