SOAS Research Online

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Ainsworth, Jack (2024) 'Book review: Decolonial Ecology: Thinking from the Caribbean World.' European Journal of Social Theory, 27 (4). pp. 664-667.

Amir, Alia (2024) 'Book review: Language rights and the law in Scandinavia: Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and Greenland by Eduardo D. Faingold (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023).' SOAS Working Papers in Linguistics, 22 . pp. 85-88.

Armstrong, Neil (2024) 'Review of: Loraine Gelsthorpe, Perveez Mody and Brian Sloan (eds). Spaces of Care. 288 pp., bibliogrs. Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2020. £65.00 (cloth).' Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 30 (3). pp. 840-841.

Adamson, Fiona (2024) 'Book Review: The Politics of Immigration Beyond Liberal States.' International Migration Review, 58 (3). pp. 1605-1608.

Axelby, Richard (2024) 'Review of: Development in Spirit: Religious Transformation and Everyday Politics in Vietnam’s Highlands, by Seb Rumsby Madison, University of Wisconsin Press, 2024.' The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, 25 (2). pp. 212-214.

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Booth, Anne (2024) 'Review of: Albert Winsemius and Singapore: Here it Is Going to Happen, EustonQuah, Luke NursultanIuldashov and ZachLee, World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, Singapore2022. Pp. xlvi + 965. ISBN: 9789811229657.' Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, 38 (1). pp. 259-261.

Bruce-Jones, Eddie (2024) 'Review: Cengiz Barskanmaz, Recht und Rassismus: Das menschenrechtliche Verbot der Diskriminierung aufgrund der Rasse [Law and Racism: The Human Rights Prohibition of Racial Discrimination] (Springer).' International Journal of Constitutional Law, 22 (2). pp. 637-641.

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Chakravarti, Leila (2024) 'Review of: Pettit, Harry. The labor of hope: meritocracy and precarity in Egypt. xii, 228 pp., illus., bibliogr. Stanford: Univ. Press, 2024. £23.99 (paper).' Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 30 (4).

Campbell, John (2024) 'Review of: 'Participant observers. Anthropology, colonial development, and the reinvention of society in Britain' by Freddy Foks, Oakland, University of California Press, 2023.' Ethnic and Racial Studies, 47 (13). pp. 2866-2868.

Crewe, Emma (2024) 'Review of: The political lives of postwar British MPs: An oral history of parliament, edited by Emma Peplow and Priscila Privatto, London, Bloomsbury, 2020, vi + 273 pp., £85, 978 1350089266 (hbk).' Parliaments, Estates and Representation, 44 (2). pp. 241-243.

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Dewan, Khalil (2024) 'Review of: Rebecca Mignot-Mahdavi, Drones and International Law: A Techno-Legal Machinery.' Journal of Conflict and Security Law, 29 (1). pp. 189-191.

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Egid, Jonathan (2024) 'Review of: The Hatata Inquiries: Two Texts of Seventeenth-Century African Philosophy from Ethiopia about Reason, the Creator, and Our Ethical Responsibilities, by Zara Yaqob and Walda Heywat. Edited by Ralph Lee, Mehari Worku, and Wendy Laura Belcher.' Mind . (Forthcoming)

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Fell, Dafydd (2024) 'Book Review: 'Public Opinion, Policy Responses, and Party Politics under the COVID-19 Pandemic: Examining Taiwan and Its Strategic Neighbors' Edited by Chia-hung Tsai and Yao-Yuan Yeh.' The China Quarterly, 259 . pp. 839-840.

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Gittings, John (2024) 'Review of: Abolishing War By Winston Langley. Boulder, CO: Lynne Reiner, 2024. 267 pages. $35.00 (paperback). ISBN: 978‐1962551250.' Peace and Change . (Forthcoming)

Gifford, Paul (2024) 'Review of: Magisteria: The Entangled Histories of Science and Religion, by Nicholas Spencer, London: Oneworld Publications, 2023, 467 pp., £25.00 (hb), ISBN 9780861544615 (hb), ISBN 9780861544622 (eb).' Journal of Contemporary Religion, 39 (2). pp. 391-393.

Genc, Muhammet Can (2024) 'Book Review: Routledge Handbook of Seabed Mining and the Law of the Sea.' Uluslararası ilişkiler = International Relations .

