1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452812203321

Autore

Bridges John C

Titolo

The illusion of intimacy [[electronic resource] ] : problems in the world of online dating / / John C. Bridges

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, CA, : Praeger, c2012

ISBN

1-280-77945-4

9786613689849

0-313-39952-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 p.)

Disciplina

306.730285

Soggetti

Online dating - United States

Intimacy (Psychology)

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 (p. [151]) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; The Illusion of Intimacy; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Profiles, Partners, and Dating Services; 3. Intimacy and Its Issues; 4. The Illusion of Intimacy: How Illusion and Fantasy Distort Reality; 5. Common Problems Owned by Online Dating; 6. Case Studies from the Online World: When a Match Is . . . and When It Isn't; 7. Conclusion; About the Data; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines online dating from the ""inside,"" using in-depth interviews with dating website members to reveal-and keenly analyze-what relationships and romance in the 21st century are really like.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458524903321

Titolo

The United States in decline / / edited by Richard Lachmann ; contributors, Fred Block [and nine others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bingley, England : , : Emerald, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-78350-830-2

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 pages)

Collana

Political Power and Social Theory, , 0198-8719 ; ; Volume 26

Disciplina

306.20972999999998

Soggetti

Government information - Access control - United States

Government information - United States

Official secrets - United States

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 at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : the United States in decline? / Richard Lachmann -- Can the U.S. sustain its global position? Dynamism and stagnation in the U.S. institutional model / Fred Block, Matthew R. Keller -- Cold War and China in the (un)making of the dollar standard / Ho-fung Hung -- Capital accumulation and the rise of Finance / Marcel Knudsen -- The flailing hegemon : managing U.S. military decline / Ian Roxborough, Zoe Levy -- Elite fragmentation and the decline of the United States / Mark Mizruchi, Mikell Hyman -- From consensus to paralysis in the United States, 1960-2010 / Richard Lachmann -- Convergence-2, or the fate of other superpower / Georgi Derluguian.

Sommario/riassunto

Is the United States in decline? If so, what are the causes and dimensions of that decline and is it irreversible? Will American decline be accompanied by the rise of a new hegemon? To what extent are that rise and decline merely concurrent processes, determined by forces internal to each polity, or are American decline and the rise of its competitors both manifestations of a single global dynamic? The essays in this volume address those questions by examining the rise of finance in the U.S. and worldwide, the U.S. government's actual industrial strategy, China's failure so far to challenge th



3.

Record Nr.

UNICASRML0235379

Autore

TASSINARI, Franco

Titolo

INDUSTRIA manifatturiera e terziario avanzato per le imprese / a cura di Franco Tassinari

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano, : FrancoAngeli, 1989

Descrizione fisica

248 p. ; 22 cm

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia