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UNINA9910459071203321 |
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Autore |
Hadiz Vedi R. <1964-> |
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Localising power in post-authoritarian Indonesia [[electronic resource] ] : a Southeast Asia perspective / / Vedi R. Hadiz |
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Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, c2010 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (266 p.) |
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Collana |
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Contemporary issues in Asia and the Pacific |
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Disciplina |
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Local government - Indonesia |
Decentralization in government - Indonesia |
Power (Social sciences) - Indonesia |
Elite (Social sciences) - Indonesia |
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Indonesia Politics and government 1998- |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Localisation and Globalisation -- Chapter One. Decentralisation, Development and Democracy Theoretical Issues and Debates -- Chapter Two. The Post-Authoritarian Context -- Chapter Three. The Localisation of Power and Institutional Change -- Chapter Four. A Political Sociology of Local Elites -- Chapter Five. Money Politics and Thuggery in New Local Democracies -- Chapter Six. The Politics of Inclusion and Exclusion -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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This book is about how the design of institutional change results in unintended consequences. Many post-authoritarian societies have adopted decentralization—effectively localizing power—as part and parcel of democratization, but also in their efforts to entrench "good governance." Vedi Hadiz shifts the attention to the accompanying tensions and contradictions that define the terms under which the localization of power actually takes place. In the process, he develops a compelling analysis that ties social and institutional change to the outcomes of social conflict in local arenas of power. Using the case of |
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Indonesia, and comparing it with Thailand and the Philippines, Hadiz seeks to understand the seeming puzzle of how local predatory systems of power remain resilient in the face of international and domestic pressures. Forcefully persuasive and characteristically passionate, Hadiz challenges readers while arguing convincingly that local power and politics still matter greatly in our globalized world. |
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UNINA9910346858003321 |
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Autore |
Belfiore Nicola Pio |
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Micromanipulation / Nicola Pio Belfiore |
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MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2018 |
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Basel, Switzerland : , : MDPI, , 2018 |
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1 electronic resource (200 p.) |
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History of engineering and technology |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Nowadays, we meet microsystems in a variety of devices used in modern life. They are used, for example, in medicine, biology, industry, home appliances, transport, and aerospace. One of the main problems in the technological development of microsystems is their actuation. Several solutions have been suggested, such as electrostatic, electrothermal, electromagnetic, or piezoelectric actuation, although a valid solution seems to be still out of our reach.Another crucial problem in designing, manufacturing, and operating microsystems for micromanipulation consists in the loss of some basic paradigms commonly used as a source of inspiration at the macroscale. The differences in designing at the two different scales may have either positive or negative effects. For example, an unthinkable structure in the day-life domain, as, for example, a long "cantilever" bridge over the |
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Hudson river, would become possible after downscaling "everything" from road dimensions to the micro-world. Alternatively, a fantastic electric motor that works very well in our world, by virtue of the basic principles of electromagnetism, would become useless if scaled back to the micro cosmos.This book opens a small window on the world of research, presenting a group of papers that try to respond to the challenge of increasing the efficiency and functionality of modern microsystems. A final little section is also dedicated to the development of new teaching methods successfully adopted in some university courses. |
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