A big drain or a river? : attachment and people's engagement by Tajuddin, Nor Azlin

“…Pursuing an interest in sense of place literature, the paper discusses how local people conceptualise river pollution by highlighting the agency of the river and its water in local knowledge production. …”
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Viral video in Malaysia by Rosde, Zulhilmi, A.Manaf, Aini Maznina

“…This paper attempts to answer questions about what viral video is, how viral video develops, and more importantly is how viral videos take place in Malaysia. Additionally, a closer look at how Islam addresses the issue of viral video is also discussed in the paper.…”
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Administrative corruption and good governance in Iraq: finding and analysis by Ismail, Ibrahim, Abbas, Rafid Ali

“…The feedbacks were very useful as more insights gained on the applications of good governance in Iraq and the quest for seeking real and conceptual reasons corruption takes place in Iraq.…”
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The the common law privilege against self-incrimination: has it been abolished by Shair Mohamad, Mohd Akram, Kamarudin, Abdul Rani

“…Though, this privilege has been much criticised as being obsolete, particularly in civil cases because it can prevent much relevant and strongly probative evidence from being disclosed in litigation, nevertheless, it still has a hallowed place in criminal cases. However, recent judicial decisions in Malaysia have blatantly held that this privilege against self-incrimination has gone, though the section concerned does not expressly abrogated the privilege. …”
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The common law privilege against self-incrimination: has it been abolished in Malaysia? by Kamarudin, Abdul Rani, Mohd Akram, Shair Mohamad

“…Though, this privilege has been much criticised as being obsolete, particularly in civil cases because it can prevent much relevant and strongly probative evidence from being disclosed in litigation, nevertheless, it still has a hallowed place in criminal cases. However, recent judicial decisions in Malaysia have blatantly held that this privilege against self-incrimination has gone, though the section concerned does not expressly abrogated the privilege. …”
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The effects of monetary policy on the Islamic financial services industry by Yungucu, Burak, Saiti, Buerhan

“…The transmission of the monetary policy has been taken place through interest rate risk, asset-liability mismatch, as well as deposit and financing instability. …”
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Modern legislative Ijtihad: the need for a holistic approach by Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah

“…With the emergence of modern nation states, the calls for reinstating the place of ijtihad amidst attempts at Islamization of laws to a great extent provided the impetus for proclamation of Islamic legislations in most part of the Muslim world. …”
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Perceived value of satisfaction with services provided to faculties among liaison librarians by Abu Bakar, Ahmad Bakeri

“…One of the delivery methods for the faculty adopted by most academic libraries in Malaysia is putting in place a liaison programme. Generally, online resources have made faculty less reliant on the partnership under the programme for help with teaching and research, while electronic communication, such as e-mail, with the library has the potential to make the partnership more lasting and effective. …”
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Kompilasi syarahan sembelit: kenali penyelesaiannya by Jamaludin, Sumaiyah @ ThandarSoe, Sowtali, Siti Noorkhairina, Abdul Wahab, Patimah, Hassan, Masmunaa

“…This workshop is known as Program Pemindahan Ilmu (KTP), kerjasama antara Kulliyyah Kejururawatan Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia dan Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia, Sembelit: kenali penyelesaiannya. the workshop was taken place in Kulliyyah of Nursing Auditorium between 8.00am to 5.00pm.…”
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Sustainable tourism development in Muar. by Jamaluddin, Muhammad Sharul Hidayah, Saad, Mazni

“…It helps to preserve and conserve the well being of the place which could contribute to the numbers of tourists that went there. …”
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Organising and mobilising Central and Eastern European migrant women working in care: a case study of a successful care workers’ strike in Switzerland in 2014 by Rogalewski, Adam

“…This article analyses the experience of Unia, the largest Swiss trade union, in organising Central and Eastern European (CEE) migrant workers in the context of the female workers’ strike that took place in 2014 at Primula, a small care company in Switzerland. …”

Contested gendered space: public sexual harassment and women’s safety work by Vera-Gray, Fiona, Kelly, Liz

“…Drawing from research conducted in the UK, this article sets out in detail the concept of “safety work” and how it relates to not only women’s behaviours but our sense of being in public places. It ends in exploring the possibilities of feminist self defence as a means of making safety work visible and measurable, to both ourselves and the wider world.…”

The role of transnational television in international political decision-making after the cold war by Lekic, Zeljka

“…This research investigates the role of media in the area of foreign policy, and especially the role of the 24/7 international news channels; it argues that media can make an impact on the process of political decision-making, rather than on the content of the policies themselves, and it specifies when, where and under what conditions this interaction can take place, including the most important features of both media coverage and political process. …”
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(En)gendering change: understanding the gendered dynamics of domestic abuse perpetrator programmes by Hughes, William John

“…This article considers how gendered interactions take place within perpetrator groups, and calls for consideration of how they can support or undermine programme efficacy, and narratives of desistance.…”
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Critical conversation (chapter 4) by Barac, Matthew

“…When discussing a project or a place, we architects will often pick up a pencil and absent-mindedly sketch, or draw a diagram on the nearest piece of paper. …”
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Ethnic Minority Restaurateurs and the Regeneration of ‘Banglatown’ in London’s East End by Shaw, Stephen, Bagwell, Sue

“…This chapter examines the circumstances that transformed Brick Lane into ‘Banglatown - London’s Curry Capital’, focusing on the narratives of place promoted by new alliances of local government, business and civil society. …”
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Planning, history … and the environment? (editorial) by Gold, John Robert, Gold, Margaret

“…It might well suggest planning historians pursuing acritical ecological agenda, taking their place alongside other scholars interested in issues such as climate change, disease control, deforestation, desertification, landscape conservation, urban environmental quality, and equitable resource distribution. …”

Ethnoscapes as Spectacle: Reimaging Multicultural Districts as New Destinations for Leisure and Tourism Consumption by Shaw, Stephen, Bagwell, Sue, Karmowska, Joanna

“…This article considers reimaging strategies that trade upon features of the place-product that include ethnic cuisine, street markets and festivals, set against the backdrop of an exoticised urban landscape. …”
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Collaboration in higher education: a new ecology of practice by Abegglen, Sandra, Burns, Tom, Sinfield, Sandra

“…As higher education institutions become ever more competitive to sustain their place in a global, neoliberal education market, students and staff are confronted with alienating practices. …”
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Locating the digital in literary translatorship by Zhang, Wenqian, Akashi, Motoko, Freeth, Peter J.

“…However, despite the focus of sociological and translator studies on the agency and habitus of translators in literary translation processes, little has been done to connect this work to the ever-changing and proliferating digital contexts in which literary translation now takes place. This introductory article therefore seeks to position existing perspectives on literary translatorship within contemporary digital contexts whilst highlighting the increasing role of digital technology within literary translation processes, thereby emphasising the need to include digital technologies within all forms of research on contemporary literary translatorship going forwards.…”
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