Gould, Rebecca Ruth (2024) 'Dissecting the ‘new antisemitism’ project: Review of: Antony Lerman, 'Whatever Happened to Antisemitism? Redefinition and the Myth of the ‘Collective Jew’'. London: Pluto, 2022. xii+317pp. Notes. Ind. £17.99 pbk. ISBN: 978-0-74533-877-4 pbk.' Patterns of Prejudice, 57 (3). pp. 203-205.

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Hezser, Catherine (2024) 'Review of: Andreas Lehnardt, Übersetzung des Talmud Yerushalmi, vol. 1.5: Seder Zeraim: Shevi’it, Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2023.' Review of Biblical Literature, 2024 .

Hezser, Catherine (2024) 'Review of: Ben Zion Rosenfeld, Credit and Usury in Jewish Society in the Mishnah and Talmud, Leiden: Brill, 2024.' Theologische Literaturzeitung, 149 (10). pp. 917-919.

Howard, Keith (2024) 'Review of 'Quietude: a musical anthropology of "Korea’s Hiroshima"' , by Joshua D. Pilzer, New York, Oxford University Press, 2023, xvii+191 pp.with companion website, £94.00 (hardback), ISBN 9780197615089, and £25.99 (paper), ISBN 9780197615096.' Ethnomusicology Forum, 33 (1). pp. 147-150.

Harris, Colette (2024) 'Book Review: Coerced Liberation: Muslim Women in Soviet Tajikistan by Zamira Abman.' Journal of Family History, 49 (4). pp. 448-451.

Hirsch, Alan (2024) 'Review of: 'How migration really works: A factful guide to the most divisive issue in politics', by Hein de Haas, New York, Penguin/Viking, 2023, 464 pp., GBP25.00, ISBN 978-0-241-63221-5.' South African Journal of International Affairs, 31 (2). pp. 265-267.

Hirsch, Alan (2024) 'Review of: Routledge Handbook of Contemporary African Migration, edited by Daniel Makina and Dominic Pasura, Oxford and New York, Routledge, 2024, 450pp., GBP215(hardback), ISBN: 978-0-367-43755-8.' South African Journal of International Affairs, 31 (2). pp. 267-269.

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Itugbu, Steve (2024) 'Review of: 'Diplomatic baggage: Mossad and Nigeria: the Dikko story' by Kayode Soyinka.' The Round Table, 113 (4). pp. 398-400.

Ince, Onur Ulas (2024) 'Review of: Reconsidering Reparations, by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Oxford University Press, New York, 2021.' Contemporary Political Theory, 23 . pp. 352-355.

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Jackson, Keith (2024) 'Choosing textbooks for business and management education in Japan: buy, create, or translate?' Asian Pacific Business Review, 30 (5). pp. 1020-1027.

Janku, Andrea (2024) 'Review of: 'Shanghai Urban Life and Its Heterogeneous Cultural Entanglements' by Xiong Yuezhi, translated by Lane J. Harris and Mei Chun.' MCLC Resource Center Blog .

Jackson, Keith (2024) 'Family-owned enterprises in Asia: challenges of and opportunities for business succession. Review of: Innovation, growth, and succession in Asian family enterprises, edited by Hung-bin Ding, Hsi-Mei Chung, Andy Yu and Phillip H. Phan, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2021, xi + 240 pp., RRP £95.00 (hardback), ISBN 978-1-839-10432-9 ; Asian family businesses: succession, governance and innovation, edited by Annie Koh and Jean Lee, Singapore, World Scientific, 2021, xviii + 198 pp., RRP £39.00 (hardback), ISBN 978-9-811-22861-2.' Asia Pacific Business Review . pp. 1-8. (Forthcoming)

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Lane, George (2024) 'Review of: 'A History of Herat: From Chingiz Khan to Tamerlane' by Shivan Mahendrarajah.' Journal of Islamic Studies, 35 (1). pp. 111-113.

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Mulugeta, Daniel (2024) 'Review of: Charlotte Cross and John D. Giblin (eds) 'Critical Approaches to Heritage for Development'.' The Journal of Development Studies . (Forthcoming)

Mukherjee, Ananyo (2024) 'Review of: 'Community Economies in the Global South: Case Studies of Rotating Savings and Credit Associations and Economic Cooperation', by Caroline Shenaz Hossein and P. J. Christabell, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022, 288 pp., £81 (hardcover), £81 (ebook), ISBN: 9780198865629 (hardcover), ISBN: 9780192635068 (ebook).' Journal of Development Studies . pp. 1-2. (Forthcoming)

Mulugeta, Daniel (2024) 'Review of: Everyday State and Democracy in Africa: Ethnographic Encounters.' Canadian Journal of African Studies, 58 (1). pp. 230-232.

