1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457414303321

Titolo

Secondary science 11 to 16 [[electronic resource] ] : a practical guide / / Gren Ireson ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Los Angeles, [Calif.] ; ; London, : SAGE, c2010

ISBN

1-4462-4494-6

1-4462-5179-9

1-283-28938-5

9786613289384

1-4462-1099-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

IresonGren

Disciplina

507.12

Soggetti

Science - Study and teaching (Secondary) - Activity programs - Great Britain

Science - Study and teaching - Great Britain

Electronic books.

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

Cover; Contents; About the authors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Section 1: Beginnings and development of living things; 1 - Looking at life; 2 - Human reproduction and genetics; Section 2: Chemical and material properties; 3 - Separating materials; 4 - Exothermic and endothermic reactions; 5 - The reactivity series; 6 - Acids and bases; Section 3: Light and motion; 7 - Looking at light; 8 - Electric motors; 9 - Rockets; Section 4: The Earth and its place in the universe; 10 - The Earth, earthquakes and volcanoes; 11 - Heavens above: stars and planets; 12 - Global warming?; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Are you looking for teaching ideas to make your science lessons come alive? Full of suggestions for exciting practical work to engage children, this book addresses and explains the science behind the experiments, and emphasises the need to engage the learner through minds-on activities.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451599503321

Autore

Wright Steven M

Titolo

The United States and Persian Gulf security [[electronic resource] ] : the foundations of the War on Terror / / Steven Wright

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Reading, UK, : Ithaca Press, c2007

ISBN

0-86372-475-2

1-281-26855-0

9786611268558

0-86372-352-7

1-4294-7926-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Collana

Durham Middle East monographs

Disciplina

363.320973

Soggetti

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009

Electronic books.

Persian Gulf Region Foreign relations United States

United States Foreign relations Persian Gulf Region

United States Foreign relations 1993-2001

United States Foreign relations 2001-2009

United States Foreign relations Iraq

United States Foreign relations Iran

Iraq Foreign relations United States

Iran Foreign relations United States

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 (p. 209-231) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 The Architecture of US Foreign Policy under Bill Clinton and George W. Bush; 3 The Emergence of the War on Terror: Political Islam and Grand Strategy; 4 The Clinton Years and Iran: Containment and Engagement; 5 The Clinton Years and Iraq: Strategic Regime Change; 6 Iraq and the War on Terror: Untangling Tactical and Strategic Policy; 7 Iran: Proliferation, Preventative Use of Force and Regime Change; 8 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The international relations of the Persian Gulf have long been dominated by power politics. Its unrivalled energy resources have



historically made this geopolitical arena a vital national security interest for the United States. Historically, Persian Gulf security became synonymous with the maintenance of the political status quo, but with the onset of the War on Terror, US foreign policy has shifted in priority towards combatting the root causes of Islamic extremism. The age-old policy of maintaining stability to ensure a free and secure flow of energy is now recognized as having fuelled Isla

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451533903321

Titolo

Developing country debt and economic performance . Volume 1 The international financial system [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jeffrey D. Sachs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1989

ISBN

1-281-22399-9

9786611223991

0-226-73318-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (414 p.)

Collana

A National Bureau of Economic Research project report

Altri autori (Persone)

CollinsSusan Margaret

SachsJeffrey

Disciplina

336.3/435/091724

336.3435091724

Soggetti

Debts, External - Developing countries

International finance

Electronic books.

Developing countries Economic conditions Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Papers presented at a conference held in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 21-23, 1987.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- National Bureau of Economic Research -- Relation of the Directors to the Work and Publications of the National Bureau of Economic Research -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. How Sovereign Debt Has Worked -- 3. The U.S. Capital Market and Foreign Lending, 1920 - 1955 -- 4. Structural Adjustment Policies in Highly



Indebted Countries -- 5. The Politics of Stabilization and Structural Adjustment -- 6. Conditionality, Debt Relief, and the Developing Country Debt Crisis -- 7. Private Capital Flows to Problem Debtors -- 8. Debt Problems and the World Macroeconomy -- 9. Resolving the International Debt Crisis -- List of Contributors -- Name Index -- Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

For dozens of developing countries, the financial upheavals of the 1980's have set back economic development by a decade or more. Poverty in those countries has intensified as they struggle under the burden of an enormous external debt. In 1988, more than six years after the onset of the crisis, almost all the debtor countries were still unable to borrow in the international capital markets on normal terms. Moreover, the world financial system has been disrupted by the prospect of widespread defaults on those debts. Because of the urgency of the present crisis, and because similar crises have recurred intermittently for at least 175 years, it is important to understand the fundamental features of the international macroeconomy and global financial markets that have contributed to this repeated instability. This project on developing country debt, undertaken by the National Bureau of Economic Research, provides a detailed analysis of the ongoing developing country debt crisis. The project focuses on the middle-income developing countries, particularly those in Latin America and East Asia, although many lessons of the study should apply as well to other, poorer debtor countries. The project analyzes the crisis from two perspectives, that of the international financial system as a whole (volume 1) and that of individual debtor countries (volumes 2 and 3).