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Record Nr.

UNINA9911100473603321

Autore

Wexler Paul

Titolo

The non-Jewish origins of the Sephardic Jews / / Paul Wexler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c1996

ISBN

9781438423937

1438423934

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (340 p.)

Collana

SUNY series in anthropology and Judaic studies

Disciplina

946/.004924

Soggetti

Sephardim - Origin

Jews - Spain - Origin

Jews - Africa, North - Origin

Ladino language - Foreign elements - Arabic

Berbers - Social life and customs

Proselytizing - Judaism - History

Spain Ethnic relations

Africa, North Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-291) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations and Citations -- Preface -- 1 Approaches to the Study of Jewish Ethnicity and Ethnic Myths -- 2 Conversion to Judaism in the Asian, African, and Iberian Lands up to c.1200 A.D. -- 3 The North African Homeland of the Sephardic Jews and the Origin of the Term "Sephardic" -- 4 The Berbero-Arab Roots of the Sephardic Jews -- 5 The Processes of Judaization -- 6 Findings and Challenges -- Bibliography -- Index of Names and Topics -- Index of Segments, Words, and Phrases

Sommario/riassunto

Based on the premise that Jewish languages such as Judeo- Arabic, Ladino, and Yiddish offer crucial clues to ethnic origins, Wexler (linguistics, Tel-Aviv U.) challenges the prevailing view that Sephardic Jewry originated in Spain, asserting that they were in fact descended from Berber proselytes. The author finds remnants of this North African Berber and Arab substrate in the language and culture of the Sephardic Jews and presents an array of linguistic (as well as historical, literary,



and ethnographic) data in support of his hypothesis. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Record Nr.

UNINA9911149090403321

Autore

Quintyn Marc

Titolo

Will they Sing the Same Tune? Measuring Convergence in the new European System of Financial Supervisors / / Marc Quintyn, Donato Masciandaro, María Nieto

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009

ISBN

9786612843563

9781462308347

1462308341

9781452720807

1452720800

9781282843561

1282843567

9781451872897

1451872895

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (45 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

MasciandaroDonato

NietoMaría

Disciplina

332.1;332.1068

Soggetti

Finance - State supervision

Banks and banking, Central - State supervision

Bank supervision

Banking

Banks and Banking

Banks and banking

Banks

Business and Financial

Depository Institutions

Economic & financial crises & disasters

Financial Crises

Financial crises

Financial Institutions and Services: Government Policy and Regulation

Financial regulation and supervision

Financial Risk Management

Financial services industry

Financial services law & regulation



General Financial Markets: Government Policy and Regulation

Law and legislation

Legal support in revenue administration

Micro Finance Institutions

Mortgages

Public finance & taxation

Public Finance

Revenue

State supervision

Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: General

Ireland

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"July 2009".

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; I. Introduction; II. A European Supervisory Structure is Born; III. Review of Supervisory Architectures; A. Closer analysis of the EU supervisory landscape; B. Potential policy implications of polarization; IV. Convergence in Supervisory Governance; A. Measuring Independence; B. Measuring Accountability; C. Is There Governance Convergence Within the EU?; V. Conclusions and Policy Considerations; References; Figures; 1 Financial Supervisory Regimes: number of reforms per year (1998-2008); 2 FSU Index distribution; 3 CBFA Index distribution; 4 Financial Supervision Regimes

5 Institutional Independence: Cross-country convergence6 Regulatory & Supervisory Independence: Cross-country convergence; 7 Budgetary independence: Cross-country convergence; 8 Political accountability: Cross-country convergence; 9 Judiciary accountability: Cross-country convergence; 10 Transparency: Cross-country convergence; 11 Total independence: Cross-country convergence; 12 Overall accountability Cross-country convergence; 13 Independence and Accountability: scatter-plot; 14 Independence and Accountability inside and outside the Central Bank

14A: Independence Indices inside and outside the Central Bank14B: Accountability Indices inside and outside the Central Bank; Tables; 1. The Institutional Indicators; 2. Independence Criteria; 3. Accountability Criteria; Annexes; Annex - The European Framework for Safeguarding Financial Stability

Sommario/riassunto

In June 2009 a new financial supervisory framework for the European Union (EU) was endorsed, consisting of a macro- and a micro-prudential pillar. The latter is composed of a Steering Committee, a supranational layer and a network of national supervisory authorities at the bottom, de facto establishing a complex multiple principals-multiple agents network. This paper focuses on the network of national agencies. Starting from an analysis of supervisory architectures and governance arrangements, we assess to what extent lack of convergence could undermine efficient and effective supervision. The main conclusion is that harmonization of governance arrangements towards best practice would better align supervisors' incentive structures and, hence, be beneficial for the quality of supervision.