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UNINA9910456521003321 |
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Women and the Canadian welfare state : challenges and change / / edited by Patricia M. Evans and Gerda R. Wekerle |
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1997 |
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©1997 |
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1-282-04569-5 |
9786612045691 |
1-4426-8354-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (342 p.) |
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Women - Government policy - Canada |
Public welfare - Canada |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Tables -- Contributors -- 1. The Shifting Terrain of Women's Welfare: Theory, Discourse, and Activism -- 2. From the Welfare State to Vampire Capitalism -- 3. Creation Stories: Social Rights and Canada's Constitution -- 4. Divided Citizenship? Gender, Income Security, and the Welfare State -- 5. Family Law and Social Assistance Programs: Rethinking Equality -- 6. Migration Policy, Female Dependency, and Family Membership: Canada and Germany -- 7. The Shift to the Market: Gender and Housing Disadvantage -- 8. Double, Double, Toil and Trouble , Women's Experience of Work and Family in Canada, 1980-1995 -- 9. Towards a Woman-Friendly Long-Term Care Policy -- 10. The State and Pay Equity: Juggling Similarity and Difference, Meaning, and Structures -- 11. Challenging Diversity: Black Women and Social Welfare -- 12. Women, Unions, and the State: Challenges Ahead -- 13. Institutionalizing Feminist Politics: Learning from the Struggles for Equal Pay in Ontario |
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Canadians can no longer expect as much from their governments. |
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Rights formerly guaranteed by our 'welfare state' are disappearing. Social spending has been cut drastically in an attempt to combat recession, globalization and restructuring, and the deficit.The decline of the welfare state poses special risks for women. The policies, benefits, and services of the welfare state are directly linked to women's basic freedoms. The welfare state employs women to deliver services such as childcare, home-help, nursing, and social work. In turn, these services have meant that women can enter the paid labour force, provide for dependants, and leave abusive relationships. Access to political resources have helped women to form solidarities, alliances, and organizations. In Women and the Canadian Welfare State, scholars from environmental studies, law, social work, sociology, and economics explore the changing relationship between women and the welfare state. They examine the transformation of the welfare state and its implications for women; key issues in the welfare state debates such as social rights, family and dependency, and gender-neutral programs and inequality; women's work and the state; and the role of women as agents of change.Women and the Canadian Welfare State explains not only how women are affected by changes in policy and programming, but how they can take an active role in shaping these changes. It bridges an important gap for scholars and students who are interested in gender, public policy, and the welfare state. |
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UNINA9910299349503321 |
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Vince John |
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Imaginary Mathematics for Computer Science / / by John Vince |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 |
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[1st ed. 2018.] |
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1 online resource (XVII, 301 p. 99 illus. in color.) |
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Computer science—Mathematics |
Math Applications in Computer Science |
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Introduction -- Complex Numbers -- Matrix Algebra -- Quaternions -- Octonions -- Geometric Algebra -- Trigonometric Identities using Complex Numbers -- Combining Waves using Complex Numbers -- Circuit Analysis using Complex Numbers -- Geometry Using Geometric Algebra -- Rotating Vectors using Quaternions -- Complex Numbers and the Riemann Hypothesis -- The Mandelbrot Set -- Conclusion -- Index. |
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The imaginary unit i = √-1 has been used by mathematicians for nearly five-hundred years, during which time its physical meaning has been a constant challenge. Unfortunately, René Descartes referred to it as “imaginary”, and the use of the term “complex number” compounded the unnecessary mystery associated with this amazing object. Today, i = √-1 has found its way into virtually every branch of mathematics, and is widely employed in physics and science, from solving problems in electrical engineering to quantum field theory. John Vince describes the evolution of the imaginary unit from the roots of quadratic and cubic equations, Hamilton’s quaternions, Cayley’s octonions, to Grassmann’s geometric algebra. In spite of the aura of mystery that surrounds the subject, John Vince makes the subject accessible and very readable. The first two chapters cover the imaginary unit and its integration with real numbers. Chapter 3 describes how complex numbers work with matrices, and shows how to compute complex eigenvalues and eigenvectors. Chapters 4 and 5 cover Hamilton’s |
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invention of quaternions, and Cayley’s development of octonions, respectively. Chapter 6 provides a brief introduction to geometric algebra, which possesses many of the imaginary qualities of quaternions, but works in space of any dimension. The second half of the book is devoted to applications of complex numbers, quaternions and geometric algebra. John Vince explains how complex numbers simplify trigonometric identities, wave combinations and phase differences in circuit analysis, and how geometric algebra resolves geometric problems, and quaternions rotate 3D vectors. There are two short chapters on the Riemann hypothesis and the Mandelbrot set, both of which use complex numbers. The last chapter references the role of complex numbers in quantum mechanics, and ends with Schrödinger’s famous wave equation. Filled with lots of clear examples and useful illustrations, this compact book provides an excellent introduction to imaginary mathematics for computer science. |
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