1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910972019203321

Autore

Dunne Michele Durocher

Titolo

Democracy in contemporary Egyptian political discourse / / Michele Durocher Dunne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins, c2003

ISBN

9786612159978

9781282159976

1282159976

9789027294760

9027294763

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 178 pages)

Collana

Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture, , 1569-9463 ; ; v. 6

Disciplina

320.96209048

Soggetti

Democracy - Egypt

Egypt Politics and government 1981-

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

Democracy in Contemporary Egyptian Political Discourse; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; List of Tables; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Political talk as mediated discourse; Chapter 3 Situating the Discourse; Chapter 4 Identities under construction; Chapter 6 Conclusion; References; Appendix A Transliteration and transcription key; Appendix B Excerpt from Mubarak speech; Appendix C Excerpt from Mubarak speech delivered; Appendix D September petition text; Appendix E Excerpts from two articles by Fahmi Huwaydi

Sommario/riassunto

When politicians and pundits in the Middle East discuss democracy, do they mean it? Looking at public discourse about democracy in contemporary Egypt, Dunne proposes a fresh way of reading Arabic political discourse. She charts a method combining ethnographic research into communities of people producing political discourse with investigation of the texts themselves, using tools from anthropology, pragmatics, and sociolinguistics -- a method with broad applicability to political discourse generally.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910299764003321

Autore

Alexandrino Marcos M.

Titolo

Lie Groups and Geometric Aspects of Isometric Actions / / by Marcos M. Alexandrino, Renato G. Bettiol

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-16613-1

3-319-16612-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (215 p.)

Disciplina

510

512.55

512482

514.2

516.36

Soggetti

Geometry, Differential

Topological groups

Lie groups

Algebraic topology

Differential Geometry

Topological Groups, Lie Groups

Algebraic Topology

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

1: Basic results on Lie groups -- 2: Lie groups with bi-invariant metrics -- 3: Proper and isometric acions -- 4: Adjoint and conjugation actions -- 5: Polar foliations -- 6: Low cohomogeneity actions and positive curvature -- Appendix: Rudiments of smooth manifolds.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides quick access to the theory of Lie groups and isometric actions on smooth manifolds, using a concise geometric approach. After a gentle introduction to the subject, some of its recent applications to active research areas are explored, keeping a constant connection with the basic material. The topics discussed include polar actions, singular Riemannian foliations, cohomogeneity one actions,



and positively curved manifolds with many symmetries. This book stems from the experience gathered by the authors in several lectures along the years, and was designed to be as self-contained as possible. It is intended for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and young researchers in geometry, and can be used for a one-semester course or independent study.