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Alien invasive species: is the EU's strategy fit for purpose? (2016)
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An analysis is provided of the EU's 2014 Regulation on the Prevention and Management of the Introduction and Spread of Invasive Alien Species by primarily addressing the extent to which it complies with international guidance.

“The true-born Englishman” and the Irish bull: Daniel Defoe in the “Oxen of the Sun” episode of Ulysses (2016)
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This essay uses evidence from the notes that Joyce made in preparation to recapitulate the historical development of English prose style in the “Oxen of the Sun” chapter of Ulysses to identify the traces of Defoe’s works that appear in the text of th... Read More about “The true-born Englishman” and the Irish bull: Daniel Defoe in the “Oxen of the Sun” episode of Ulysses.

Real Estate Liberalization as Catalyst of Urban Transformation in the Persian Gulf (2016)
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This chapter discusses the liberalization of the real estate sector which has accompanied the recent urbanization in emerging Gulf cities. It outlines the key role played by real estate in redefining development patterns, and promoting both economic... Read More about Real Estate Liberalization as Catalyst of Urban Transformation in the Persian Gulf.

Leveraging affect: mobilizing enthusiasm and the co-production of the musical economy (2016)
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This chapter considers the promises and problems of fandom and enthusiasm within capitalism, with particular reference to rise of crowdsourcing as a means of mobilising fan enthusiasm to fund new creative projects, with a particular focus on the musi... Read More about Leveraging affect: mobilizing enthusiasm and the co-production of the musical economy.

Redefining risk from below: political responses to landslide risk assessments in the informal settlements of Bogota, Colombia (2016)
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This chapter examines the construction of urban risk as an entry point to urban adaptation, with emphasis on the what, who and how' questions of adaptation. It examines three case study communities with differential exposure and vulnerability to la... Read More about Redefining risk from below: political responses to landslide risk assessments in the informal settlements of Bogota, Colombia.

The fluid concept of "EU Values" in the neighbourhood: a change of paradigm from East to South? (2016)
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Understanding risk in the context of urban development (2016)
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This chapter presents the conceptual landscape used in this book to analyse urban disaster and climate change risk. As well as providing working definitions to be taken forward in subsequent chapters, it discusses the implications for urban adaptatio... Read More about Understanding risk in the context of urban development.

St Andrews and Aberdeen (2016)
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Broad spectrum efforts to enhance the conservation of vulnerable marine ecosystems (2016)
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Die römische Porträtforschung und der Fall des sogenannten Ottaviano Giovinetto im Vatikan. Die Authentizitätsdiskussion als Spiegel des Methodenwandels (2016)
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Security agendas and international law: the case of new technologies (2016)
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South Africa, Urban (2016)
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Ḥanbalī theology (2016)
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The modern study of Ḥanbalī theology was initially plagued by the problem of viewing Ḥanbalism through the eyes of its Ashʿarī opponents. I. Goldziher (d. 1921) and D. B. Macdonald (d. 1943) labelled the Ḥanbalīs ‘reactionary’ and bemoaned the harm t... Read More about Ḥanbalī theology.

Untangling the Bughrakhan Manuscripts (2016)
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Threads and Needles: The Use of Textiles for Medical Purposes (2016)
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‘We ring this round with our invoking spells’: magic as embedded authorship in the Merry Devil of Edmonton (2016)
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The Hanoverians and the Colonial Churches (2016)
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Poetry of the Everyday: Comic Verse in the Nineteenth Century (2016)
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When David Lester Richardson compiled the “British-Indian Poetry” section of his Selections from the British Poets (the first attempt to anthologize the poetry of British India) in 1840, he included no comic poetry. Despite the fact that humorous ver... Read More about Poetry of the Everyday: Comic Verse in the Nineteenth Century.

Early modern medievalism (2016)
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Online experiences of workplace bullying targets (2016)
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This chapter examines the use of online support groups among workplace bullying targets. It determines the increase in online support groups and their numerous well-documented benefits might encourage bullied individuals to choose to participate in t... Read More about Online experiences of workplace bullying targets.