Mezzadri, Alessandra (2024) 'Review of 'Gender and Work in Global Value Chains: Capturing the Gains?' By Stephanie Barrientos.' Journal of Development Studies, 60 (4). pp. 637-639.

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Nguyen, Maya (2024) 'Review of: Positive security: collective life in an uncertain world, by Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv and Ali Bilgic. Abingdon: Routledge. 2022.' International Affairs, 100 (1). pp. 426-427.

Nguyen, Mai Anh (2024) 'Review of: Asian military evolutions: Civil–military relations in Asia By Alan Chong, Nicole Jenne (Eds.), Bristol: Bristol University Press. 2023. pp. 366. £90.00 (hbk). ISBN: 978‐1529229318.' Asian Politics and Policy, 16 (1). pp. 133-135.

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Peng, Xu (2024) 'Review of: Taiwan and Southeast Asia: Soft Power and Hard Truths Facing China’s Ascendancy, edited by Karl Chee Leong Lee and Ying-kit Chan.' International Journal of Taiwan Studies . pp. 1-3. (Forthcoming)

Proietti, Luca (2024) 'Review of: 'Feeling Media: Potentiality and the Afterlife of Art' by Miryam Sas, Duke University Press.' Japan Forum . pp. 1-4. (Forthcoming)

Proietti, Luca (2024) 'Review of: Lorraine Plourde, 'Tokyo Listening: Sound and Sense in a Contemporary City', Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, CT, 2019, pp. 220.' Japan Forum, 36 (2). pp. 245-248.

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Rudge, Alice (2024) 'Of sago, songs, and stories: Comment on Chao, Sophie. 2022. 'In the shadow of the palms: More-than-human becomings in West Papua'. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.' HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, 14 (1). pp. 243-248.

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Sallabank, Julia (2024) 'Review of: Rethinking language policy, by Bernard Spolsky. Edinburgh University Press, 2021.' Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 45 (9). pp. 4028-4030.

Sato-Rossberg, Nana (2024) 'Review of: 'Ecologies of Translation in East and South East Asia, 1600–1900.' Edited by Li Guo, Patricia Sieber & Peter Kornicki. Amsterdam University Press, 2022. 326 pages. Hardback, €117.00, ISBN: 9789463729550. Ebook, €116.99, ISBN: 9789048554119.' International Journal of Asian Studies, 21 (2). pp. 431-432.

Stolyar, Julia (2024) 'Book Review: Transnational Korean Television: Cultural Storytelling and Digital Audiences.' Critical Studies in Television: The International Journal of Television Studies, 19 (2). pp. 266-269.

Scott-Baumann, Alison Frances (2024) 'Review of: Islamic Religious Education in Europe: A Comparative Study, edited by Leni Franken and Bill Gent.' Journal of Muslims in Europe, 13 (2). pp. 249-252.

Sengupta, Teesta (2024) 'Review of: Semiotics of Rape: Sexual Subjectivity and Violation in Rural India, by Rupal Oza. Durham and London, United Kingdom, Duke University Press, 2023, 208 + xxvi pp., £21.99 (paperback), ISBN 9-781-4780-1934-3; £90 (hardcover), ISBN 9-781-4780-2398-2.' Social and Cultural Geography, 25 (2). pp. 358-359.

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Tapper, Richard (2024) 'Review of 'Our Toil and God’s Blessing. Culture of Progress in an Iranian Tribal Village', Bloomington, IN: Archway Publishing, 2022; 382 p.; index. ISBN: 978-1-6657-0560-8 (sc); 978-1-6657-0561-5 (hc); hardcover US $92.95; softcover $35.00.' Visual Anthropology, 37 (2). pp. 192-193.

Tan, Kevin (2024) 'Review of: 'Beyond Racial Capitalism: Co-operatives in the African Diaspora', edited by Caroline Shenaz Hossein, Sharon D. Wright Austin, and Kevin Edmonds. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2023. 272 pp. ISBN: 9780192868336 (hbk.). US$40.00.' Feminist Economics, 30 (2). pp. 297-300.

Thomas, Abdulkader (2024) 'Review of: 'Islamic Finance in Africa: The Prospects for Sustainable Development', edited by M. Kabir Hassan, Aishath Muneeza and Karamo N. M. Sonko.' Journal of Islamic Studies, 35 (3). pp. 449-451.