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Investment in South Africa (2021)
Book Chapter
Driver, C., & Harris, L. Investment in South Africa. In A. Oqubay, F. Tregenna, & I. Valodia (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the South African Economy (441-466). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192894199.013.41

Abstract: Since the achievement of democracy, high levels of gross fixed capital formation have been required for the economic and social transformation of South Africa. Public-sector investment has risen, particularly since 2008, but private-busines... Read More about Investment in South Africa.

Promoting a Strategic Approach to EU Sport Diplomacy (2021)
Report
Parrish, R., Duval, A., Mitevska, S., Perez-Gonzalez, C., Smokvina, V., Sonntag, A., Zintz, T., Cattaneo, A., Murray, S., & Rofe, J. S. (2021). Promoting a Strategic Approach to EU Sport Diplomacy

Business and human rights versus corporate social responsibility: Integration for victim remedies (2021)
Journal Article
Amodu, N. (2021). Business and human rights versus corporate social responsibility: Integration for victim remedies. African Human Rights Law Journal, 21, 853-876. https://doi.org/10.17159/1996-2096/2021/v21n2a34

It is a daunting task to discern between the several debates within and surrounding the corporate social responsibility and the business and human rights movements. At the basic level of objectives, for instance, questions arise as to which movement... Read More about Business and human rights versus corporate social responsibility: Integration for victim remedies.

Sartang (West Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh, India) – Language Contexts (2021)
Journal Article
Bodt, T. A. (2021). Sartang (West Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh, India) – Language Contexts. Language documentation and description, 20, 162-188. https://doi.org/10.25894/ldd49

Sartang is a recently coined name for a Scheduled Tribe inhabiting four villages and their associated hamlets in West Kameng district of the state of Arunachal Pradesh in India. Sartang also refers to the four linguistic varieties that the people bel... Read More about Sartang (West Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh, India) – Language Contexts.

Katō Kōko’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Forgetting forced labour to celebrate Japan's World Heritage Sites - Part 1.pdf (2021)
Journal Article
Johnsen, N. (2021). Katō Kōko’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Forgetting forced labour to celebrate Japan's World Heritage Sites - Part 1.pdf. Japan focus, 19(1),

Abstract: Katō Kōko is the pivotal figure behind the World Heritage inscription process and the controversial historical narratives of “Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution.” Several of these industrial sites used Korean as well as Chinese an... Read More about Katō Kōko’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Forgetting forced labour to celebrate Japan's World Heritage Sites - Part 1.pdf.

The Relevance of Financialization for African Economies: Lessons from South Africa (2021)
Preprint / Working Paper
Ashman, S., Fine, B., & Karwowski, E. The Relevance of Financialization for African Economies: Lessons from South Africa. London

While research has highlighted that financialization critically affects African economies and societies through its effect upon commodity prices, international value chain participation, and land, there are few accounts of the systemic and macroecono... Read More about The Relevance of Financialization for African Economies: Lessons from South Africa.

Spatial Politics: Sociality, "Transparency" and Ideas of Community in Delhi and Gurgaon (2021)
Book Chapter
Srivastava, S. (2021). Spatial Politics: Sociality, "Transparency" and Ideas of Community in Delhi and Gurgaon. In S. Chakravorty, & S. Neelanjan (Eds.), Colossus: The Anatomy of India’s National Capital Region (290-310). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108935654.014

This chapter seeks to explore certain ideas around corruption, transparency, and community as they emanate from two different socioeconomic contexts. The first of these concerns the middle-class locality of what I will call New Gurgaon. In particular... Read More about Spatial Politics: Sociality, "Transparency" and Ideas of Community in Delhi and Gurgaon.

