Internal security services in liberalizing states [[electronic resource] ] : transitions, turmoil, and (in)security / / by Joseph L. Derdzinski

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910782816403321
• Autore: Derdzinski Joseph L
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Aldershot, Hants, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate Pub. Company, c2009
• ISBN: 1-315-58929-X; 1-317-11446-9; 1-317-11445-0; 1-282-05464-3; 9786612054648; 0-7546-9669-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (180 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.28
• Soggetti: Democratization; Internal security; Political violence - Prevention; Human rights
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Democratization and the Internal Security Services: Principal Approaches and Findings; 2 Commander of the Faithful: Morocco, the King, and the Internal Security Services; 3 Indonesia's Intelligence and Security Services: The White of my Bones?; 4 Reforming the Security Sector: Findings and Recommendations; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Among the states that have moved from authoritarianism in the past 15 years, most have not moved beyond the mere procedures of democracy. This excellent scholarly resource provides a comparative account of the internal security situations of Morocco and Indonesia, and focuses on democracy and its non-democratic institutions in an era of stalled liberalization.

A Critical Edition of Ibn al-Haytham’s On the Shape of the Eclipse : The First Experimental Study of the Camera Obscura / / by Dominique Raynaud

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910151858003321
• Autore: Raynaud Dominique
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016
• ISBN: 3-319-47991-1
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2016.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XVIII, 305 p. 75 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
• Collana: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, , 2196-8810
• Disciplina: 510.9
• Soggetti: Mathematics; History; Lasers; Photonics; History of Mathematical Sciences; Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. This Edition -- 2. Arabic Text and Translation -- 3. Ibn al-Haytham's Method -- 4. Ibn al-Haytham's Optical Analysis -- Appendix. A tentative Dating of On the Shape of the Eclipse -- References -- Index Nominum -- Index Rerum -- Arabic-English Glossary -- Table of Figures -- Plates.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book provides the first critical edition of Ibn al-Haytham’s On the Shape of the Eclipse with English translation and commentary, which records the first scientific analysis of the camera obscura. On the Shape of the Eclipse includes pioneering research on the conditions of formation of the image, in a time deemed to be committed to aniconism. It also provides an early attempt to merge the two branches of Ancient optics—the theory of light and theory of vision. What perhaps most strongly characterizes this treatise is the close interaction of a geometric analysis of light and experimental reasoning. Ibn al-Haytham conducted his experiments in a systematic way by ; varying all that could be changed: the shape and size of the aperture, the focal length of the camera obscura, the distance and shape of the celestial bodies. This way, he achieved a thorough understanding. This work represents a decisive step in both the history of optics and the application of the experimental method that was just as efficient in medieval Islam as today.