1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453676003321

Titolo

Building and using datasets on armed conflicts [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Mayeul Kauffmann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, Netherlands ; ; Washington, DC, : IOS Press, c2008

ISBN

6611786147

1-281-78614-4

9786611786144

600-00-0631-4

1-60750-319-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (204 p.)

Collana

NATO science for peace and security series. E, Human and societal dynamics ; ; v. 36

Altri autori (Persone)

KauffmannMayeul

Disciplina

327.16

Soggetti

Databases

Political violence - Databases

Political violence - Research - Statistical methods

War - Databases

War - Research - Statistical methods

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

Title page; Preface; Foreword; Contents; Introduction; The Purposes of Conflict Dataset Building; Concept Definition and Data Building; Opening up Conflict Data; Author Index

Sommario/riassunto

The so-called 'hard' or 'exact' sciences, with their necessary emphasis on technology and on the technical, are hardly reputed for being very human, and, conversely, the so-called 'human' sciences are often pronounced as 'soft' because they cannot be based on the certainties associated with the former.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910790928303321

Titolo

Going soft? the US and China go global / / edited by Priscilla Roberts ; contributors Cao Songqin [and thirty eight others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4438-5942-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (638 p.)

Disciplina

303.48251

Soggetti

Globalization - China

International economic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; LIST OF TABLES; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; PART II; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; CHAPTER FIFTEEN; CHAPTER SIXTEEN; PART III; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN; CHAPTER NINETEEN; CHAPTER TWENTY; CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE; CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO; CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE; CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR; CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE; CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX; CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN; CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT; PART IV

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE CHAPTER THIRTY; CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE; CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO; CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE; CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR; CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE; CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX; CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN; CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

What is ""soft power""? How can a country acquire and enjoy it? Is it the product of public or private initiatives? How significant is ""soft power"" in world affairs? The concept of ""soft power,"" the idea that international success depends not just upon weaponry, force, and military coercion, but also on admiration and respect for a country's culture and way of life, is winning ever-greater global attention. As



China enjoys ever-increasing heft on the global scene, many Chinese officials seek t...