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A study of the operations of formal and informal controls in a multinational subsidiary in Nigeria (2012)
Book Chapter
Egbe, I., Tsamenyi, M., & Sa'id, H. (2012). A study of the operations of formal and informal controls in a multinational subsidiary in Nigeria. In M. Mangena, & V. Tauringana (Eds.), Accounting in Africa (1-29). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-3563%282012%29000012A005

Purpose – This paper reports on the results of a case study that investigates the operations of formal and informal controls in a multinational-subsidiary in Nigeria. Design/methodology – Data has been gathered by way of semi-structured interviews... Read More about A study of the operations of formal and informal controls in a multinational subsidiary in Nigeria.

Preparation of Perovskite Titania Ceramic Membrane by Sol-Gel Method (2012)
Book Chapter
Ahmad, A. L., Abdullah, S. N. A., & Zein, S. H. S. (2012). Preparation of Perovskite Titania Ceramic Membrane by Sol-Gel Method. In A. Fauzi Ismail, & T. Matsuura (Eds.), Sustainable Membrane Technology for Energy, Water, and Environment (95-104). Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley and Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118190180.ch9

The Left and Englishness (2012)
Book Chapter
Beech, M. (2012). The Left and Englishness. In These Englands : a conversation on national identity (137-154). Manchester: Manchester University Press

Scotland and the eighteenth-century empire (2012)
Book Chapter
Hamilton, D. J. (2012). Scotland and the eighteenth-century empire. In T. Devine, & J. Wormald (Eds.), Oxford Handbooks Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199563692.013.0023

The revitalization of Scottish history in the 1960s reawakened scholarly interest in overseas connections that had lain more or less dormant since the 1930s. As a result, eighteenth-century Scots have appeared as Virginian tobacco merchants, Jamaican... Read More about Scotland and the eighteenth-century empire.

‘A Tale of Two Cities: The Pyro-seismic Morphology of Nineteenth Century Manila’ (2012)
Book Chapter
Bankoff, G. (2012). ‘A Tale of Two Cities: The Pyro-seismic Morphology of Nineteenth Century Manila’. In G. Bankoff, U. Lübken, & J. Sand (Eds.), Flammable Cities: Urban Fire and the Making of the Modern World (170 - 189). Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin Press

Balance principles in attitude formation and change: The desire to maintain consistent cognitions about people (2012)
Book Chapter
Walther, E., & Weil, R. (2012). Balance principles in attitude formation and change: The desire to maintain consistent cognitions about people. In B. Gawronski, & F. Strack (Eds.), Cognitive consistency: A fundamental principle in social cognition (351-368). New York: Guilford Press

Why do we like some people and dislike others? Why is it that our social sentiments are not always stable, and what motivates these changes? Answers to these questions can be derived from balance theory. Our aim in this chapter is to provide a short... Read More about Balance principles in attitude formation and change: The desire to maintain consistent cognitions about people.

Content Net Neutrality – A Critique (2012)
Book Chapter
Cohen-Almagor, R. (2012). Content Net Neutrality – A Critique. In H. Demir (Ed.), Luciano Floridi’s Philosophy of Technology : Critical Reflections (151-167). Dordrecht: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4292-5_8

This Essay takes issue with two prevailing arguments. The first endorses content net neutrality while the second holds that the Internet is a public domain with the widest possible scope for freedom of expression. I argue that some value screening of... Read More about Content Net Neutrality – A Critique.

The afterlife of Neda Ukraden: Negotiating space and memory through popular music after the fall of Yugoslavia, 1990-2008 (2012)
Book Chapter
Baker, C. (2012). The afterlife of Neda Ukraden: Negotiating space and memory through popular music after the fall of Yugoslavia, 1990-2008. In S. Fast, & K. Pegley (Eds.), Music, Politics, and Violence (60-82). Middleton, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press

© 2012 Wesleyan University Press. All rights reserved. An essay by Dubravka Ugrešic tells the story of the singer "Neda U.," who "came from Sarajevo, and her songwriter, N., [who] came from Zagreb." Neda "became⋯ a Serb" during the war in Croatia whe... Read More about The afterlife of Neda Ukraden: Negotiating space and memory through popular music after the fall of Yugoslavia, 1990-2008.

