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Residential Capitalism: Rent Extraction and Capitalist Production in Modern Spain (1833–2023) (2024)
Book
Moreno Zacares, J. (2024). Residential Capitalism: Rent Extraction and Capitalist Production in Modern Spain (1833–2023). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003212126

Over the last decade, Spain has become an emblem of the contradictory relationship between capitalism and housing. During the house-price boom of the 2000s, Spain built homes on an unprecedented scale, with output levels that overshadowed those of ev... Read More about Residential Capitalism: Rent Extraction and Capitalist Production in Modern Spain (1833–2023).

Explaining the Distinction Between Religious and Political Activism in Islamism: Evidence from the Tunisian Case (2024)
Journal Article
Merone, F., & McCarthy, R. (2024). Explaining the Distinction Between Religious and Political Activism in Islamism: Evidence from the Tunisian Case. Politics and Religion, 17(2), 296 - 314. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1755048324000087

Tunisia’s Islamist movement Ennahda has announced a separation of political and religious work, apparently reinforcing a ‘post-Islamist’ argument that Islamic parties have left behind religious mobilization. However, the boundary between religious an... Read More about Explaining the Distinction Between Religious and Political Activism in Islamism: Evidence from the Tunisian Case.

Mining Competition and Violent Conflict in Africa: Pitting Against Each Other (2024)
Journal Article
Rigterink, A. S., Ghani, T., Lozano, J. S., & Shapiro, J. N. (2024). Mining Competition and Violent Conflict in Africa: Pitting Against Each Other. Journal of Politics, https://doi.org/10.1086/730743

Existing explanations for the well-established relationship between mining and conflict predominantly interpret violence near mines as conflict over territory or government. We provide evidence that competition between artisanal and industrial miners... Read More about Mining Competition and Violent Conflict in Africa: Pitting Against Each Other.

The challenges of regime change and political transition in Egypt and Libya after the Arab Uprisings: critical reviews of factors and implications (2024)
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Saidin, M. I. S., & Storm, L. (2024). The challenges of regime change and political transition in Egypt and Libya after the Arab Uprisings: critical reviews of factors and implications. Cogent Arts & Humanities, 11(1), Article 2335771. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311983.2024.2335771

This article critically reviews the issues of the failure of democratic and political transition in Egypt and Libya in the post-Arab Spring Revolution. Several factors have been identified as the main contributors to the failed democratic process. Th... Read More about The challenges of regime change and political transition in Egypt and Libya after the Arab Uprisings: critical reviews of factors and implications.

Intelligence in international society: An English school perspective on the ‘five eyes’ (2024)
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Schuett, R., & Williams, J. (2024). Intelligence in international society: An English school perspective on the ‘five eyes’. Global Policy, 15(2), 223-233. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.13362

Despite the recent prominence of intelligence in post‐Ukraine global policy, it is a Cinderella in international relations studies. Using English School (ES) theorisation, we locate intelligence within the constellation of primary and secondary insti... Read More about Intelligence in international society: An English school perspective on the ‘five eyes’.

Peer inclusion and school equality norm associations with intergroup contact, and academic self‐efficacy amongst ethnic majority and ethnic minority youth (2024)
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McKeown, S., Di Bernardo, G. A., Charlesford, J., Vezzali, L., & Sagherian‐Dickey, T. (2024). Peer inclusion and school equality norm associations with intergroup contact, and academic self‐efficacy amongst ethnic majority and ethnic minority youth. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 54(5), 247-257. https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.13027

Social norms are important predictors of youth attitudes and behaviours. There is substantial evidence that positive and meaningful intergroup contact supported by inclusive norms can have a range of benefits beyond prejudice reduction. The present r... Read More about Peer inclusion and school equality norm associations with intergroup contact, and academic self‐efficacy amongst ethnic majority and ethnic minority youth.

La Sociología Histórica Internacional y el estudio de la China moderna: un enfoque metodológico (2024)
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Perez Mena, F. (2024). La Sociología Histórica Internacional y el estudio de la China moderna: un enfoque metodológico. Sociología Histórica, 13(1), 139-168. https://doi.org/10.6018/sh.567261

Durante las últimas décadas, los estudios sinológicos han experimentado el resurgir del debate sobre qué es China. En este contexto, la literatura convencional estudia la China moderna como un “estado-civilización”, un “estado confuciano-legalista” o... Read More about La Sociología Histórica Internacional y el estudio de la China moderna: un enfoque metodológico.

Justice in Hiring: Why the Most Qualified Should Not (Necessarily) Get the Job (2024)
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Carey, B. (2024). Justice in Hiring: Why the Most Qualified Should Not (Necessarily) Get the Job. Journal of Applied Philosophy, 41(4), 731-744. https://doi.org/10.1111/japp.12727

In this article I argue that justice often requires that candidates who are sufficiently qualified for jobs be hired via lottery on the basis that this is the best way to recognise each candidate's equal moral claim to access meaningful work. In reac... Read More about Justice in Hiring: Why the Most Qualified Should Not (Necessarily) Get the Job.

Role of solar PV in net‐zero growth: An analysis of international manufacturers and policies (2024)
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Arcipowska, A., Blanco, P. S., Jakimów, M., Baldassarre, B., Polverini, D., & Cabrera, M. (2024). Role of solar PV in net‐zero growth: An analysis of international manufacturers and policies. Progress in Photovoltaics, 32(9), 607-622. https://doi.org/10.1002/pip.3797

In May 2022, the European Commission adopted a new European Union (EU) Solar Energy Strategy [1] aiming to ensure that solar energy achieves its full potential in helping to meet the European Green Deal's climate and energy targets. A goal of the str... Read More about Role of solar PV in net‐zero growth: An analysis of international manufacturers and policies.

TikTok as a site of social protest in Iran’s Gen-Z uprising (2024)
Journal Article
Walsh, T. (2024). TikTok as a site of social protest in Iran’s Gen-Z uprising. Discourse and Society, 35(5), 625-650. https://doi.org/10.1177/09579265241234351

This paper argues that understanding the power of TikTok’s visual discourse is a crucial part of conceptualising the character, inspiration, and ambition of Iran’s Gen-Z-led uprising, both at home and across the diaspora. TikTok is a social media pla... Read More about TikTok as a site of social protest in Iran’s Gen-Z uprising.