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Papers by Yara Evans

Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management, 2013

British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2011

Progress in Development Studies, 2006

be whether trade openness will always increase growth. Shimomura discusses ‘indeterminacy’, which... more be whether trade openness will always increase growth. Shimomura discusses ‘indeterminacy’, which may occur even without any external distortions. Chung Yi Tse suggests that the quantitative effects of import restrictions might not be significant in certain conditions. Amy Jocelyn Glass argues that the protection of intellectual property worldwide could act like an increase in tariffs. In the section on public policy, Been-Lon Chen and colleagues explore the effect of financial policy on human capital in an endogenous growth model. One conclusion is that when economic growth is mostly driven by human capital, it is possible that a financially repressed economy will grow more rapidly than a market economy, as has been experienced by the Asian Tigers. This conclusion challenges the classic work of McKinnon (1973), who suggested that ‘financial repression’ acted as a substantial barrier to economic development. The chapter by Wai-Hong Ho also found possibilities that ‘. . . the growth rate of an economy with public borrowing activities can be higher than one without, even if these activities assume no productive purpose’ (p. 241). One of the policy implications in this chapter is that when the financial market mostly contains high-risk investment projects, the government can increase the interest rate deliberately to prevent financial activities that would ultimately stop lenders channelling their funds and retain them for other growthenhancing uses. As such, government expenditure might still be an important tool in promoting economic growth, a possible support for a more interventionist role for government in economy. Jhy-yuan Shieh and colleagues discuss this issue in the following chapter that places the concept of ‘social status’ and ‘social culture’ in their endogenous growth model. One of their conclusions is that when there is no externality in the public sector and the desire for social status is present, an increase in government expenditure would lower the balanced growth rate. After reading this book, one might feel that there are many ‘inconclusive’ strategies or paths to achieve high economic growth. Many policies and factors previously regarded as the ‘ultimate’ sources of growth appear to have more extensive and unidentified impacts and effects such that could explain why some countries remain poor despite having attempted some of the best-practices adopted by the successful, rich countries.

Urban Research & Practice, 2016

gentrification process, critical towards the arguments developed by Maloutas (2012). He underscor... more gentrification process, critical towards the arguments developed by Maloutas (2012). He underscored the need for more attention to be paid to the context in gentrification studies, and formulated three key reference points being necessary conditions for gentrification: gentrification aesthetics, the presence of the middle class and post-industrialisation (Maloutas 2012). Maloutas’s approach was criticized in this book for contributing rather to fossilization than to contextualization of the concepts of gentrification. In addition, the editors of this book underscored other key elements that constitute conditions for gentrifications across the globe; these are the class polarization, the noticeable increase in investment related to urban regeneration and different forms of displacement. This could be regarded as an endeavour to generalize the conditions for gentrification in more dynamic perspective than Maloutas did. Hence, it is argued that more emphasis should be put on the regularities that are central for the process of gentrification than to contextual dependencies. The postulated approach theoretically enables the comparison of a wide range of examples from different parts of the globe; however, during the reading, it turns out that particular context (e.g. political, historical and cultural) affects strongly specific conditions for gentrification explored by the authors. Thus, even if context-based approach is not foreground, it still cannot be neglected, even though it ‘disempowers global debate and weaken the comparative and explanatory possibilities that gentrification theory offers’ (448–449). Considering the wide spectrum of case study areas beyond the traditionally located in the Global North, this book succeeded in filling a cognitive gap in studies on gentrification. Theoretical approaches discussed in certain chapters and more empirical and contextual information collected in others could undoubtedly address the needs of different academic audience, from experienced researchers to students in different disciplines tackling the issues of current social and spatial transformations in urban areas.

Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 2011

ABSTRACT Brazilians are one of the groups of the ‘new immigration’ that has been pivotal to the e... more ABSTRACT Brazilians are one of the groups of the ‘new immigration’ that has been pivotal to the emergence of ‘superdiversity’ in the UK. This piece reports on a quantitative study of Brazilians in London which aims to contribute to a better understanding of Brazilian immigrant experiences in the UK.

