1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465970503321

Autore

Grey Matthew Asprey

Titolo

At the end of the street in the shadow : Orson Welles and the city / / Matthew Asprey Grey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] ; ; New York : , : Wallflower Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-231-85090-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (303 p.)

Classificazione

AP 51380

Disciplina

791.430233092

Soggetti

Cities and towns in motion pictures

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- INTRODUCTION -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE. THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE LINCOLN REPUBLIC -- CHAPTER 2. AN EMPIRE UPON AN EMPIRE -- CHAPTER 3. THE DARKENING MIDLAND -- CHAPTER 4. DARKNESS AND FEAR -- CHAPTER 5. THE RAUCOUS RAGGLE-TAGGLE JAMBOREE OF THE STREETS -- CHAPTER 6. RATLINE TO MAIN STREET -- CHAPTER 7. PORT TO PORT -- CHAPTER 8. THE BORDER -- CHAPTER 9. RETURN TO THE PERIPHERY -- INTERLUDE. A FREE MAN IS EVERYWHERE -- CHAPTER 10. SKIES AND RUBBLESCAPE -- CHAPTER 11. LOST IN A LABYRINTH -- CHAPTER 12. TO ADORE THE IMPOSSIBLE -- CHAPTER 13. IN THE LAND OF DON QUIXOTE -- INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

The films of Orson Welles inhabit the spaces of cities—from America's industrializing midland to its noirish borderlands, from Europe's medieval fortresses to its Kafkaesque labyrinths and postwar rubblescapes. His movies take us through dark streets to confront nightmarish struggles for power, the carnivalesque and bizarre, and the shadows and light of human character.This ambitious new study explores Welles's vision of cities by following recurring themes across his work, including urban transformation, race relations and fascism, the utopian promise of cosmopolitanism, and romantic nostalgia for archaic forms of urban culture. It focuses on the personal and political foundation of Welles's cinematic cities—the way he invents urban



spaces on film to serve his dramatic, thematic, and ideological purposes.The book's critical scope draws on extensive research in international archives and builds on the work of previous scholars. Viewing Welles as a radical filmmaker whose innovative methods were only occasionally compatible with the commercial film industry, this volume examines the filmmaker's original vision for butchered films, such as The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) and Mr. Arkadin (1955), and considers many projects the filmmaker never completed—an immense "shadow oeuvre" ranging from unfinished and unreleased films to unrealized treatments and screenplays.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459466803321

Autore

Hooft Stan van <1945-, >

Titolo

Understanding virtue ethics / / Stan van Hooft

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014

ISBN

1-317-49402-4

1-317-49403-2

1-315-71213-X

1-282-92166-5

9786612921667

1-84465-370-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (191 p.)

Collana

Understanding movements in modern thought

Disciplina

179.9

Soggetti

Virtues

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 2006 by Acumen.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-172) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1. Distinguishing virtue ethics from the ethics of duty; 2. Aristotle's ethics; 3. A brief history of virtue from the Stoics to Levinas; 4. Reconciling virtue and justice; 5. Some important virtues; 6. Virtues and applied ethics; Questions for discussion and revision; Further reading; Index



Sommario/riassunto

More and more philosophers have advocated varieties of virtue-based ethics that challenge moral theory traditionally founded on moral obligation and the delineation of what is right or wrong in given situations. Virtue ethics, which focuses upon the character of moral agents more than on the moral status of their actions or the consequences of those actions, has become one of the most important and stimulating areas of contemporary ethical theory. ""Understanding Virtue Ethics"" is an accessible and lively introduction to the subject. It provides a broad overview of the history of virtue ethic

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781023603321

Autore

Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

Titolo

Commentary on the Lord's sermon on the mount [[electronic resource] ] : with seventeen related sermons / / translated by Denis J. Kavanagh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Catholic University of America Press, 2001, c1951

ISBN

0-8132-1111-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (389 p.)

Collana

The fathers of the church : a new translation ; ; v. 11

Altri autori (Persone)

KavanaghDenis J <b. 1886.> (Denis Joseph)

Disciplina

281.1

Soggetti

Sermons, Latin

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First short-run reprint.