Developing Indifference: Youth, Place-making and Belonging in a Transforming Urban China (2021)
Journal Article
Nolan, M. (2021). Developing Indifference: Youth, Place-making and Belonging in a Transforming Urban China. HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, 11(3), 1029-1044. https://doi.org/10.1086/717515

This article examines the social impacts of urban change among a generation of people for whom it is the norm: youth in Beijing, where decades of redevelopment have led to large-scale demolition of older neighborhoods and a perpetually changing citys... Read More about Developing Indifference: Youth, Place-making and Belonging in a Transforming Urban China.

Governing Gender: Violent Extremism in Northern Nigeria (2021)
Journal Article
Okech, A. (2021). Governing Gender: Violent Extremism in Northern Nigeria. Africa development, 46(3), 1-19

This article draws on a qualitative study piloted in Maiduguri, Northern Nigeria, to unpack the gender logics that shape why women join Boko Haram, their roles, how they are perceived by their communities on their return and how these dynamics inform... Read More about Governing Gender: Violent Extremism in Northern Nigeria.

Prolegomenon to Any Future Critical Responses to Naturalism (2021)
Journal Article
Giladi, P. (2021). Prolegomenon to Any Future Critical Responses to Naturalism. Filosofický časopis, 2021(3), 75-94. https://doi.org/10.46854/fc.2021.3s75

In this paper, I propose a programme for future critical responses to naturalism. The paper is divided into two principal parts. In Part I, after providing a topography of contemporary critical approaches to the Placement Problem, which is the operat... Read More about Prolegomenon to Any Future Critical Responses to Naturalism.

Arbitrary Constellations: Writing the Imagination in Medieval Persian Astrology, with Translations from Tanklūshā (11th – 12th century) (2021)
Preprint / Working Paper
Tahmasebian, K. Arbitrary Constellations: Writing the Imagination in Medieval Persian Astrology, with Translations from Tanklūshā (11th – 12th century). Birmingham

The book we read today in the name of Tanklūshā in Arabic and Persian versions is pseudepigraphic––most likely an imaginary reconstruction of an astrological work by Teukros, rich with images of everyday life appearing in supernatural tints as conste... Read More about Arbitrary Constellations: Writing the Imagination in Medieval Persian Astrology, with Translations from Tanklūshā (11th – 12th century).

Non-Profit Project Owners: Crowdfunding and Public Interest Litigation in the Digital Age (2021)
Book Chapter
Gaunt, S., & Longo, A. (2021). Non-Profit Project Owners: Crowdfunding and Public Interest Litigation in the Digital Age. In P. Ortolani, & M. Louisse (Eds.), The EU Crowdfunding Regulation. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/law/9780192856395.003.0011

This chapter addresses the rising phenomenon of crowdfunding for public interest litigation as a distinct category of donation-based crowdfunding, falling outside of the scope of the Crowdfunding Regulation. The rise in the use of crowdfunding for pu... Read More about Non-Profit Project Owners: Crowdfunding and Public Interest Litigation in the Digital Age.

Domestic Violence, Faith, and the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church: 16 Days Of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (2021)
Digital Artefact
Istratii, R. (2021). Domestic Violence, Faith, and the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church: 16 Days Of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. [Blog post]

The article discusses the role of faith, theology and the clergy in the experience of domestic violence and its resolution with reference to a literature review completed recently together with Professor Parveen Ali and previous long-term anthropolog... Read More about Domestic Violence, Faith, and the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church: 16 Days Of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence.

Aspiring Minds: ‘A Generation of Entrepreneurs in the Making’ (2021)
Journal Article
Rajak, D., & Dolan, C. (2022). Aspiring Minds: ‘A Generation of Entrepreneurs in the Making’. Sociological Research Online, 27(4), 803-822. https://doi.org/10.1177/13607804211042905

This article examines how corporate, state and donor interests have converged in attempts to craft South Africa’s youngsters into an army of entrepreneurs as the last frontier for creating growth in a post-job world. We investigate the apparatus desi... Read More about Aspiring Minds: ‘A Generation of Entrepreneurs in the Making’.