Progress in Development Studies, 2004

reactiveness’ that have characterized both countries. Dara O’Rourke further discusses his researc... more reactiveness’ that have characterized both countries. Dara O’Rourke further discusses his research on community-led environmental reform in Vietnam, with detailed discussions of how local industrialization – often fuelled by foreign investment – has impacted on people’s lives, and arguing that community-driven regulation may offer the best chance for environmental protection. These are just some examples of the case studies. This is a useful book, with valuable overview chapters and some interesting case studies. Its main advantage is in attempting to integrate the somewhat esoteric and conceptual debates about capital and environment common in Europe with some recent events and politics in developing countries. But, of course, one book can only achieve a small step in this direction. The book tends to adopt theories of the state based on structural links with capitalism that do simplify other approaches, such as the role of history (e.g., colonial history) or co-construction of power through state–society alliances. Perhaps this suggests the need to integrate all debates – those prevalent in development studies as well as those in European environmental sociology – rather than just extend those debates relevant to structural capitalism alone. Overall, however, this book reviews some important debates, and provides conceptual inspiration for those wishing to theorize environment and development. It is certainly worth a read. Tim Forsyth London School of Economics

Journal of Latin American Studies, 2007

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Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management, 2013

Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 2006

In this paper we examine trajectories of change in London's garment industry set within the c... more In this paper we examine trajectories of change in London's garment industry set within the contexts of deindustrialisation, increasing competitive pressures, and discursive shifts in public policy towards the ‘creative industries’. We emphasise the diversity of firm-level strategies that have been implemented to cope with increasing competitive pressures, liberalisation, and outsourcing in the industry. We identify a dominant trajectory of factory closure, job loss, and deindustrialisation as firms are unable to compete on the basis of the kinds of contracting requirements of buyers and retailers in a high-cost location such as London. We also identify a range of strategies that firms continuing to operate in London have adopted, including the development of new functions in the supply chain, repositioning in relation to specific market niches, coordinating the relocation of production offshore, upgrading towards more design-intensive, small-batch production, and spreading risk...

Gender, Place & Culture

Social Justice and Neoliberalism, 2008

Neoliberalism can no longer be understood as a homogeneous set of principles and practices. Just ... more Neoliberalism can no longer be understood as a homogeneous set of principles and practices. Just as it displays a variety of origins, so too it takes a variety of locally specific, or 'path dependent', forms (Harvey 2005; Larner 2000). It also, and obviously, travels. A small ...

The impact of improved pay and conditions on low-paid urban workers:

Urban transformations and public health in the emergent city, 2020

As women comprise a majority of urban citizens in the world today, questions remain about the nat... more As women comprise a majority of urban citizens in the world today, questions remain about the nature of a feminised urban future. While it is established that urbanisation has the potential to promote gender transformations (Chant and McIlwaine, 2016), it is important to consider how positive changes are potentially undermined by violence against women and girls (VAWG) and, concomitantly, how violence affects women's health and wellbeing in cities. In a context whereby one in three women globally experiences such violence, with arguably higher incidence in cities (McIlwaine, 2013; UN Women, 2015), there is therefore an urgent need to explore these relationships. This chapter examines these issues in relation to wider debates on the gender-blindness of right to the city discourse and the importance of considering gender justice and wellbeing in cities (Moser, 2016), as well as the need to acknowledge cities as globally connected urban systems underpinned by gendered power relations (Peake and Reiker, 2013). The discussion draws empirically on the transnational nature of urban VAWG among Brazilian migrant women in London and those residing in the marginalised slums of one of Rio de Janeiro's largest favelas, Complexo da Maré. It shows how genderbased violence (GBV) is diverse across multiple spaces of the city in both contexts and how it fundamentally undermines women's wellbeing. Yet, while GBV emerges as a major barrier to ensuring equitable and healthy feminised urban futures, such futures are paradoxical. Although

International Development Planning Review, 2020

If citing, it is advised that you check and use the publisher's definitive version for pagination... more If citing, it is advised that you check and use the publisher's definitive version for pagination, volume/issue, and date of publication details. And where the final published version is provided on the Research Portal, if citing you are again advised to check the publisher's website for any subsequent corrections.

Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management, 2013

British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2011

Progress in Development Studies, 2006

be whether trade openness will always increase growth. Shimomura discusses ‘indeterminacy’, which... more be whether trade openness will always increase growth. Shimomura discusses ‘indeterminacy’, which may occur even without any external distortions. Chung Yi Tse suggests that the quantitative effects of import restrictions might not be significant in certain conditions. Amy Jocelyn Glass argues that the protection of intellectual property worldwide could act like an increase in tariffs. In the section on public policy, Been-Lon Chen and colleagues explore the effect of financial policy on human capital in an endogenous growth model. One conclusion is that when economic growth is mostly driven by human capital, it is possible that a financially repressed economy will grow more rapidly than a market economy, as has been experienced by the Asian Tigers. This conclusion challenges the classic work of McKinnon (1973), who suggested that ‘financial repression’ acted as a substantial barrier to economic development. The chapter by Wai-Hong Ho also found possibilities that ‘. . . the growth rate of an economy with public borrowing activities can be higher than one without, even if these activities assume no productive purpose’ (p. 241). One of the policy implications in this chapter is that when the financial market mostly contains high-risk investment projects, the government can increase the interest rate deliberately to prevent financial activities that would ultimately stop lenders channelling their funds and retain them for other growthenhancing uses. As such, government expenditure might still be an important tool in promoting economic growth, a possible support for a more interventionist role for government in economy. Jhy-yuan Shieh and colleagues discuss this issue in the following chapter that places the concept of ‘social status’ and ‘social culture’ in their endogenous growth model. One of their conclusions is that when there is no externality in the public sector and the desire for social status is present, an increase in government expenditure would lower the balanced growth rate. After reading this book, one might feel that there are many ‘inconclusive’ strategies or paths to achieve high economic growth. Many policies and factors previously regarded as the ‘ultimate’ sources of growth appear to have more extensive and unidentified impacts and effects such that could explain why some countries remain poor despite having attempted some of the best-practices adopted by the successful, rich countries.

Urban Research & Practice, 2016

gentrification process, critical towards the arguments developed by Maloutas (2012). He underscor... more gentrification process, critical towards the arguments developed by Maloutas (2012). He underscored the need for more attention to be paid to the context in gentrification studies, and formulated three key reference points being necessary conditions for gentrification: gentrification aesthetics, the presence of the middle class and post-industrialisation (Maloutas 2012). Maloutas’s approach was criticized in this book for contributing rather to fossilization than to contextualization of the concepts of gentrification. In addition, the editors of this book underscored other key elements that constitute conditions for gentrifications across the globe; these are the class polarization, the noticeable increase in investment related to urban regeneration and different forms of displacement. This could be regarded as an endeavour to generalize the conditions for gentrification in more dynamic perspective than Maloutas did. Hence, it is argued that more emphasis should be put on the regularities that are central for the process of gentrification than to contextual dependencies. The postulated approach theoretically enables the comparison of a wide range of examples from different parts of the globe; however, during the reading, it turns out that particular context (e.g. political, historical and cultural) affects strongly specific conditions for gentrification explored by the authors. Thus, even if context-based approach is not foreground, it still cannot be neglected, even though it ‘disempowers global debate and weaken the comparative and explanatory possibilities that gentrification theory offers’ (448–449). Considering the wide spectrum of case study areas beyond the traditionally located in the Global North, this book succeeded in filling a cognitive gap in studies on gentrification. Theoretical approaches discussed in certain chapters and more empirical and contextual information collected in others could undoubtedly address the needs of different academic audience, from experienced researchers to students in different disciplines tackling the issues of current social and spatial transformations in urban areas.

Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 2011

ABSTRACT Brazilians are one of the groups of the ‘new immigration’ that has been pivotal to the e... more ABSTRACT Brazilians are one of the groups of the ‘new immigration’ that has been pivotal to the emergence of ‘superdiversity’ in the UK. This piece reports on a quantitative study of Brazilians in London which aims to contribute to a better understanding of Brazilian immigrant experiences in the UK.

