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The Politics of Detailed Urban Planning: Institutional Change and Urban Rentiership in Madagascar

open access: yesDevelopment and Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article employs a political settlements approach to explore the formal and informal institutional dynamics that underpin contemporary rentier capitalism in urban Africa through the case of Antananarivo, Madagascar. It examines how Malagasy ruling elites created opportunities for land‐based rent seeking by establishing new institutional ...
Fanny Voélin
wiley   +1 more source

Rationale and design of a parallel randomised trial of a plant‐based intensive lifestyle intervention for diabetes remission: The REmission of diabetes using a PlAnt‐based weight loss InteRvention (REPAIR) trial

open access: yesDiabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, EarlyView.
Abstract Aims As type 2 diabetes (T2D) continues to rise globally and remains a major driver of cardiovascular disease, its remission has emerged as a therapeutic target. Current evidence supports bariatric surgery and low‐calorie diets with meal replacements.
Brighid McKay   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strategic materials and state capacity in Renaissance Italy. The economic policies of ‘Roman saltpetre’ procurement

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Demonstrating the existence of a soaring demand for strategic materials in fifteenth‐century Rome, the article pioneers research in the late medieval trade in saltpetre, the irreplaceable, rare component of gunpowder, indispensable for waging war following the diffusion of artillery technology.
Fabrizio Antonio Ansani
wiley   +1 more source

Captivity alters behaviour but not seasonal brain size change in semi-naturally housed shrews. [PDF]

open access: yesR Soc Open Sci
Baldoni C   +13 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Religious politics and the limits of redistribution: The rise and fall of family allowances in Spain, 1926–58

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract After the Second World War, family allowances became a cornerstone of social spending in western Europe. Whilst religion is often highlighted as a driver of this policy, the role of political Catholicism remains contested, particularly in southern Europe.
Guillem Verd‐Llabrés
wiley   +1 more source

Golden weapons and golden fetters: From the gold standard to the new geopolitics

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the historical relationship between monetary regimes, security concerns, and geopolitical tensions, particularly focusing on the role of gold. Throughout history, monetary systems have been deeply intertwined with international state systems and security provisions.
Harold James
wiley   +1 more source

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