Encountering bare life in Italian Libya and colonial amnesia in Agamben (2012)
Book Chapter
Atkinson, D. (2012). Encountering bare life in Italian Libya and colonial amnesia in Agamben. Agamben and Colonialism (155-177). Edinburgh University Press

Democratisation (2012)
Book Chapter
Seoane, E., & Farrelly, M. (2012). Democratisation. The Oxford handbook of the history of English (392 - 401). Oxford University Press

'Thatcher, 1975-9' (2012)
Book Chapter
Lord Norton of Louth, P. (2012). 'Thatcher, 1975-9'. Leaders of the Opposition from Churchill to Cameron (97 - 108). Palgrave Macmillan

Constitutional change and the tensions of liberal democracy (2012)
Book Chapter
Norton, P. (2012). Constitutional change and the tensions of liberal democracy. In J. Connelly, & J. Hayward (Eds.), The Withering of the Welfare State (71-85). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230349230_5

The past 50 years have witnessed significant changes in the constitutional arrangements of nations around the globe. Changes have been necessary in order to ensure a stable polity, achieving or maintaining some degree of balance between effectiveness... Read More about Constitutional change and the tensions of liberal democracy.

‘“For the Good of the Barrio”: Community Associations and the State in the Rural Philippines 1935-1965’ (2012)
Book Chapter
Bankoff, G. (2012). ‘“For the Good of the Barrio”: Community Associations and the State in the Rural Philippines 1935-1965’. In E. Bogaerts, & R. Raben (Eds.), Beyond Empire and Nation: Decolonizing Societies in Africa and Asia, 1930s-1970s (167 - 188). Leiden: KITLV Press. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004260443_009

Preface to Johann Briesmann, Response to the Convolutions of Caspar Schatzgeyer, in Defense of Luther's Book "On Monastic Vows" (1523) (2012)
Book Chapter
Bagchi, D. (2012). Preface to Johann Briesmann, Response to the Convolutions of Caspar Schatzgeyer, in Defense of Luther's Book "On Monastic Vows" (1523). Luther's Works: Prefaces 1 (23 - 36). Concordia Publishing House

Import, Export, and Multilateral Translation: Methodological Lessons from an Economic Analysis of Paternalism in Contract Law (2012)
Book Chapter
Cserne, P. (2012). Import, Export, and Multilateral Translation: Methodological Lessons from an Economic Analysis of Paternalism in Contract Law. In S. Kirste, A. van Aaken, M. Anderheiden, & P. Policastro (Eds.), Interdisciplinary Research in Jurisprudence and Constitutionalism (129 - 151). Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag

In this paper I discuss the conceptual and methodological background of an economic approach to paternalism in contract law. This serves as a case study to the general theme of this collective volume: the role of inter- and multi-disciplinary researc... Read More about Import, Export, and Multilateral Translation: Methodological Lessons from an Economic Analysis of Paternalism in Contract Law.

Free Riding? The Costs of Defence: the United Kingdom, France and the United States of America. (2012)
Book Chapter
Martin, C. (2012). Free Riding? The Costs of Defence: the United Kingdom, France and the United States of America. The Withering of the Welfare State: Regression (193 - 207). Palgrave Macmillan

Coalition cohesion (2012)
Book Chapter
Norton, P. (2012). Coalition cohesion. In T. Heppell, & D. Seawright (Eds.), Cameron and the Conservatives: The transition to coalition government (181-193). London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230367487_13

Anthony King (1976) identified different modes of executive-legislative relations. In the United Kingdom, the most visible is the opposition mode, in which the party in government is pitted against the party or parties, in opposition. This mode, as K... Read More about Coalition cohesion.

Pakistan: The Politics of Nuclear Force Building (2012)
Book Chapter
Chakma, B. (2012). Pakistan: The Politics of Nuclear Force Building. Handbook of Nuclear Proliferation (161 - 172). Routledge

Ecological constraints on mammalian sleep architecture (2012)
Book Chapter
Preston, B., Nunn, C., McNamara, P., Barton, R., & Capellini, I. (2012). Ecological constraints on mammalian sleep architecture. Evolution of Sleep. Phylogenetic and functional perspectives (12389). Cambridge University Press

In this chapter, we review the evidence for how ecological factors, including predation risk and foraging requirements, might shape patterns of sleep among mammals. We also highlight the need for more research on the degree to which animals can exhib... Read More about Ecological constraints on mammalian sleep architecture.

Gordon Brown and the negation of England (2012)
Book Chapter
Lee, S. (2012). Gordon Brown and the negation of England. In A. Aughey, & C. Berberich (Eds.), These Englands : a conversation on national identity (155-173). Manchester: Manchester University Press. https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526142276

An analysis of how Gordon Brown's politics and statecraft conflated notions of Britain and Britishness with those of England and Englishness in order to negate the latter.