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UNINA9910491027903321 |
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Kissová Lenka |
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Framing Welfare Recipients in Political Discourse : Political Farming through Material Need Assistance / / by Lenka Kissová |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021 |
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[1st ed. 2021.] |
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1 online resource (217 pages) |
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Social service |
Political planning |
Race |
Social policy |
Political sociology |
Social Care |
Public Policy |
Race and Ethnicity Studies |
Social Policy |
Political Sociology |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Chapter 1 My Intellectual Journey -- Chapter 2 Workfare in Welfare -- Chapter 3 Methodology and Method -- Chapter 4 The Poor, the Offenders, and the 'Unadaptable': Categories Policy-makers Use When Talking About Material Need Recipients -- Chapter 5 Topics Addressed in Parliamentary Debates -- Chapter 6 Justification of Workfare - The Arguments Policy-makers Use -- Chapter 7 Welfare as a Security Issue -- Chapter 8 Population Control Through Security Discourses -- Chapter 9 Ethnicity Plays Its Part -- Chapter 10 Lessons Learnt and the Analysis of Political Farming in Welfare. . |
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"This book offers a compelling read, analysing how workfare is |
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legitimated in the Central European context, through the innovative metaphor of "political farming." The analytical framework brings together several distinct streams of theorizing (critical discourse studies, critical security studies, governmentality, boundarymaking, and the dynamics of ethnic relations) seamlessly and effectively. Through a very nuanced discursive analysis, Kissová shows how the poor, offenders, and the "unadaptable" - categories policymakers use to talk about material need recipients - are linked pathologically with criminality, abuse of the system and other negative perceptions. This is a must-read text for anyone interested in how political actors justify questionable legislation that cements inequality in today's neoliberal milieu." - B. Nadya Jaworsky, Associate Professor, Sociology, Masaryk University, Czech Republic "Kissová's book is carefully researched. Her interdisciplinary insight and discursive analysis of parliamentary debates on Slovak "workfare" policies illustrates the politicized colocation of Roma marginalization and economic disadvantage, starkly illustrating systemic racism dressed up as morally necessary regulatory reform. Her research has broader methodological relevance given how she utilizes governmentality, securitization and legitimation theory, unmasking how neoliberal economic assumptions and dog whistle politics, woven into political speech, works to demonize recipients as criminals, enact further social exclusion and heighten inequality while promoting existing prejudices. Her metaphor of "political farming" where ideas take root in fertile soil of the national landscape resulting in regulatory "products"-demonstrates how social reality and state regulation can be divorced from actual evidence, a process critically relevant to our times." - Barbara J. Falk, Professor, Department of Defence Studies, CanadianForces College/Fellow, Centre for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, University of Toronto, Canada This book explores the shift towards individual responsibility that is increasingly evident in welfare systems across the world. The book will be of interest to students and scholars across sociology, social policy, and political science, with a particular focus on migration, minorities, political discourse, securitisation, social justice and human rights. Lenka Kissová is a researcher at Masaryk University, Czech Republic. |
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UNINA9910299993303321 |
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Autore |
Andreescu Titu |
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Complex Numbers from A to ... Z / / by Titu Andreescu, Dorin Andrica |
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Boston, MA : , : Birkhäuser Boston : , : Imprint : Birkhäuser, , 2014 |
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[2nd ed. 2014.] |
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1 online resource (XVII, 391 p. 83 illus.) : online resource |
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Number theory |
Geometry, Algebraic |
Geometry |
Number Theory |
Algebraic Geometry |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Preface -- Complex Numbers in Algebraic Form -- Complex Numbers in Trigonometric Form -- Complex Numbers and Geometry -- More on Complex Numbers and Geometry -- Olympiad-Caliber Problems -- Answers, Hints and Solutions to Proposed Problems -- Glossary -- References -- Index of Authors. |
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It is impossible to imagine modern mathematics without complex numbers. The second edition of Complex Numbers from A to … Z introduces the reader to this fascinating subject that, from the time of L. Euler, has become one of the most utilized ideas in mathematics. The exposition concentrates on key concepts and then elementary results concerning these numbers. The reader learns how complex numbers can be used to solve algebraic equations and to understand the geometric interpretation of complex numbers and the operations involving them. The theoretical parts of the book are augmented with rich exercises and problems at various levels of difficulty. Many new problems and solutions have been added in this second edition. A special feature of the book is the last chapter, a selection of outstanding Olympiad and other important mathematical contest problems solved by employing the methods already presented. The |
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book reflects the unique experience of the authors. It distills a vast mathematical literature, most of which is unknown to the western public, and captures the essence of an abundant problem culture. The target audience includes undergraduates, high school students and their teachers, mathematical contestants (such as those training for Olympiads or the W. L. Putnam Mathematical Competition) and their coaches, as well as anyone interested in essential mathematics. |
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