1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910345112703321

Autore

Jeffreys-Jones Rhodri

Titolo

Changing differences : women and the shaping of American foreign policy, 1917-1994 / / Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c1995

ISBN

0-8135-5563-9

0-585-02361-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 275 p. ) : ill. ;

Disciplina

327.73

Soggetti

Women - Political activity - United States - History - 20th century

Women diplomats - United States - History - 20th century

Women - History - Political activity - 20th century - United States

Women diplomats - History - 20th century - United States

Regions & Countries - Americas

History & Archaeology

United States - General

History

United States Foreign relations 20th century

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. [245]-262) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. A Momentary Silence: The Survival of Gender Distinction in World War I -- 3. From Peace to Prices in the Tariff Decade -- 4. Presidential Recognition of the Female Vote, 1932 -- 5. Dorothy Detzer and the Merchants of Death -- 6. A Tale of Two Women: Harriet Elliott, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Changing Differences -- 7. Margaret Chase Smith and the Female Quest for Security -- 8. Bella Abzug: Signpost to the Future -- 9. The Myth of the Iron Lady: An International Comparison -- 10. American Women and Contemporary Foreign Policy -- 11. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

There are more than fifty women in the United States Congress and nearly one-fourth of foreign service posts are held by women. Nevertheless, the United States has yet to entrust a senior foreign policy job, outside of the United Nations, to a woman. Beneath these



statistics lurk central myths that Jeffreys-Jones cogently identifies and describes: the "Iron Lady"--Too masculine; the "lover of peace" - too "pink"; the weak or the promiscuous. These are to name only a few. With an eye to the feminist foreign policy leaders of the future, the author traces the successes and failures of collectivities such as Women Strike for Peace and individuals who were influential in international politics since World War I, including Alice Paul, Jane Addams, Jeannette Rankin, Dorothy Detzer, Eleanor Roosevelt, Margaret Chase Smith, Helen Gahagan Douglas, Bella Abzug, Margaret Thatcher, and many others.

These women often found ways to employ the myths to their own and to their country's benefit, and more recently have had the freedom to defy the stereotypes altogether.

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996205521703316

Autore

Farina Lorenzo <1963->

Titolo

Positive linear systems : theory and applications / / Lorenzo Farina, Sergio Rinaldi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., , 2000

©2000

ISBN

1-118-03302-7

1-118-03127-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (322 p.)

Collana

Pure and Applied Mathematics: A Wiley-Interscience Series of Texts, Monographs and Tracts

Disciplina

003.74

512.9

512.9434

Soggetti

Positive systems

Non-negative matrices

Linear systems

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Wiley-Interscience Publication."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Positive Linear Systems: Theory and Applications; Contents; Preface;



PART I DEFINITIONS; 1 Introduction; 2 Definitions and Conditions of Positivity; 3 Influence Graphs; 4 Irreducibility, Excitability, and Transparency; PART II PROPERTIES; 5 Stability; 6 Spectral Characterization of Irreducible Systems; 7 Positivity of Equilibria; 8 Reachability and Observability; 9 Realization; 10 Minimum Phase; 11 Interconnected Systems; PART III APPLICATIONS; 12 Input-Output Analysis; 13 Age-Structured Population Models; 14 Markov Chains; 15 Compartmental Systems; 16 Queueing Systems; Conclusions

Annotated BibliographyBibliography; Appendix A: Elements of Linear Algebra and Matrix Theory; A.l Real Vectors and Matrices; A.2 Vector Spaces; A.3 Dimension of a Vector Space; A.4 Change of Basis; A.5 Linear Transformations and Matrices; A.6 Image and Null Space; A.7 Invariant Subspaces, Eigenvectors, and Eigenvalues; A.8 Jordan Canonical Form; A.9 Annihilating Polynomial and Minimal Polynomial; A.10 Normed Spaces; A.11 Scalar Product and Orthogonality; A.12 Adjoint Transformations; Appendix B: Elements of Linear Systems Theory; B.1 Definition of Linear Systems

B.2 ARMA Model and Transfer FunctionB.3 Computation of Transfer Functions and Realization; B.4 Interconnected Subsystems and Mason's Formula; B.5 Change of Coordinates and Equivalent Systems; B.6 Motion, Trajectory, and Equilibrium; B.7 Lagrange's Formula and Transition Matrix; B.8 Reversibility; B.9 Sampled-Data Systems; B.10 Internal Stability: Definitions; B.11 Eigenvalues and Stability; B.12 Tests of Asymptotic Stability; B.13 Energy and Stability; B.14 Dominant Eigenvalue and Eigenvector; B.15 Reachability and Control Law; B.16 Observability and State Reconstruction

B.17 Decomposition TheoremB.18 Determination of the ARMA Models; B.19 Poles and Zeros of the Transfer Function; B.20 Poles and Zeros of Interconnected Systems; B.21 Impulse Response; B.22 Frequency Response; B.23 Fourier Transform; B.24 Laplace Transform; B.25 Z-Transform; B.26 Laplace and Z-Transforms and Transfer Functions; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A complete study on an important class of linear dynamical systems-positive linear systemsOne of the most often-encountered systems in nearly all areas of science and technology, positive linear systems is a specific but remarkable and fascinating class. Renowned scientists Lorenzo Farina and Sergio Rinaldi introduce readers to the world of positive linear systems in their rigorous but highly accessible book, rich in applications, examples, and figures.This professional reference is divided into three main parts: The first part contains the definitions and basic properties of p