1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455356403321

Autore

Burns Nancy <1964->

Titolo

The private roots of public action [[electronic resource] ] : gender, equality, and political participation / / Nancy Burns, Kay Lehman Schlozman, Sidney Verba

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, c2001

ISBN

0-674-02908-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (480 p. ) : 14 line illustrations, 126 tables

Altri autori (Persone)

SchlozmanKay Lehman <1946->

VerbaSidney

Disciplina

323/.042/0973

Soggetti

Political participation - United States

Women - Political activity - United States

Sex role - United States

Social institutions - United States

Electronic books.

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Citizenship and Unequal Participation 2. Studying Gender and Participation: A Brief Discourse on Method 3. Civic Activity: Political and Non-Political 4. The Political Worlds of Men and Women 5. The Legacy of Home and School 6. Domestic Tranquility: The Beliefs of Wives and Husbands 7. Domestic Hierarchy: The Household as a Social System 8. The Workplace Roots of Political Activity 9. The Realm of Voluntarism: Non-Political Associations and Religious Institutions 10. Gender, Institutions, and Political Participation 11. Gender, Race or Ethnicity, and Participation 12. Family Life and Political Life 13. What If Politics Weren't a Man's Game? 14. Conclusion: The Private Roots of Public Action Appendixes A. Numbers of Cases B. Ranges of Variables C. Supplementary Tables D. Explanation of Outcomes Analysis Index

Sommario/riassunto

Why, after several generations of suffrage and a revival of the women's movement in the late 1960's, do women continue to be less politically active than men? This book presents a study of this puzzle of unequal participation.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910141475403321

Autore

Braccini Muriel

Titolo

Mechanics of solid interfaces [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Muriel Braccini, Michel Dupeux

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : ISTE

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2012

ISBN

1-118-56166-X

1-118-58818-5

1-299-18710-2

1-118-58820-7

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (315 p.)

Collana

ISTE

Altri autori (Persone)

BracciniMuriel

DupeuxMichel

Disciplina

530.4/17

530.417

621

Soggetti

Interfaces (Physical sciences)

Fracture mechanics

Solids

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

pt. 1. Fundamentals -- pt. 2. Singularities, notches and interfacial cracks -- pt. 3. Practical applications -- pt. 4. Thin films.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book introduces basic concepts on mechanical problems related to the presence of solid/solid interfaces and their practical applications. The various topics discussed here are mechanical characterization of interface, initiation and growth of crack along interface, the origin and the control of interface adhesion and a special focus on thin films on substrate systems"--



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910695881403321

Titolo

Preparing for a changing climate [[electronic resource] ] : the potential consequences of climate variability and change : Mid-Atlantic overview : a report of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Assessment Team / / compiled by Penn State's core MARA Team, Ann Fisher ... [and others] ; sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Global Change Research Program ... [and others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University Park, Pa. : , : Mid-Atlantic Regional Assessment Team

[Washington, D.C.] : , : [Global Change Research Program], , [2000]

Descrizione fisica

iv, 67 pages : digital, PDF file

Soggetti

Climatic changes - Middle Atlantic States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on May 10, 2007).

"March 2000."

PDF p. in incorrect order.