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Re-examining the contested good: proceedings from a postgraduate workshop on good food (2019)
Journal Article
Graf, K., Cohen, A., Simpson Miller, B., & Vaghi, F. (2019). Re-examining the contested good: proceedings from a postgraduate workshop on good food. Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies, 19(1), 91-93. https://doi.org/10.1525/gfc.2019.19.1.91

Following the 2017 postgraduate research workshop hosted by the SOAS Food Studies Centre, in collaboration with University of Warwick Food GRP, this article brings together nine research briefs written by various participants. Inspired by the worksho... Read More about Re-examining the contested good: proceedings from a postgraduate workshop on good food.

Empirical Approaches to Criminal Procedure (2019)
Book Chapter
Hodgson, J., & Mou, Y. (2019). Empirical Approaches to Criminal Procedure. In D. Brown, J. Turner, & B. Weisser (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Criminal Process (43-66). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190659837.013.3

This chapter discusses empirical approaches to criminal procedure, focusing on three broad and recurring themes that reflect the complex nature of the criminal justice system as a social institution: legal culture, discretion, and policy. It first co... Read More about Empirical Approaches to Criminal Procedure.

Building an Industrial Workforce in Ethiopia (2019)
Book Chapter
Oya, C. (2019). Building an Industrial Workforce in Ethiopia. In F. Cheru, C. Cramer, & A. Oqubay (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the Ethiopian Economy (668-686). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198814986.013.33

This chapter provides an overview of the factors and dynamics involved in the creation and formation of an industrial workforce in an agrarian-based economy. The main argument is that the process of building an industrial working class is uneven, pro... Read More about Building an Industrial Workforce in Ethiopia.

Dwelling in Craftwork: The Art of Andrew Omoding (2019)
Journal Article
Marchand, T. H. (2019). Dwelling in Craftwork: The Art of Andrew Omoding. Journal of European ethnology and cultural analysis, 1, 46-72

The essay explores the ways in which artist Andrew Omoding creates relations between otherwise disparate things, drawing them together into new constellations of meaning that are forever becoming, without fixed starting points or conclusions. Finding... Read More about Dwelling in Craftwork: The Art of Andrew Omoding.

International trade, dietary change, and cardiovascular disease health outcomes: Import tariff reform using an integrated macroeconomic, environmental and health modelling framework for Thailand (2019)
Journal Article
Jensen, H. T., Keogh-Brown, M. R., Shankar, B., Aekplakorn, W., Basu, S., Cuevas, S., Dangour, A. D., Gheewala, S. H., Green, R., Joy, E. J., Rojroongwasinkul, N., Thaiprasert, N., & Smith, R. D. (2019). International trade, dietary change, and cardiovascular disease health outcomes: Import tariff reform using an integrated macroeconomic, environmental and health modelling framework for Thailand. SSM - Population Health, 9, Article 100435. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2019.100435

United Nations (UN) member states have, since 2011, worked to address the emerging global NCD crisis, but progress has, so far, been insufficient. Food trade policy is recognised to have the potential to impact certain major diet-related health and e... Read More about International trade, dietary change, and cardiovascular disease health outcomes: Import tariff reform using an integrated macroeconomic, environmental and health modelling framework for Thailand.

The New Pan-Africanism: Globalism and the Nation State in Africa (2019)
Book
Amoah, M. (2019). The New Pan-Africanism: Globalism and the Nation State in Africa. I.B. Tauris. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781838600501

Nationalism and the nation state, globalization and Pan-Africanism are leading international relations concepts which have a particular relevance for Africa as an emerging economic power. This book examines the concept of nationalism, the nationalist... Read More about The New Pan-Africanism: Globalism and the Nation State in Africa.

Reference Values of Conditioned Pain Modulation (2019)
Journal Article
Schliessbach, J., Lütolf, C., Streitberger, K., Scaramozzino, P., Arendt-Nielsen, L., & Curatolo, M. (2019). Reference Values of Conditioned Pain Modulation. Scandinavian Journal of Pain, 19(2), 279-286. https://doi.org/10.1515/sjpain-2018-0356

BACKGROUND AND AIMS:
Endogenous pain modulation can be studied in humans by conditioned pain modulation (CPM): pain induced by a test stimulus is attenuated by a distantly applied noxious conditioning stimulus. The detection of impaired CPM in indiv... Read More about Reference Values of Conditioned Pain Modulation.

Things that Believe: Talismans, Amulets, Dolls, and How to Get Rid of Them (2019)
Journal Article
Gygi, F. (2019). Things that Believe: Talismans, Amulets, Dolls, and How to Get Rid of Them. Japanese journal of religious studies, 45(2), 423-452. https://doi.org/10.18874/jjrs.45.2.2018.423-452

This article looks at religious and semi-religious paraphernalia in everyday life from the perspective of disposal. Recent research in religious studies and anthropology has focused on the ways in which beliefs are performed through religious objects... Read More about Things that Believe: Talismans, Amulets, Dolls, and How to Get Rid of Them.

