1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457162803321

Autore

Eisenstadt Todd A.

Titolo

Courting democracy in Mexico : party strategies and electoral institutions / / Todd A. Eisenstadt [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004

ISBN

1-107-14532-5

1-280-43738-3

0-511-18427-1

0-511-16594-3

0-511-16399-1

0-511-32696-3

0-511-49091-7

0-511-16479-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 354 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

324/.0972

Soggetti

Elections - Mexico - History - 20th century

Political parties - Mexico - History - 20th century

Democratization - Mexico

Election law Mexico

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-339) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Electoral courts and actor compliance : opposition-authoritarian relations and protracted transitions -- Ties that bind and even constrict : why authoritarians tolerate electoral reforms -- Mexico's national electoral justice success : from oxymoron to legal norm in just over a decade -- Mexico's local electoral justice failures : gubernatorial (S) election beyond the shadows of the law -- The gap between law and practice : institutional failure and opposition success in postelectoral conflicts, 1989-2000 -- The National Action Party : dilemmas of rightist oppositions defined by authoritarian collusion -- The party of the democratic revolution : from postelectoral movements to electoral competitors -- Dedazo from the center to finger pointing from the periphery : PRI hard-liners challenge Mexico's electoral institutions --



A quarter century of "Mexicanization" : lessons from a protracted transition.

Sommario/riassunto

This book documents Mexico's gradual transition to democracy, written from a perspective which pits opposition activists' post-electoral conflicts against their usage of regime-constructed electoral courts at the centre of the democratization process. It addresses the puzzle of why, during key moments of Mexico's 27-year democratic transition, opposition parties failed to use autonomous electoral courts established to mitigate the country's often violent post-electoral disputes, despite formal guarantees of court independence from the Party of the Institutional Revolution (PRI), Mexico's ruling party for 71 years (preceeding the watershed 2000 presidential elections). Drawing on hundreds of author interviews throughout Mexico over a three-year period and extensive archival research, the author explores choices by the rightist National Action Party (PAN) and the leftist Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) between post-electoral conflict resolution via electoral courts and via traditional routes - mobilization and bargaining with the PRI-state.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465441603321

Autore

Makary Martin A.

Titolo

Surgery review / / Martin A. Makary, Michol A. Cooper

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia : , : Wolters Kluwer : , : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-4698-3075-2

Edizione

[Third edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (855 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

617.0076

Soggetti

Surgery

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910787756003321

Autore

Watts Andrew

Titolo

Modern construction handbook / / Andrew Watts

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Vienna : , : Ambra V, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

3-99043-455-1

Edizione

[Third edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (504 p.)

Collana

Modern Construction Series

Classificazione

ZI 3500

Disciplina

504

Soggetti

Building

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

Front matter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- Introduction to third edition -- Structure and envelope -- Parametric design -- Materials -- Tectonics in metal -- Steel -- Copper, zinc and lead -- Tectonics in glass -- Glass -- Tectonics in concrete -- Concrete -- Tectonics in masonry -- Masonry -- Concrete block -- Stone -- Brick -- Tectonics in plastics -- Plastics and composites -- Tectonics in timber -- Timber -- Fabrics and membranes -- Materials for interior finishes -- Performance testing of facade material systems -- Performance testing of roof material systems -- Walls -- Trends in facade design -- Generic wall types -- Metal -- Glass systems -- Concrete -- Masonry loadbearing walls -- Masonry cavity walls -- Masonry cladding -- Masonry rainscreens -- Plastic -- Timber -- Roofs -- Trends in roof design -- Metal roofs -- Glass roofs -- Concrete -- Timber roofs -- Plastic roofs -- Fabric systems -- Structure -- Material systems for structures -- Elements of structures -- Braced frames -- Portal frames -- Loadbearing boxes -- Trusses -- Arches and shells -- Space grids -- Floor structures -- Stairs -- ENVIRONMENT -- Environmental studies for envelopes -- Analysis for design -- Low energy material systems -- Active design -- Support services -- APPLICATIONS -- 1 Working with industry -- 2 Triangular panels for twisted facades -- 3 Twisted panels with flat glass for curved facades -- 4 Solar Shading Louvres -- 5 Double-skin facades -- 6 Precast concrete panels for facades of complex geometry -- 7 Exoskeleton facades of complex geometry -- 8 Diagrid Structure -- 9 Hybrid systems forming facades



of complex geometry -- 10 Opaque cladding interface with full-height glazing -- 11 Complex curved glazed roofs -- 12 Large-scale glazed facades -- 13 Panelisation of complex building surface geometry -- 14 Opaque rainscreen cladding -- 15 Full-height glazing with GRP-clad structural frame -- 16 GRC cladding interfaces -- 17 Full-height entrance glazing -- 18 GRP louvres on stick glazing system -- 19 GRC cladding -- 20 Windows in GRC cladding -- 21 Windows and unitised glazing with GRC cladding -- 22 Unitised glazing with GRC cladding -- 23 Complex glazed roofs with supporting steel structure -- 24 Glazed roofs with complex geometry -- 25 Louvres and stick glazing -- 26 Tiled cladding -- 27 Rainscreens -- REFERENCES -- Glossary of terms -- Authorship & photo credits -- Photo credits -- Index -- Backmatter

Sommario/riassunto

The Modern Construction Handbook has become a building construction classic and is used as a textbook in many courses. Its systematic approach with chapters on materials, walls, roofs, construction and environment offers clear and efficient orientation. Digital fabrication techniques are included as well (complementing traditional production processes) and presented in an instructional book for the first time. The third edition has been thoroughly updated and now provides: More information - more annotation of drawings, more text on the page. Updated 'future' chapter with more emerging construction techniques. Updated essays on construction in the introduction Chapter 1. Mote technical data in the 'Materials' Chapter. The content in this third edition has been completely reworked which makes it an even more valuable companion for students and young practitioners!



4.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910830834303321

Titolo

Nitrogen fixation in crop production / / David W. Emerich and Hari B. Krishnan, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, Wisconsin : , : American Society of Agronomy : , : Crop Science Society of America : , : Soil Science Society of America, , 2009

ISBN

0-89118-192-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (421 pages)

Collana

Agronomy Monograph ; ; 52

Disciplina

589.704133

Soggetti

Nitrogen - Fixation

Crops and nitrogen

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia