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Too Much to Lose, or More to Gain? Should Sweden Join the Euro? (2009)
Preprint / Working Paper
Reade, J. J., & Volz, U. Too Much to Lose, or More to Gain? Should Sweden Join the Euro?. Oxford

This paper considers the costs and benefits of Sweden joining the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). We pay particular attention to the costs of abandoning the krona in terms of a loss of monetary policy independence. For this purpose, we ap... Read More about Too Much to Lose, or More to Gain? Should Sweden Join the Euro?.

The Role of Civil Society Organisations in the Former UN Commission on Human Rights and the UN Human Rights Council (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2009, August). The Role of Civil Society Organisations in the Former UN Commission on Human Rights and the UN Human Rights Council. Paper presented at Advanced Course on the International Protection of Human Rights, Institute for Human Rights at Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland

This paper critically examines the role of civil society organisations in the UN Human Rights Council, and its predecessor, the UN Commission on Human Rights, with a particular focus on gender and sexual rights.

Tamil mythological cinema and the politics of secular modernism (2009)
Book Chapter
Hughes, S. (2009). Tamil mythological cinema and the politics of secular modernism. In B. Meyer (Ed.), Aesthetic Formations: Media, Religion, and the Senses (93-116). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230623248_5

Since the 1990s the relationship among religion, media, and politics in South Asia has attracted considerable attention from a wide range of scholars. This is to a large extent due to convergence of the highly successful Indian television serializati... Read More about Tamil mythological cinema and the politics of secular modernism.

A Discussion of HSK Test (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pang, Z. (2009, July). A Discussion of HSK Test. Presented at Chinese Teacher Training Workshop organized by British Inter-university China Centre, St. Anne’s College, University of Oxford

The World Development Report 2008: inconsistencies, silences, and the myth of 'win-win' scenarios (2009)
Journal Article
Oya, C. (2009). The World Development Report 2008: inconsistencies, silences, and the myth of 'win-win' scenarios. The Journal of Peasant Studies, 36(3), 593-601. https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150903142949

The World Development Report 2008 (WDR-2008) on agriculture and development has been received with much expectation and controversy. This paper welcomes some aspects of the WDR-2008 that help us reinvigorate some debates on agricultural development,... Read More about The World Development Report 2008: inconsistencies, silences, and the myth of 'win-win' scenarios.

Water Law, Poverty, and Development - Water Sector Reforms in India (2009)
Book
Cullet, P. (2009). Water Law, Poverty, and Development - Water Sector Reforms in India. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780199546237.001.0001

This monograph comprehensively examines water law regulations and reform in the present decade, going beyond a simple analysis of existing water law and regulations to encompass environmental, social, economic, and human rights aspects of water as a... Read More about Water Law, Poverty, and Development - Water Sector Reforms in India.

Taiwan listing (2009)
Book Chapter
Fell, D. (2009). Taiwan listing. In D. J. Sagar (Ed.), Political Parties of the World, 7th Ed. John Harper Publishing