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Bringing Nuance to Real Estate Financialisation: Insights From Brazil

open access: yesArea, Volume 58, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Real estate has re‐emerged as an object of inquiry in geography and urban studies in recent years, particularly through the lens of the financialisation debate. The literature on financialisation has extensively documented how finance has reshaped real estate markets, often prioritising short‐term rent extraction in ways that can undermine ...
Stefano Pagin, Daniel Sanfelici
wiley   +1 more source

State Integration and Violence at the Margins: The Logic of Police Raids in Rio de Janeiro's Favelas

open access: yesThe Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 127-141, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates police raids in Rio de Janeiro's favelas through a property rights framework, exploring their organisational structure, motivations and implications. Using data from police reports, academic studies, NGOs and news sources, it examines why and how the state intervenes in these contested spaces.
Joseph Bouchard
wiley   +1 more source

Examining the microfoundations of market incentives for asset-backed lending [PDF]

open access: yes
A review of four papers that model market-based (as opposed to regulatory-based) forces driving the asset-backed lending market, revealing that under certain conditions, the information costs that make financial markets important as conduits of credit ...
Katherine A. Samolyk   +1 more
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Federalism in Post‐Assad Syria: Toward Durable Peace in a Pluralist Society

open access: yesMiddle East Policy, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 206-227, Summer 2026.
Abstract Syria's civil war has left behind a fractured state. While the new president, Ahmed al‐Sharaa, seeks to unify the country and restore centralized governance, this appears unworkable. Instead, this article contends, asymmetrical federalism offers a pathway toward stability.
Dilan Okcuoglu
wiley   +1 more source

Between Ideology and Strategy: The Iranian Revolution and the Reconfiguration of Middle Eastern Security

open access: yesMiddle East Policy, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 41-56, Summer 2026.
Abstract The Iranian revolution of 1979 is generally portrayed either as the catalyst of sectarian polarization in the Middle East or, more recently, as the foundation of a pragmatic grand strategy shaped by geopolitical insecurity and learning forged by decades of war. This article challenges this binary opposition between ideology and strategy.
Alabbas F. Alsudani
wiley   +1 more source

Asset Securitization and Corporate Risk Allocation

open access: yes, 1997
Asset securitization is a financial innovation in which corporations sell financial assets to a specially formed entity that in turn taps financial markets for the purchase price.
Frost, Christopher W.
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GCC‐Asia Pacific Energy Nexus: Navigating Shifts in Demand and Geopolitics

open access: yesMiddle East Policy, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 85-104, Summer 2026.
Abstract As the 2026 Iran War intensifies pressure on energy export routes, relations between states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the Asia‐Pacific region are undergoing a structural shift with implications beyond bilateral trade. This article contends that the nexus among these countries increasingly combines hydrocarbon interdependence ...
Umud Shokri
wiley   +1 more source

Revisiting Capital and Class in the Ecological Crisis: Toward an Expanded and Historical Approach

open access: yesSociology Compass, Volume 20, Issue 6, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This article offers a critical review of recent literature examining the entanglement of ecological crisis, capitalism, and class struggle, and proposes the incorporation of an expanded and historical perspective on class. First, we offer an introductory conceptual mapping of the anticapitalist ecology and some of its most significant ...
Julio Martínez‐Cava Aguilar   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

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