1.

Record Nr.

UNIBAS000020315

Autore

Eusebi, Mario

Titolo

Saggi di filologia romanza / Mario Eusebi ; a cura di Eugenio Burgio

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Firenze : Edizioni del Galluzzo per la Fondazione Ezio Franceschini, 2005

ISBN

88-8450-I55-5

Descrizione fisica

XII, 307 p ; 25 cm

Collana

Archivio romanzo ; 8

Disciplina

440.09

840

Soggetti

Filologia romanza - Studi

Letterature neolatine - Studi

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459134003321

Autore

Enloe Cynthia H. <1938->

Titolo

Nimo's war, Emma's war : making feminist sense of the Iraq War / / Cynthia Enloe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010

ISBN

1-282-76394-6

9786612763946

0-520-94595-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 320 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

956.7044/3082

Soggetti

Women and war - Iraq

Women soldiers - Iraq

Women - Iraq

Iraq War, 2003-2011

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 (pages 271-293) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Eight Women, One War -- 2. Nimo: Wartime Politics in a Beauty Parlor -- 3. Maha: A Widow Returns to Baghdad -- 4. Safah: The Girl from Haditha -- 5. Shatha: A Legislator in Wartime -- 6. Emma and the Recruiters -- 7. Danielle: From Basketball Court to Baghdad Rooftop -- 8. Kim: "I'm in a Way Fighting My Own War" -- 9. Charlene: Picking Up the Pieces -- Conclusion: The Long War -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Nimo, Maha, Safah, Shatha, Emma, Danielle, Kim, Charlene. In a book that once again blends her distinctive flair for capturing the texture of everyday life with shrewd political insights, Cynthia Enloe looks closely at the lives of eight ordinary women, four Iraqis and four Americans, during the Iraq War. Among others, Enloe profiles a Baghdad beauty parlor owner, a teenage girl who survived a massacre, an elected member of Parliament, the young wife of an Army sergeant, and an African American woman soldier. Each chapter begins with a close-up look at one woman's experiences and widens into a dazzling examination of the larger canvas of war's gendered dimensions.



Bringing to light hidden and unexpected theaters of operation-prostitution, sexual assault, marriage, ethnic politics, sexist economies-these stories are a brilliant entryway into an eye-opening exploration of the actual causes, costs, and long-range consequences of war. This unique comparison of American and Iraqi women's diverse and complex experiences sheds a powerful light on the different realities that together we call, perhaps too easily, "the Iraq war."

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910792962303321

Autore

Detter Dag <1959->

Titolo

The public wealth of cities : how to unlock hidden assets to boost growth and prosperity / / Dag Detter, Stefan Folster

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : Brookings Institution Press, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

0-8157-2999-5

9780815729983

9780815729990

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (275 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

352.4216

Soggetti

Municipal finance

Strategic planning

Urban economics

local authority finances

management planning

urban economy

town planning

investment

urban area

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

"How to leverage existing resources to meet the current and future



needs of cities Crumbling streets and bridges. Poorly performing schools and inadequate social services. These are common complaints in cities, which too often struggle just to keep the lights on, much less make the long-term investments necessary for future generations. It doesn't have to be this way. This book by two internationally recognized experts in public finance describes a new way of restoring economic vitality and financial stability to cities, using steps that already have been proven remarkably successful. The key is unlocking social, human, and economic wealth that cities already own but is out of sight--or "hidden." A focus on existing public wealth helps to shift attention and resources from short-term spending to longer-term investments that can vastly raise the quality of life for many generations of urban residents. A crucial first step is to understand a city's balance sheet--too few cities comprehend how valuable a working tool this can be. With this in hand, taxpayers, politicians, and investors can better recognize the long-term consequences of political decisions and make choices that mobilize real returns rather than rely on more taxes, debt, or austerity. Another hidden asset is real estate. Even poor cities own large swathes of poorly utilized land, or they control underperforming utilities and other commercial assets. Most cities could more than double their investments with smarter use of these commercial assets. Managing the city's assets smartly through the authors' proposed Urban Wealth Funds--at arm's-length from short-term political influence--will enable cities to ramp up much needed infrastructure investments." -- Publisher