1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910130850803321

Titolo

Living dinosaurs [[electronic resource] ] : the evolutionary history of modern birds / / edited by Gareth Dyke and Gary Kaiser

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011

ISBN

1-283-40522-9

9786613405227

1-119-99045-9

1-119-99047-5

Descrizione fisica

xv, 422 p. : ill., maps

Altri autori (Persone)

DykeGareth

KaiserGary W

Disciplina

598.13/8

Soggetti

Birds - Evolution

Paleobiology

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : changing the questions in avian paleontology / Gary Kaiser and Gareth Dyke -- Theropod diversity and the refinement of avian characteristics / Peter J. Makovicky and Lindsay E. Zanno -- Why were there dinosaurs? Why are there birds? / Peter Ward and Robert Berner -- Pre-modern birds : avian divergences in the Mesozoic / Jingmai O'Connor, Luis M. Chiappe, and Alyssa Bell -- Progress and obstacles in the phylogenetics of modern birds / Bradley C. Livezey -- The utility of fossil taxa and the evolution of modern birds : commentary and analysis / Gareth Dyke and Eoin Gardiner -- Penguins past, present, and future : trends in the evolution of the Sphenisciformes / Daniel T. Ksepka and Tatsuro Ando -- Phorusrhacids : the terror birds / Herculano Alvarenga, Luis Chiappe, and Sara Bertelli -- The pseudo-toothed birds (Aves, Odontopterygiformes) and their bearing on the early evolution of modern birds / Estelle Bourdon -- Phylogeny and diversification of modern passerines / F. Keith Barker -- Morphological and behavioral correlates of flapping flight / Bret W. Tobalske ... [et al.] -- Evolution of the avian brain and senses / Stig Walsh and Angela Milner -- Evolving perceptions on the antiquity of the



modern avian tree / Joseph W. Brown and M. Van Tuinen -- Major events in avian genome evolution / Chris L. Organ and Scott V. Edwards -- Bird evolution across the K-Pg boundary and the basal neornithine diversification / Bent E.K. Lindow -- Functional and phylogenetic diversity in marine and aquatic birds / Gary Kaiser -- The state of the world's birds and the future of avian diversity / Gavin H. Thomas.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910349368703321

Autore

Mumford Ann

Titolo

Fiscal Sociology at the Centenary : UK Perspectives on Budgeting, Taxation and Austerity / / by Ann Mumford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019

ISBN

9783030274962

3030274969

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VIII, 224 p. 1 illus.)

Collana

Palgrave Socio-Legal Studies, , 2947-9282

Disciplina

341.48

364

339.520941

Soggetti

Human rights

Taxation - Law and legislation

Economics - Sociological aspects

Political sociology

Human Rights

Fiscal Law

Economic Sociology

Political Sociology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. What Is Fiscal Sociology?. 3. The Fiscal State And Budget Institutions -- 4. Budgets: Process, Rights, And Institutions -- 5. The Challenge Of Taking Rights Seriously In Fiscal Sociology -- 6. Two Examples Of Taking Law Seriously In Fiscal Sociology -- 7. Conclusion. .



Sommario/riassunto

This book discusses the socio-legal tax state and its relationship to development, inequality and the transnational. 'Fiscal Sociology' commenced in 1918 when Joseph A. Schumpeter examined the links between capitalism and taxation, arguing that fiscal pressures on governments led directly to the development of tax collection, and the burgeoning growth of capitalist economies. The identification of taxation as an important component of capitalism has continued to change the way that theoretical sociologists conceptualise tax. This book documents the history of this literature to provide a summary of the topic for scholars seeking a bridge between taxation law and contextual, historical, and anthropological analyses of the development of the state, more generally. Whilst Schumpeter's insights have been celebrated over the past one hundred years, taxation has slipped from the agenda of many scholarly disciplines, in relation to analyses of poverty, globalisation, and equality. Fiscal Sociology at the Centenary fills this gap. The implications of this literature for taxation law in the United Kingdom, in particular, are considered. .