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

""CONTENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""COMMENTARY ON THE LORD'S SERMON ON THE MOUNT ""; ""Book I ""; ""Book II ""; ""RETRACTIONS:  Book I:  Chapter 19 ""; ""SERMONS ""; ""53. ON THE BEATITUDES ""; ""54. HOW TO 'LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE BEFORE MEN' ""; ""55. ON TAMING THE TONGUE ""; ""56. ON THE LORD'S PRAYER ""; ""60. ON ALMSGIVING ""; ""61. ON ALMSGIVING ""; ""72. ON ALMSGIVING ""; ""94. THE SLOTHFUL SERVANT ""; ""109. THE ADVERSARY ""; ""346. ON LIFE'S PILGRIMAGE ""; ""4 (Denis). CHRIST:  LAMB AND LION ""; ""5 (Denis). LIFE FROM DEATH ""; ""6 (Denis). THE HOLY EUCHARIST ""

""7 (Denis). SONSHIP OR SERVITUDE""""8 (Denis). ON BAPTISM""; ""13 (Denis). CHRIST:  THE GLORY OF MARTYRS""; ""11 (Morin). ON THE BEATITUDES""; ""INDEX""



4.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910814942903321

Autore

Randall David <1951-, $4eauthor.>

Titolo

The universal journalist [[electronic resource] /] / David Randall, with Jemma Crew

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Pluto Press, 2021

ISBN

9780745343273 (electronic book)

Edizione

[Sixth edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 311 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

CrewJemma

Disciplina

070.4

Soggetti

Journalism

Journalism - Vocational guidance

Reporters and reporting

Journalistic ethics

Journalists

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previous edition: 2016.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.



5.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910957403503321

Autore

Cebotari Aliona

Titolo

Contingent Liabilities : : Issues and Practice / / Aliona Cebotari

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2008

ISBN

9786612841965

9781462309375

1462309372

9781452726878

1452726876

9781282841963

1282841963

9781451871036

1451871031

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (62 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

IMF working paper ; ; WP/08/245

Disciplina

336.343351

Soggetti

Contingent liabilities (Accounting)

Liabilities (Accounting)

Finance, Public - Accounting

Risk management

Accounting

Actuarial Studies

Budget planning and preparation

Budget Systems

Budget

Budgeting & financial management

Budgeting

Contingent liabilities

Finance, Public

Financial reporting, financial statements

Financial statements

Fiscal policy

Fiscal risks

Insurance & actuarial studies

Insurance Companies

Insurance

National Budget

Public Administration



Public finance & taxation

Public Finance

Public Sector Accounting and Audits

United States

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.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; I. Introduction; II. Background; III. Mitigating Risks Associated with Contingent Liabilities; A. Frameworks for Dealing with Risks from Contingent Liabilities; B. When to take on Contingent Liabilities?; Boxes; 1. Market Failure and Terrorism Insurance; 2. When Are Guarantees Preferable to Other Forms of Support?; C. Strategies to Transfer Risk or Costs Related to Contingent Liabilities; Figures; 1. Typical Infrastructure PPP Project Risks and Hypothetical Allocation; 3. Estimating the Expected Cost and Market Value of Guarantees

D. Other Safeguards against Risks Related to Contingent LiabilitiesIV. Managing Retained Risk from Contingent Liabilities; A. Instruments for Managing Low Impact Liabilities; B. Instruments for Managing High Impact Liabilities; Tables; 1. Contingency Funds to Meet Calls on Contingent Liabilities: Selected Examples; V. Disclosing Contingent Liabilities; 2. IPSAS: When to Recognize and Disclose Contingent Liabilities; 3. Accounting/Statistical Standards and Transparency Initiatives: What to Disclose; 4. Legislative Requirements to Disclose Fiscal Risks: Selected Country Examples

VI. Institutional Arrangements for Managing Contingent Liability Risks5. Disclosing the Magnitude of Contingent Liabilities: Selected Country Examples; VII. Conclusion; 4. Institutional Arrangements for Managing PPP Risks; A1. Accounting Standards and Standard Setters; Annexes; I. Accounting/Statistical Standards and Contingent Liabilities; A1. Summary of the Main Requirements for Recognition and Disclosures of Contingent Liabilities; II. Measuring the Value of Contingent Liabilities; A1. The Swedish Debt Office Simulation Model; References

Sommario/riassunto

Contingent liabilities have gained prominence in the analysis of public finance. Indeed, history is full of episodes in which the financial position of the public sector is substantially altered-or its true nature uncovered-as a result of government bailouts of financial or nonfinancial entities, in both the private and the public sector. The paper discusses theoretical and practical issues raised by contingent liabilities, including the rationale for taking them on, how to safeguard against the fiscal risks associated with them, how to account and budget for them, and how to disclose them. Country experiences are used to illustrate ways these issues are addressed in practice and challenges faced. The paper also points to good practices related to the mitigation, management and disclosure of risks from contingent liabilities.