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Action Research with Children: Lessons from Tackling Disasters and Climate Change (2012)
Journal Article
Tanner, T., & Seballos, F. (2012). Action Research with Children: Lessons from Tackling Disasters and Climate Change. IDS Bulletin, 43(3), 59-70. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1759-5436.2012.00323.x

Recent research and practice from the fields of climate change adaptation and disaster management has created a shift from emphasis of children's vulnerability and need for protection towards their potential as agents of change before, during and aft... Read More about Action Research with Children: Lessons from Tackling Disasters and Climate Change.

Regulating Islamic Finance in the United Kingdom (2012)
Book Chapter
Ercanbrack, J. (2012). Regulating Islamic Finance in the United Kingdom. In V. Cattelan (Ed.), Islamic Finance in Europe: Towards a Plural Financial System (157-178). Edward Elgar

Taliban, Real and Imagined (2012)
Book Chapter
Caron, J. (2012). Taliban, Real and Imagined. In S. Bashir, & R. D. Crews (Eds.), Under the Drones: Modern Lives in the Afghanistan-Pakistan Borderlands. Harvard University Press

Pricing Reforms and Capacity Constraints in China’s Petrochemical Sector (2012)
Journal Article
Tobin, D. (2012). Pricing Reforms and Capacity Constraints in China’s Petrochemical Sector. Oxford energy forum, 15-16

As an economy where the state continues to exercise control over the procurement of a wide range of goods
and services, China offers a fascinating example of how economic necessity,mostly as a result of rapid growth in
manufacturing, has forced the... Read More about Pricing Reforms and Capacity Constraints in China’s Petrochemical Sector.

Enterprise and Inequality: A Study of Avon in South Africa (2012)
Journal Article
Scott, L., Dolan, C., Johnstone-Louis, M., Sugden, K., & Wu, M. (2012). Enterprise and Inequality: A Study of Avon in South Africa. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 36(3), 543-568. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6520.2012.00507.x

Avon's apparent success in using entrepreneurship to help women escape poverty, as well as its staying power in circumstances where similar efforts have failed, has captured the attention of the international development community. This study, the fi... Read More about Enterprise and Inequality: A Study of Avon in South Africa.

Turkey’s Iranian Conundrum: A Delicate Balancing Act (2012)
Book Chapter
Akkoyunlu, F. K. (2012). Turkey’s Iranian Conundrum: A Delicate Balancing Act. In K. Öktem, A. Kadıoğlu, & M. Karlı (Eds.), Another Empire? A Decade of Turkey's Foreign Policy under the Justice and Development Party. Bilgi Universitesi Yayinlari

Language Fieldwork Using a Narrative Problem-Solving Task (2012)
Journal Article
Gawne, L., San Roque, L., Hoenigman, D., Miller, J. C., Rumsey, A., Spronck, S., Carroll, A., & Evans, N. (2012). Language Fieldwork Using a Narrative Problem-Solving Task. Language Documentation & Conservation, 6, 135-174

We describe a structured task for gathering enriched language data for descriptive, comparative, and documentary purposes, focusing on the domain of social cognition. The task involves collaborative narrative problem-solving and retelling by a pair o... Read More about Language Fieldwork Using a Narrative Problem-Solving Task.

Korean dialects: a general survey (2012)
Book Chapter
Yeon, J. (2012). Korean dialects: a general survey. In N. Tranter (Ed.), The Languages of Japan and Korea (168-185). Routledge

Research and Development, Cash Flow, Agency and Governance: UK large companies (2012)
Journal Article
Driver, C., & Guedes, M. J. C. (2012). Research and Development, Cash Flow, Agency and Governance: UK large companies. Research Policy: Policy, management and economic studies of science, technology and innovation, 41(9), 1565-1577. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2012.04.003

This paper investigates the determinants of R&D expenditure using a sample of UK listed companies with the highest spend from 2000 to 2005. We investigate the effect of corporate governance and ownership on R&D, using panel data. The results provide... Read More about Research and Development, Cash Flow, Agency and Governance: UK large companies.

The Self: Naturalism, Consciousness, and the First-Person Stance (2012)
Book
Ganeri, J. (2012). The Self: Naturalism, Consciousness, and the First-Person Stance. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780199652365.001.0001

What is it to occupy a first‐person stance? Is the first‐personal idea one has of oneself in conflict with the idea of oneself as a physical being? How, if there is a conflict, is it to be resolved? In this book a new way to address those questions,... Read More about The Self: Naturalism, Consciousness, and the First-Person Stance.

Mamluk Perceptions of foreign Arts (2012)
Book Chapter
Behrens-Abouseif, D. (2012). Mamluk Perceptions of foreign Arts. In D. Behrens-Abouseif (Ed.), The Arts of the Mamluks in Egypt and Syria Evolution and Impact. Bonn University Press