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Essay on Israel (2012)
Book Chapter
Shindler, C. (2012). Essay on Israel. In P. Furtado (Ed.), Histories of nations : how their identities were forged. Thames and Hudson

Biodiversity change and livelihood responses: ecosystem asset functions in southern India (2012)
Preprint / Working Paper
Kent, R., & Dorward, A. Biodiversity change and livelihood responses: ecosystem asset functions in southern India. London

We investigate the livelihood responses of two ethnic communities in a village in southern India to changes in biodiversity arising from the invasion of forest by Lantana camara. The invasion of forest by Lantana has led to changes in the attributes... Read More about Biodiversity change and livelihood responses: ecosystem asset functions in southern India.

Conceptualizing assets and asset services in livelihoods and ecosystem analyses for poverty reduction (2012)
Preprint / Working Paper
Kent, R., & Dorward, A. Conceptualizing assets and asset services in livelihoods and ecosystem analyses for poverty reduction

Household assets are increasingly seen as critical in poverty dynamics, both for reducing vulnerability and escaping poverty. Asset based approaches have thus become central to poverty analysis and development policy. In this paper we contend that fo... Read More about Conceptualizing assets and asset services in livelihoods and ecosystem analyses for poverty reduction.

What's in a Name? (2012)
Journal Article
Harrington, L. (2012). What's in a Name?. The Irish Indian Magazine, 3, 25-26

Income inequality, tax base and sovereign spreads (2012)
Journal Article
Aizenman, J., & Jinjarak, Y. (2012). Income inequality, tax base and sovereign spreads. Finanzarchiv, 68(4), 431-444. https://doi.org/10.1628/001522112x659565

This note investigates the association of greater income inequality and the tax base, de-facto fiscal space, and sovereign spreads. Using data for the 50 countries in 2007, in 2009 and in 2011, we find that higher income inequality is associated wit... Read More about Income inequality, tax base and sovereign spreads.

The Unbalanced Economy: A Policy Appraisal (2012)
Book
Driver, C., & Temple, P. (2012). The Unbalanced Economy: A Policy Appraisal. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137271792

During the 1980s Britain became one of the world's most market-oriented economies, an approach which resulted in three severe recessions and a deepening degree of inequality. This book argues that a rebalancing of the economy will remain elusive unti... Read More about The Unbalanced Economy: A Policy Appraisal.

Resilience: New Utopia or New Tyranny? Reflection about the Potentials and Limits of the Concept of Resilience in Relation to Vulnerability Reduction Programmes (2012)
Preprint / Working Paper
Béné, C., Godfrey-Wood, R., Newsham, A., & Davies, M. Resilience: New Utopia or New Tyranny? Reflection about the Potentials and Limits of the Concept of Resilience in Relation to Vulnerability Reduction Programmes. Brighton

Resilience is becoming influential in development and vulnerability reduction sectors such as social protection, disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. Policy makers, donors and international development agencies are now increasingly... Read More about Resilience: New Utopia or New Tyranny? Reflection about the Potentials and Limits of the Concept of Resilience in Relation to Vulnerability Reduction Programmes.

Bhatkal's Ramayana Panels (2012)
Book Chapter
Branfoot, C., & Dallapiccola, A. L. (2012). Bhatkal's Ramayana Panels. In G. Michell (Ed.), Kanara, A Land Apart: The Artistic Heritage of Coastal Karnataka (58-65). Marg Publications

Critical Readings on the History of Industrialization in Modern Japan (3 vols) (2012)
Book
Gerteis, C. (Ed.). (2012). Critical Readings on the History of Industrialization in Modern Japan (3 vols). Brill

The three volumes of this collection (Tokugawa Economy and Society, Meiji Industrialization, and the Twentieth Century) feature essays spanning the past forty years of scholarly discussion of how it was that Japan reached its present status as one of... Read More about Critical Readings on the History of Industrialization in Modern Japan (3 vols).