1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990003044110403321

Titolo

Décentralisation : L'ǵe de raison : Rapport du groupe "Décentralisation : bilan et perspectives" / Président, Martine Buron ; Rapporteur général, Pierre-Etienne Bisch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Paris : La documentation française, 1993

ISBN

2-281-13078-9

Descrizione fisica

144 p. ; 24 cm

Disciplina

F/1.421

F/3.113

N/1.3

N/2.4

Locazione

SES

Collocazione

F/3.113 BUR

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

In testa al front.: Commissariat Général du PLAN



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462388003321

Autore

McCool Daniel

Titolo

The Most Fundamental Right [[electronic resource] ] : Contrasting Perspectives on the Voting Rights Act

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, IN, : Indiana University Press, 2012

ISBN

1-283-60871-5

9786613921161

0-253-00710-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (419 p.)

Disciplina

324.620973

342.73072

Soggetti

Minorities - Suffrage - United States

Minorities -- Suffrage -- United States -- Congresses

Suffrage - United States

Suffrage -- United States -- Congresses

United States

United States. Voting Rights Act of 1965 -- Congresses

Minorities - United States

Law - U.S

Law, Politics & Government

Constitutional Law - U.S

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; CONTENTS; PREFACE; PART 1 THE POLITICAL AND LEGAL CONTEXT OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT; 1 Meaningful Votes; 2 The Constitutional Foundations of the "Preclearance" Process: How Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act Was Enforced, 1965-2005; 3 Influence District and the Courts: A Concept in Need of Clarity; PART 2 THE DEBATE; 4 The Bull Connor Is Dead Myth: Or Why We Need Strong, Effectively Enforced Voting Rights Laws; 5 Bull Connor Is Long Dead: Let's Move On; 6 The Voting Rights Act in South Dakota: One Litigator's Perspective on Reauthorization



7 Realistic Expectations: South Dakota's Experience with the Voting Rights Act8 The Continuing Need for the Language-Assistance Provisions of the Voting Rights Act; 9 Policy and Constitutional Objections to Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act; PART 3 COMMENTARY; 10 After NAMUDNO: The Shape of Future Litigation; 11 Looking Backward to and Forward from the 2006 Voting Rights Act Reauthorization; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Passed in 1965 during the height of the Civil Rights movement, the Voting Rights Act (VRA) changed the face of the American electorate, dramatically increasing minority voting, especially in the South. While portions of the Act are permanent, certain provisions were set to expire in 2007. Reauthorization of these provisions passed by a wide margin in the House, and unanimously in the Senate, but the lopsided tally hid a deep and growing conflict. The Most Fundamental Right is an effort to understand the debate over the Act and its role in contemporary American democracy. Is the VRA the corn

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910139880803321

Autore

Read Tony J. <1958->

Titolo

The IT value network [[electronic resource] ] : from IT investment to stakeholder value / / Tony J. Read

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, c2009

ISBN

0-470-54187-3

1-119-19798-8

1-282-30214-0

9786612302145

0-470-54185-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (339 p.)

Disciplina

004.0681

658.05

Soggetti

Information technology - Cost effectiveness - Evaluation

Capital investments - Evaluation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The IT Value Network: From IT Investment to Stakeholder Value; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Part III: Six Degrees of IT Value-There IT Is; Part IV: IT Value Network Clients-Did IT, Got IT; Part V: Emerging Reality-Do IT, Value IT; Acknowledgments; Part I: Status Quo-Where's the Value?; Chapter 1: IT Investment; Chapter 2: Conventional IT Valuation; Chapter 3: Banking Value; Part II: Triangulating the Value-Somewhere Here; Chapter 4: IT Value Network Measurement; Chapter 5: IT Value Network Measures; Chapter 6: IT Value Network Measures; Chapter 7: Triangulating IT Investment Value

Part III: Six Degrees of IT Value-There IT IsChapter 8: IT Value Network Management; Chapter 9: First Degree of IT Value; Chapter 10: Second Degree of IT Value; Chapter 11: Third Degree of IT Value; Chapter 12: Fourth Degree of IT Value; Chapter 13: Fifth Degree of IT Value; Chapter 14: Sixth Degree of IT Value; Part IV: IT Value Network Clients-Did IT, Got IT; Chapter 15: NA Bank; Chapter 16: Nortel Networks; Chapter 17: Indigo Books & Music; Chapter 18: NA Credit Union; Part V: Emerging Reality-Do IT, Value IT; Chapter 19: Forward Thinking; Chapter 20: Connecting the Dots; Glossary; Notes

About the AuthorIndex

Sommario/riassunto

Learn to measure and manage the real value of IT investment and spending IT investments are becoming more than just business enablers or assets on the books; they provide capability that can drive the business. Thought leadership should migrate towards information investment, getting a bigger bang for the buck from the 'I' in IT and from the 'I' in CIO. The IT Value Network: From IT Investment to Stakeholder Economic Value incorporates new emerging decision support methods, such as real options, which are considered to complement traditional financial measures. Organizational and in