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Social protection and the informal economy: What do we know? (2022)
Preprint / Working Paper
Canelas, C., & Niño-Zarazúa, M. Social protection and the informal economy: What do we know?. Bangkok

This paper takes stock of the literature that examines how the recent expansion of contributory and non-contributory social protection programmes in low- and middle-income countries in Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and Africa has influenced the... Read More about Social protection and the informal economy: What do we know?.

Transforming Lives and Businesses: Spiritual Aspirations in Yoga Marketing (2022)
Journal Article
Augspurger, J. U. (2022). Transforming Lives and Businesses: Spiritual Aspirations in Yoga Marketing. Implicit Religion, 25(3/4), 311-336. https://doi.org/10.1558/imre.27215

This article explores the aspirational marketing modalities promoted by “spiritual marketing coaches” (SMC) that target freelancers in the well-being and yoga sector. It focuses on the narratives of success applied in what is essentially a “marketing... Read More about Transforming Lives and Businesses: Spiritual Aspirations in Yoga Marketing.

Active Labour Market Policies in Asia and the Pacific. A review of the literature (2022)
Preprint / Working Paper
Niño-Zarazúa, M., & Torm, N. Active Labour Market Policies in Asia and the Pacific. A review of the literature. Bangkok

This paper reviews the evidence on the effectiveness of active labour market programmes in low- and middle-income countries with high informality, highlighting examples of interventions that have been implemented in combination with other policies in... Read More about Active Labour Market Policies in Asia and the Pacific. A review of the literature.

Take a Look Inside: Exploring Closets as Fingerprints of the Queer Community (2022)
Book Chapter
Krishnakumar, J. (2022). Take a Look Inside: Exploring Closets as Fingerprints of the Queer Community. In P. Pain (Ed.), LGBTQ Digital Cultures: A Global Perspective. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003196457-4

The concept of “coming out” of a “closet” is an idea that has taken precedence in queer public life, personal narratives, and fictive stories as opposed to stories about queer life, joy and “normalcy.” This chapter follows the inception and growth of... Read More about Take a Look Inside: Exploring Closets as Fingerprints of the Queer Community.

Sport Diplomacy and Sport for Development SfD: A Discourse of Challenges and Opportunity (2021)
Journal Article
Rofe, J. S. (2024). Sport Diplomacy and Sport for Development SfD: A Discourse of Challenges and Opportunity. Journal of Global Sport Management, 9(4), 688-703. https://doi.org/10.1080/24704067.2021.2010024

The article’s aim is to illustrate the intersection of Sport Diplomacy and Sport for Development approaches. The value of exploring this relationship is to realise the potential contribution of sport diplomacy to the practitioners and policy makers w... Read More about Sport Diplomacy and Sport for Development SfD: A Discourse of Challenges and Opportunity.

Behind the Italian Regional Divide: An Economic Fitness and Complexity Perspective (2021)
Journal Article
Sbardella, A., Zaccaria, A., Pietronero, L., & Scaramozzino, P. (2021). Behind the Italian Regional Divide: An Economic Fitness and Complexity Perspective. SINAPPSI, XI(2), 50-73

This paper applies the Economic Fitness and Complexity approach to analyse the underlying factors behind the wide and persistent economic disparities across the Italian regional units. Measures of regional fitness are obtained from their revealed com... Read More about Behind the Italian Regional Divide: An Economic Fitness and Complexity Perspective.

Resolving Douglass C. North’s ‘puzzle’ concerning China’s household responsibility system (2021)
Journal Article
Deakin, S., & Meng, G. (2022). Resolving Douglass C. North’s ‘puzzle’ concerning China’s household responsibility system. Journal of Institutional Economics, 18(4), 521-535. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1744137421000746

This paper considers Douglass C. North's ‘puzzle’ concerning China's household responsibility system (HRS) and offers a possible solution. China's HRS, which has evolved over the past four decades to become its dominant form of rural land ownership,... Read More about Resolving Douglass C. North’s ‘puzzle’ concerning China’s household responsibility system.

China: #MeToo, inequality, harassment and sexual politics in the workplace (2021)
Journal Article
Liu, J. (2021). China: #MeToo, inequality, harassment and sexual politics in the workplace. The Conversation,

This sexualised business culture often includes visits with clients to entertainment venues (involving banquets, karaoke parties and saunas). Professional women in these situations are all-too often vulnerable to sexual harassment and exploitation. O... Read More about China: #MeToo, inequality, harassment and sexual politics in the workplace.

Women and the UN: A New History of Women's International Human Rights (2021)
Book
Adami, R., & Plesch, D. (Eds.). (2021). Women and the UN: A New History of Women's International Human Rights. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003036708

This book provides a critical history of influential women in the United Nations and seeks to inspire empowerment with role models from bygone eras. The women whose voices this book presents helped shape UN conventions, declarations, and policies wit... Read More about Women and the UN: A New History of Women's International Human Rights.

Introduction: Covid‐19 and the conditions and struggles of agrarian classes of labour (2021)
Journal Article
Pattenden, J., Campling, L., Castañón Ballivián, E., Gras, C., Lerche, J., O'Laughlin, B., Oya, C., Pérez Niño, H., & Sinha, S. (2021). Introduction: Covid‐19 and the conditions and struggles of agrarian classes of labour. Journal of Agrarian Change, 21(3), 582-590. https://doi.org/10.1111/joac.12440

Covid-19 generated a crisis in capitalism, but not of capitalism. Capitalism reproduces itself in crisis and in ways that have significant but uneven impacts on the conditions and struggles of agrarian classes of labour. This article explores prelimi... Read More about Introduction: Covid‐19 and the conditions and struggles of agrarian classes of labour.

Positioning Oneself While Researching Yugoslavia: The Context of Self-Reflection and Introspection (2021)
Book Chapter
Causevic, S. Positioning Oneself While Researching Yugoslavia: The Context of Self-Reflection and Introspection. In B. Radeljic, & C. González-Villa (Eds.), Researching Yugoslavia and its Aftermath: Sources, Prejudices and Alternative Solutions (67-89). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70343-1_4

Through the lens of the representation of antifascist cultural heritage in former Yugoslavia, this interdisciplinary research project explores interpretations of antifascist cultural heritage sites as well as philosophical dilemmas, methodological ch... Read More about Positioning Oneself While Researching Yugoslavia: The Context of Self-Reflection and Introspection.

Behind the Italian Regional Divide: An Economic Fitness and Complexity Perspective (2021)
Preprint / Working Paper
Sbardella, A., Zaccaria, A., Pietronero, L., & Scaramozzino, P. Behind the Italian Regional Divide: An Economic Fitness and Complexity Perspective. London, UK

This paper applies the Economic Fitness and Complexity approach to analyse the underlying factors behind the wide and persistent economic disparities across the Italian regional units. Measures of regional fitness are obtained from their revealed com... Read More about Behind the Italian Regional Divide: An Economic Fitness and Complexity Perspective.