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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465866603321

Autore

Altstadt Audrey L. <1953->

Titolo

Frustrated democracy in post-Soviet Azerbaijan / / Audrey L. Altstadt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia ; ; New York : , : Woodrow Wilson Center Press : , : Columbia University Press, , 2017

©2017

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (346 pages) : illustrations, maps, tables

Disciplina

947.54086

Soggetti

Islam and politics - Azerbaijan - History

Geopolitics - Azerbaijan - History

Petroleum industry and trade - Political aspects - Azerbaijan - History

Post-communism - Azerbaijan - History

Democracy - Azerbaijan - History

Political corruption - Azerbaijan - History

Authoritarianism - Azerbaijan - History

Electronic books.

Azerbaijan Politics and government 1991-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Maps and Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Languages and Spelling -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. A Starting Point: History and Geopolitics and What They Tell Us -- 2. The Open Wound: Mountainous Karabagh and National Consciousness -- 3. Azerbaijan's Best and Brightest: The Rise, Decline, and Renewal of the Democratic Opposition -- 4. Oil Lifts All Boats? Social and Economic Repercussions and the Rise of Corruption -- 5. Jail for the "Donkey Bloggers": Crushing Youth Activism, Human Rights, and a Free Media -- 6. Allah-u Akbar: Islam in Azerbaijan- Piety, Politics, and the Future -- 7. What's Next? The Choices Ahead -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography of Major Sources -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Frustrated Democracy in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan follows a newly



independent oil-rich former Soviet republic as it adopts a Western model of democratic government and then turns toward corrupt authoritarianism. Audrey L. Altstadt begins with the Nagorno-Karabagh War (1988-1994) which triggered Azerbaijani nationalism and set the stage for the development of a democratic movement. Initially successful, this government soon succumbed to a coup. Western oil companies arrived and money flowed in-a quantity Altstadt calls "almost unimaginable"-causing the regime to resort to repression to maintain its power. Despite Azerbaijan's long tradition of secularism, political Islam emerged as an attractive alternative for those frustrated with the stifled democratic opposition and the lack of critique of the West's continued political interference. Altstadt's work draws on instances of censorship in the Azerbaijani press, research by embedded experts and nongovernmental and international organizations, and interviews with diplomats and businesspeople. The book is an essential companion to her earlier works, The Azerbaijani Turks: Power and Identity Under Russian Rule and The Politics of Culture in Soviet Azerbaijan, 1920-1940.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910253916903321

Titolo

Cell Division Machinery and Disease / / edited by Monica Gotta, Patrick Meraldi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-57127-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIV, 235 p. 33 illus., 32 illus. in color.)

Collana

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, , 0065-2598 ; ; 1002

Disciplina

571.84

Soggetti

Cell cycle

Cell physiology

Cancer - Research

Cell Cycle Analysis

Cell Physiology

Cancer Research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1.Meiotic divisions: no place for gender equality -- 2.Consequences of centrosome dysfunction during brain development -- 3.Dividing with extra centrosomes: a double edged sword for cancer cells -- 4.Kinetochore malfunction in human pathologies -- 5.The elephant in the room: the role of microtubules in cancer -- 6.Clinical development of anti-mitotic drugs in cancer -- 7.Mitotic dysfunction associated with aging hallmarks -- 8.Unbalanced Growth, Senescence and Aging -- 9.The spindle orientation machinery beyond mitosis: when cell specialization demands polarization.

Sommario/riassunto

This book critically evaluates the causal link between cell division machinery and disease. Further, it identifies key open questions in the field and the means for exploring them. Throughout the various chapters, internationally known contributors present the evidence for and against a causal link between key elements of the cell division machinery and diseases such as cancer, neuropathologies, aging, and infertility. A more clinically oriented chapter further discusses the current and future applications of anti-mitotic drugs in these diseases. Cell Division Machinery and Disease is essential reading for graduate or advanced graduate students, researchers or scientists working on cell division as well as clinicians interested in the molecular mechanisms of the discussed diseases.