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Reevaluating NAFTA : theory and practice
Has NAFTA integrated North America? A fifeteen year appraisal finds trade expansion booting optimism, but also unviels asymmetry between developed and developing countries as well as regulations constraining integration.
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06:30
An exceptional documentary capturing the harrowing events of the October 7th Hamas attack on Israel with profound sensitivity. It features firsthand accounts from survivors at seven different attack sites, each story vividly brought to life through the creative use of miniature models and animations. The strength of '06:30' lies in its nuanced depiction of that terrible day. This approach conveys the horror without explicitly showing it, offering a restrained yet deeply impactful portrayal.
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Economist video. October 7th : how one year reshaped the Middle East
On October 7, 2023, Hamas attacked Israel and Israel retaliated. This video takes a look back at the past 12 months of warfare.
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Before and after October 7: Changes in Italian Undergraduates’ Attitudes towards Jews and Muslims
On October 7, 2023, a Hamas-led terrorist attack in Israel killed 1,200 Israelis and kidnapped about 250 others. The almost immediate spread of news and images of the attack produced heavy emotional reactions in public opinion in many countries. The article analyzes data from a representative survey on the attitudes toward Jews and Muslims of Italian undergraduates conducted between late September and late October 2023, encompassing both those dramatic events and the war that followed. Four main findings emerge. First, Italian students tend to organize attitudes towards Jews around three main dimensions, those toward Muslims around one. Second, attitudes towards the two groups vary according to cultural values of reference, commitment to study, and political orientation. Third, negative attitudes towards Muslims are more prevalent than those toward Jews, but this difference narrows between center-left and left-leaning students and, in some cases, reverses. Finally, the analysis shows that one of the dimensions organizing unfavourable attitudes towards Jews experienced very substantial growth on the days immediately following October 7, that is, the date of the Hamas terrorist attack inside Israeli territory.
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The social construction of free trade
This book offers a compelling new interpretation of the proliferation of regional trade agreements (RTAs) at the end of the twentieth century. Challenging the widespread assumption that RTAs should be seen as fundamentally similar economic initiatives to pursue free trade, Francesco Duina proposes that the world is reorganizing itself into regions that are highly distinctive and enduring. With evidence from Europe, North America, and South America, he challenges our understanding of globalization, the nature of markets, and the spread of neoliberalism.
The pursuit of free trade is a profoundly social process and, as such, a unique endeavor wherever it takes place. In an unprecedented comparative analysis, the book offers striking evidence of differences in the legal architectures erected to standardize the worldview of market participants and the reaction of key societal organizations--interest groups, businesses, and national administrations--to a broader marketplace. The author gives special attention to developments in three key areas of economic life: women in the workplace, the dairy industry, and labor rights. With its bold and original approach and its impressive range of data,The Social Construction of Free Traderepresents a major advance in the growing fields of economic sociology and comparative regional integration.
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Surrounded by Darkness, Enfolded in Light: Factors Influencing the Mental Health of Australian Jews in the October 7 Aftermath
This study examines the effects of social media use on anxiety levels of Australian Jews during the 5-week post-October 7 aftermath. It considers this relationship in the context of the mediating roles played by concerns about rising antisemitism in Australia and concerns about Israel. It further examines the moderating effects on these relationships of non-Jewish friends reaching out with messages of sympathy and concern, and the effects of Jewish communal ties. The analysis is based on data collected from 7611 Australian Jewish adults and employs a series of ordinary least squares regression analyses to assess the direct, indirect, and interaction effects of these variables on anxiety. The results indicate significant direct effects of social media use on anxiety levels. Additionally, concerns about antisemitism in Australia and concerns about Israel were found to mediate these relationships. Non-Jewish friends reaching out frequently with messages of sympathy and concern was found to attenuate the effects of concerns about antisemitism in Australia on anxiety. By contrast, Jewish communal ties were not found to significantly moderate the effects of concern about Israel on anxiety. These findings underscore the complex interplay between social media use, concern about local antisemitism, concern about Israel, and forms of social support in shaping anxiety levels of Australian Jews during this particular time period. The implications for mental health of ethnoreligious groups during crisis and avenues for future research are discussed.
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After October 7th: No Atonement Before Repair
Robinson-Divine reflects on the tensions inherent in Zionism and the processes of establishing the Israeli state and nation. She points out that those tensions had boiled over in the months preceding October 7, 2023 in the form of the \"judicial overhaul\" that was attempted by the Netanyahu government and the mass demonstrations that brought tens of thousands of Israelis out into the streets over a period of months. The turmoil of those months, followed by the trauma of October 7th, together seem to place Israel and much of the Jewish world at a moment of decision regarding choices for the future. If one of Zionism's central aims was to mend what was deemed a brokenness of Jewish life, what repair, what healing, might emerge from the sense of crisis, catastrophe, and breakdown since October 7th.
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Return to Jewish History
In memory of my PhD student Yinon Fleischman, killed on the border with Lebanon on October 29, 2023, survived by a wife and a baby. From the eulogies that were given for Yinon at his graveside, perhaps the most moving one concerning Yinon as a scholar was given by one of his brothers, who described how every time he encountered him, Yinon was carrying some esoteric book that he was in the middle of reading. His brother said that he could not possibly understand what or why Yinon was reading. This is a beautiful refection on the breadth and depth of Yinons intellectual mind. His death is a loss to the world and a loss to the world of knowledge.
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Some Reflections on the October 7th Catastrophe in Historical Perspective
Halamish seeks to situate the October 7, 2023 attack on the Gaza Strip by Israel in the context of the history of Zionism and Israel. Kishinev and the Holocaust reverberate loudly in her analysis, alongside the 1929 riots in Palestine and a number of key moments in the broad historical view that she lays out. How Zionism is understood, and how Israel's leaders interpret the circumstances in which they operate, she suggests, will have crucial ramifications for what impact October 7th will prove to have on Israel's future
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