Progress in Development Studies, 2004

reactiveness’ that have characterized both countries. Dara O’Rourke further discusses his researc... more reactiveness’ that have characterized both countries. Dara O’Rourke further discusses his research on community-led environmental reform in Vietnam, with detailed discussions of how local industrialization – often fuelled by foreign investment – has impacted on people’s lives, and arguing that community-driven regulation may offer the best chance for environmental protection. These are just some examples of the case studies. This is a useful book, with valuable overview chapters and some interesting case studies. Its main advantage is in attempting to integrate the somewhat esoteric and conceptual debates about capital and environment common in Europe with some recent events and politics in developing countries. But, of course, one book can only achieve a small step in this direction. The book tends to adopt theories of the state based on structural links with capitalism that do simplify other approaches, such as the role of history (e.g., colonial history) or co-construction of power through state–society alliances. Perhaps this suggests the need to integrate all debates – those prevalent in development studies as well as those in European environmental sociology – rather than just extend those debates relevant to structural capitalism alone. Overall, however, this book reviews some important debates, and provides conceptual inspiration for those wishing to theorize environment and development. It is certainly worth a read. Tim Forsyth London School of Economics

Journal of Latin American Studies, 2007

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Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management, 2013

Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 2006

In this paper we examine trajectories of change in London's garment industry set within the c... more In this paper we examine trajectories of change in London's garment industry set within the contexts of deindustrialisation, increasing competitive pressures, and discursive shifts in public policy towards the ‘creative industries’. We emphasise the diversity of firm-level strategies that have been implemented to cope with increasing competitive pressures, liberalisation, and outsourcing in the industry. We identify a dominant trajectory of factory closure, job loss, and deindustrialisation as firms are unable to compete on the basis of the kinds of contracting requirements of buyers and retailers in a high-cost location such as London. We also identify a range of strategies that firms continuing to operate in London have adopted, including the development of new functions in the supply chain, repositioning in relation to specific market niches, coordinating the relocation of production offshore, upgrading towards more design-intensive, small-batch production, and spreading risk...

Gender, Place & Culture

Social Justice and Neoliberalism, 2008

Neoliberalism can no longer be understood as a homogeneous set of principles and practices. Just ... more Neoliberalism can no longer be understood as a homogeneous set of principles and practices. Just as it displays a variety of origins, so too it takes a variety of locally specific, or 'path dependent', forms (Harvey 2005; Larner 2000). It also, and obviously, travels. A small ...

The impact of improved pay and conditions on low-paid urban workers:

Urban transformations and public health in the emergent city, 2020

As women comprise a majority of urban citizens in the world today, questions remain about the nat... more As women comprise a majority of urban citizens in the world today, questions remain about the nature of a feminised urban future. While it is established that urbanisation has the potential to promote gender transformations (Chant and McIlwaine, 2016), it is important to consider how positive changes are potentially undermined by violence against women and girls (VAWG) and, concomitantly, how violence affects women's health and wellbeing in cities. In a context whereby one in three women globally experiences such violence, with arguably higher incidence in cities (McIlwaine, 2013; UN Women, 2015), there is therefore an urgent need to explore these relationships. This chapter examines these issues in relation to wider debates on the gender-blindness of right to the city discourse and the importance of considering gender justice and wellbeing in cities (Moser, 2016), as well as the need to acknowledge cities as globally connected urban systems underpinned by gendered power relations (Peake and Reiker, 2013). The discussion draws empirically on the transnational nature of urban VAWG among Brazilian migrant women in London and those residing in the marginalised slums of one of Rio de Janeiro's largest favelas, Complexo da Maré. It shows how genderbased violence (GBV) is diverse across multiple spaces of the city in both contexts and how it fundamentally undermines women's wellbeing. Yet, while GBV emerges as a major barrier to ensuring equitable and healthy feminised urban futures, such futures are paradoxical. Although

International Development Planning Review, 2020

If citing, it is advised that you check and use the publisher's definitive version for pagination... more If citing, it is advised that you check and use the publisher's definitive version for pagination, volume/issue, and date of publication details. And where the final published version is provided on the Research Portal, if citing you are again advised to check the publisher's website for any subsequent corrections.