Intimate enemies [[electronic resource] ] : violence and reconciliation in Peru / / Kimberly Theidon

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910463580603321
• Autore: Theidon Kimberly Susan
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2013
• ISBN: 1-283-89885-3; 0-8122-0661-4
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (478 p.)
• Collana: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights; Pennsylvania studies in human rights
• Disciplina: 363.34/988098529
• Soggetti: Postwar reconstruction - Social aspects - Peru - Ayacucho (Dept.); Conflict management - Peru - Ayacucho (Dept.); Political violence - Social aspects - Peru - Ayacucho (Dept.); Political violence - Psychological aspects - Peru - Ayacucho (Dept.); War victims - Mental health - Peru - Ayacucho (Dept.); Electronic books.; Ayacucho (Peru : Dept.) Politics and government
• 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. [427]-445) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. I. The difficult time -- pt. II. Common sense, gender, and war -- pt. III. Looking north -- pt. IV. Looking south.
• Sommario/riassunto: In the aftermath of a civil war, former enemies are left living side by side-and often the enemy is a son-in-law, a godfather, an old schoolmate, or the community that lies just across the valley. Though the internal conflict in Peru at the end of the twentieth century was incited and organized by insurgent Senderistas, the violence and destruction were carried out not only by Peruvian armed forces but also by civilians. In the wake of war, any given Peruvian community may consist of ex-Senderistas, current sympathizers, widows, orphans, army veterans-a volatile social landscape. These survivors, though fully aware of the potential danger posed by their neighbors, must nonetheless endeavor to live and labor alongside their intimate enemies.Drawing on years of research with communities in the ; highlands of Ayacucho, Kimberly Theidon explores how Peruvians are rebuilding both individual lives and collective existence following twenty years of armed conflict. Intimate Enemies recounts the stories and dialogues of Peruvian peasants and Theidon's own experiences to encompass the broad and varied range of conciliatory practices: customary law before and after the war, the practice of arrepentimiento (publicly confessing one's actions and requesting pardon from one's peers), a differentiation between forgiveness and reconciliation, and the importance of storytelling to make sense of the past and recreate moral order. The micropolitics of reconciliation in these communities present an example of postwar coexistence that deeply complicates the way we understand transitional justice, moral sensibilities, and social life in the aftermath of war. Any effort to understand postconflict reconstruction must be attuned to devastation as well as to human tenacity for life.

Urban Transportation and the Environment [[electronic resource] ] : Issues, Alternatives and Policy Analysis / / by Sudhakar Yedla

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910298472203321
• Autore: Yedla Sudhakar
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New Delhi : , : Springer India : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015
• ISBN: 81-322-2313-6
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2015.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (183 p.)
• Disciplina: 330; 333.7; 388; 711.4
• Soggetti: Environmental economics; City planning; Transportation; Environmental Economics; Urbanism
• 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 at the end of each chapters.
• Nota di contenuto: Chapter 1. Planning Transportation –The Basic Constructs -- Chapter 2. Urban Transportation Trends– An Overview -- Chapter 3. Transport Service Provision - Environmental and Other Implications -- Chapter 4. Alternative Measures and Their Assessment -- Chapter 5. Non-motorized Modes of Transport -- Chapter 6. Barrier for the Implementation of NMT and Other Cleaner Modes of Transport -- Chapter 7. Policy Analysis for Sustainability -- Chapter 8. Economic and Regulatory Measures for Environmentally Sustainable Urban Transportation -- Chapter 9. Choosing between Global Environmental Strategies Vis-à-vis Local Mitigation Strategies – Application of Multi-criteria Analysis.
• Sommario/riassunto: The book deals with urban transportation planning in light of environmental sustainability and social equity. It begins with a review of the Indian urban transportation system and the issues surrounding it, and discusses the alternatives and policy directions that are being considered. It examines all the environmental issues arising out of transportation as a sector and assesses the alternatives that can be considered to improve sustainability. Further, the book not only analyses transportation modes that cater to the travel needs of the poor, so as to make them more socially equitable, but also explores measures to promote them using a multi-criteria and multi-stakeholder approach. It addresses the barriers that are bottlenecks for the implementation of cleaner fuels and modes of transport and presents an incremental approach to tackle environmental concerns, including climate change, when planning transportation in the long term. Finally, it presents the dilemma of city administrators in choosing between strategies aimed at local pollution control and those aimed at limiting global emissions. This unique book provides a comprehensive overview of “sustainable transportation.” It discusses all the important elements that are essential to transportation planners and policy makers when planning a city’s transportation. Theoretical presentations augmented by case-specific research work and the methodology used in some of the modules, make it a valuable resource for researchers working at the forefront of this area.