Cuwabo (P34) (2019)
Book Chapter
Guérois, R. (2019). Cuwabo (P34). In M. Van de Velde, & K. Bostoen (Eds.), The Bantu Languages (2nd Edition). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315755946-24

Cuwabo (P34) is a Bantu language spoken by more than 800,000 people in the north-eastern part of Mozambique. This chapter is a grammatical sketch of “central Cuwabo,” i.e., the variety spoken in the district of Quelimane. It provides a general overvi... Read More about Cuwabo (P34).

Explaining virtual water trade: A spatial-temporal analysis of the comparative advantage of land, labor and water in China (2019)
Journal Article
Zhao, D., Hubacek, K., Feng, K., Sun, L., & Liu, J. (2019). Explaining virtual water trade: A spatial-temporal analysis of the comparative advantage of land, labor and water in China. Water Research, 153, 304-314. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2019.01.025

The well-known “virtual water hypothesis” states that water-deficient regions/countries could alleviate water stress through importing water-intensive products from water-abundant regions/countries. Although observed trading patterns do often not sup... Read More about Explaining virtual water trade: A spatial-temporal analysis of the comparative advantage of land, labor and water in China.

The Constant Orientalist: Raffles and the Religions of Java (2019)
Book Chapter
Murphy, S. A. (2019). The Constant Orientalist: Raffles and the Religions of Java. In S. A. Murphy, N. Wang, & A. Green (Eds.), Raffles in Southeast Asia: Revisiting the scholar and the statesman (202-213). Asian Civilisations Museum

A multilingual Manichean calendar from Turfan (U130) (2019)
Book Chapter
Sims-Williams, N. (2019). A multilingual Manichean calendar from Turfan (U130). In Z. Gulácsi (Ed.), Language, society, and religion in the world of the Turks : Festschrift for Larry Clark at seventy-five (251-266). Brepols

The Oxford Handbook of the Ethiopian Economy (2019)
Book
Cheru, F., Cramer, C., & Oqubay, A. (Eds.). (2019). The Oxford Handbook of the Ethiopian Economy. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198814986.001.0001

This volume is the first ever economics handbook on a single African country focused on the theme of structural transformation. It is intended to serve as a major reference book on the Ethiopian economy for university students, researchers, and polic... Read More about The Oxford Handbook of the Ethiopian Economy.

China’s Asset Management Companies as State Spatial–Temporal Strategy (2019)
Journal Article
Ho, S., & Marois, T. (2019). China’s Asset Management Companies as State Spatial–Temporal Strategy. The China Quarterly, 239, 728-751. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305741019000018

Chinese authorities created four new asset management companies (AMCs) in 1999, which have since undergone profound transformations that have been influential in China’s contemporary integration into the world market. Conventional interpretations see... Read More about China’s Asset Management Companies as State Spatial–Temporal Strategy.

Feminist Dialogues on International Law: successes, tensions, futures (2019)
Book
Heathcote, G. (2019). Feminist Dialogues on International Law: successes, tensions, futures. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199685103.001.0001

In the past decade, a sense of feminist 'success' has developed within the United Nations and international law, recognized in the Security Council resolution 1325 on women, peace and security, the increased jurisprudence on gender based crimes in ar... Read More about Feminist Dialogues on International Law: successes, tensions, futures.

Varieties of neo-colonialism: Government accounting reforms in Anglophone and Francophone Africa – Benin and Ghana compared (2019)
Journal Article
Lassou, P. J., Hopper, T., Tsamenyi, M., & Murinde, V. (2019). Varieties of neo-colonialism: Government accounting reforms in Anglophone and Francophone Africa – Benin and Ghana compared. Critical Perspectives On Accounting, 65, Article 102071. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpa.2019.01.003

This study compares government accounting reforms in an Anglophone and a Francophone African country, namely Ghana and Benin, with respect to neo-colonialism. The data draws from interviews with local officials concerned with government accounting, d... Read More about Varieties of neo-colonialism: Government accounting reforms in Anglophone and Francophone Africa – Benin and Ghana compared.

Despite Free and Fair Elections, Our Idea of the Republic Is at Risk (2019)
Journal Article
Venkat, V. (2019). Despite Free and Fair Elections, Our Idea of the Republic Is at Risk. Economic and political weekly, 54(3),

On the occasion of India’s 70th Republic Day, it is worth considering how the very foundational idea of a republic, in which supreme power is held by the people, is at risk despite free and fair elections. To arrive at that argument, this article del... Read More about Despite Free and Fair Elections, Our Idea of the Republic Is at Risk.