Beyond the Rebel ‘Territorial Trap’: Governing Armed Sovereign Formations in Eastern Myanmar
Development and Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Territorial control is a central concept in the study of civil wars and rebel governance. However, scholars often fall into a ‘territorial trap’, assuming that territorial control is either an outcome of or a precondition for armed governance. Based on immersive fieldwork in eastern Myanmar, this article traces how different spatial orderings ...
Tony Neil, Saw Day Chit Htoo
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The 2007 Meltdown in Structured Securitization: Searching for Lessons not Scapegoats [PDF]
The intensity of recent turbulence in financial markets has surprised nearly everyone. This paper searches out the root causes of the crisis, distinguishing them from scapegoating explanations that have been used in policy circles to divert attention ...
Asli Demirgüç-Kunt +2 more
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‘Escaping Isn't for Everyone’: Kurdish Smugglers’ Navigational Tactics at Checkpoints in Iran
Development and Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines how Kurdish smugglers navigate state and insurgent checkpoints in the borderlands of western Iran. Drawing on ethnographic research, it analyses two key navigational tactics: persin, a form of negotiated passage involving transaction, recognition and the contingent toleration of authority; and jimi, rendered here as ...
Peyman Zinati
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The Social Contract in the European Union's Context
European Law Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article revisits social contract theory through a dialogue between Jule Goikoetxea Mentxaka and Antoni Abat i Ninet, questioning whether classical and contemporary contractarianism can account for structural forms of domination that precede and shape consent.
Antoni Abat i Ninet +1 more
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The Risk Model of Traffic Engineering Investment and Financing by Artificial Intelligence. [PDF]
Comput Intell Neurosci, 2022 Wang S, Zhang W.
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Intangible Value Creation Through Teamwork
Financial Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using a sample of US firms from 1993 to 2023, comprising 38,502 firm‐year observations, we find that collaboration culture positively correlates with intangible value creation. We identify corporate innovation and human capital as the mechanisms via which collaboration correlates with intangible value creation.
Sagarika Mishra +2 more
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"Minsky and Economic Policy: A Minskyan Analysis of the Subprime Crisis" [PDF]
The paper uses Minsky’s financial instability hypothesis as an analytical framework for understanding the subprime mortgage crisis and for introducing adequate reforms to restore economic stability.
Luisa Fernandez
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State Integration and Violence at the Margins: The Logic of Police Raids in Rio de Janeiro's Favelas
The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.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
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Hosting and Human Rights: The Summer Olympics in the Twenty-First Century. [PDF]
Front Sports Act Living, 2022 Ross M, McDougall M.
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Low interest rates and housing booms: the role of capital inflows, monetary policy and financial innovation [PDF]
A number of OECD countries experienced an environment of low interest rates and a rapid Increase in real house prices and residential investment during the past decade.
Filipa Sá +2 more
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