Published: 2021-02-19
Keynote Address of the 37th Annual Conference of the Association of Global South Studies
Relations Between the United States of America and the Argentine Republic
351–356
AbstractKeynote Address of the 37th Annual Conference of the Association of Global South Studies Relations Between the United States of America and the...
Articles
Between Economic Diversification and Nation-Branding
The UAE's Pivot to Asia and Innovation Strategies in the Post-Zayed Era
181–208
AbstractAsian countries are vital partners in the UAE’s international cooperation for economic diversification in the post-Zayed era. After the UAE...
Twitter Use and its Impact on Public Attitudes Toward Bank Robberies in Jordan
209–239
AbstractThis study examines the influence of Twitter as a social media network on public punitive attitudes toward bank robbers in Jordan. After fifteen...
The Pathway to Transitional Justice in Afghanistan
240–269
AbstractIn this article, I am presenting a new perspective on peace and justice in Afghanistan that is grounded on the sociopolitical realities of...
Does Place Determine Destiny?
How "Neighborhood Mechanisms" Mediate Food Vendor Success in Nang Loeng, Bangkok
270–293
Abstract“Neighborhood effects” research has rarely probed how geography influences job success among self-employed individuals in emerging markets. This...
Political and Economic Inequality
Insights from Philippine Data on Political Dynasties
294–319
AbstractThere is an extensive empirical literature on economic inequality, yet few studies examine its political underpinnings. This article contributes...
Exploring the Link between Global Capital Expansion, Chinese Ascendancy, and the Verdicts of Western Election Observers in Sub-Saharan Africa
The Case of Kenya's 2017 General Elections
320–350
AbstractThere is an increasing feeling among scholars of African democracy that Western election observers apply a double standard in their operations...
Book Reviews
Female Highlife Performers in Ghana by Nana Abena Amoah-Ramey
357–359
AbstractAmoah-Ramey, Nana Abena. Female Highlife Performers in Ghana: Expression, Resistance, and Advocacy. Lanham, MD: Rowman &...
Whose Agency by Megan Hershey
359–361
AbstractHershey, Megan. Whose Agency: The Politics and Practice of Kenya’s HIV-Prevention NGOs. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2019.
The Fixer by Charles Plot and Kodjo Nicolas Batema
361–364
AbstractPiot, Charles, with Kodjo Nicolas Batema. The Fixer: Visa Lottery Chronicles. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2019.
Markets on the Margins by Kate Philip
364–365
AbstractPhilip, Kate. Markets on the Margins: Mineworkers, Job Creation, & Enterprise Development. Woodbridge, United Kingdom:...
Mafalda by Isabella Cosse, translated by Laura Pérez Carrara
366–367
AbstractCosse, Isabella. Mafalda: A Social and Political History of Latin America’s Global Comic. Translated by Laura Pérez Carrara....
Embodying the Sacred by Nancy E. Van Deusen
368–370
AbstractVan Deusen, Nancy E. Embodying the Sacred: Women Mystics in Seventeenth-Century Lima. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2018.
Sensing Decolonial Aesthetics in Latin American Arts by Juan G. Ramos
370–371
AbstractRamos, Juan G. Sensing Decolonial Aesthetics in Latin American Arts. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 2018.
The Common Wind by Julius S. Scott
372–373
AbstractScott, Julius S. The Common Wind: Afro-American Currents in the Age of the Haitian Revolution. New York: Verso,...
Cambodia's Muslims and the Malay World by Philipp Bruckmayr
374–375
AbstractBruckmayr, Philipp. Cambodia’s Muslims and the Malay World: Malay Language, Jawi Script, and Islamic Factionalism from the 19th Century to...
The Essentials of Islamic Banking, Finance, and Capital Markets by John Oluseyi Kuforiji
376–379
AbstractKuforiji, John Oluseyi. The Essentials of Islamic Banking, Finance, and Capital Markets. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2019.
Review Essays
"Voices from the South: Bolivian, Brazilian, and Cuban Sources for Scholars and the Public"
380–384
AbstractThomson, Sinclair, Rossana Barragán, Xavier Albó, Seemin Qayum, and Mark Goodale, eds. The Bolivia Reader: History, Culture, Politics....