1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462449003321

Titolo

Rule of law dynamics : in an era of international and transnational governance / / edited by Michael Zürn, André Nollkaemper, Randall Peerenboom [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012

ISBN

1-139-50835-0

1-107-23205-8

1-280-77462-2

9786613684998

1-139-51803-8

1-139-51545-4

1-139-17593-9

1-139-51453-9

1-139-51710-4

1-139-51896-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 380 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

340/.11

Soggetti

Rule of law - Research

Human rights advocacy

Political indicators

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : rule of law dynamics in an era of international and transnational governance / Michael Zurn, Andre Nollkaemper, Randy Peerenboom -- Part I. Rule of law at the international, national, and transnational levels -- Measuring the quality of rule of law : virtues, perils, results / Wolfgang Merkel -- International law and the rule of law at the national level / Helmut Philipp Aust and Georg Nolte -- Constraining international authority through the rule of law : legitimatory potential and political dynamics / Tim Gemkow and Michael Zürn -- New modes of governance and the rule of law : the case of transnational rule-making / Gunnar Folke Schuppert -- Part II.



Actors : strategies and responses -- A comparison of the rule of law promotion policies of major western powers / Frank Schimmelfennig -- Rule of law promotion through international organizations and NGOs / Monika Heupel -- Combating transnational crime : the role of learning and norm diffusion in the current rule of law wave / Paulette Lloyd, Beth Simmons and Brandon Stewart -- Rule of law challenges in middle income countries and donor approaches to addressing them / Linn Hammergren -- Civil-military cooperation in building the rule of law / Tilmann Röder -- Developing a theoretical framework for evaluating rule of law promotion in developing countries / John Gillespie -- Rule of law promotion after conflict : experimenting in t he Kosovo laboratory / Richard Zajac Sannerholm -- The ICC's intervention in Uganda : which rule of law does it promote? / Sarah Nouwen -- Conclusion : from rule of law p romotion to rule of law dynamics / Randall Peerenboom, Michael Zürn and André Nollkaemper.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume explores the various strategies, mechanisms and processes that influence rule of law dynamics across borders and the national/international divide, illuminating the diverse paths of influence. It shows to what extent, and how, rule of law dynamics have changed in recent years, especially at the transnational and international levels of government. To explore these interactive dynamics, the volume adopts an interdisciplinary approach, bringing together the normative perspective of law with the analytical perspective of social sciences. The volume contributes to several fields, including studies of rule of law, law and development, and good governance; democratization; globalization studies; neo-institutionalism and judicial studies; international law, transnational governance and the emerging literature on judicial reforms in authoritarian regimes; and comparative law (Islamic, African, Asian, Latin American legal systems).



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462185403321

Titolo

Cultures of knowledge [[electronic resource] ] : technology in Chinese history / / edited by Dagmar Schafer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2012

ISBN

1-283-85584-4

90-04-21936-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (402 p.)

Collana

Sinica Leidensia, , 0169-9563 ; ; v. 103

Altri autori (Persone)

SchäferDagmar

Disciplina

303.48/30951

303.4830951

Soggetti

Communication in learning and scholarship - China - History

Communication of technical information - China - History

Knowledge, Theory of - History

Learning and scholarship - China - History

Social change - China - History

Technological innovations - China - History

Technology - Social aspects - China - History

Electronic books.

China Intellectual life 1644-1912

China Intellectual life 960-1644

China Social conditions

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

Preliminary Material / Dagmar Schäfer -- Introduction / Dagmar Schäfer -- Internode / Dagmar Schäfer -- Political, Social and Economic Factors Affecting the Transmission of Technical Knowledge in Early Modern China / William T. Rowe -- Silken Strands: Making Technology Work in China / Dagmar Schäfer -- Technological Transmission in China and Europe: A Comparative View / Pamela O. Long -- Imperial Court / Dagmar Schäfer -- Picturing Yu Controlling the Flood: Technology, Ecology, and Emperorship in Northern Song China / Heping Liu -- Sympathetic Relations: Foreign Craftsmen at the Qing Court / Luo Wenhua -- Symbolic Technology Politics / Wolfgang



Lefèvre -- Agora / Dagmar Schäfer -- Ceramics for Local and Global Markets: Jingdezhen’s Agora of Technologies / Anne Gerritsen -- Temples, Technology, and Material Culture in Shouzhou 壽州, Anhui / Susan Naquin -- Framing European Technology in Seventeenth-Century China: Rhetorical Strategies in Jesuit Paratexts / Joachim Kurtz -- The Knowledge Agora: The Role of the Officials / Matteo Valleriani -- Scholarly Arts / Dagmar Schäfer -- Making Technology History / Martina Siebert -- The Biographer’s View of Craftsmanship / Martin Hofmann -- Chinese Literati and the Transmission of Technological Knowledge: The Case of Agriculture / Francesca Bray -- Two Cultures Speaking with One Voice? Invention, Ingenuity, and Agricultural Innovation in Pre-Industrial European and Chinese Discourse / Marcus Popplow -- Chinese Dynasties / Dagmar Schäfer -- Bibliography / Dagmar Schäfer -- Index / Dagmar Schäfer.

Sommario/riassunto

Looking at knowledge transmission as a cultural feature, this book isolates and examines the individual factors that affect knowledge in the making and created uniquely Chinese cultures of knowledge. The volume is organized into four sections: Internode, Imperial Court, Agora, and Scholarly Arts. Each has a theoretical introduction, followed by two core contributions from experts in Chinese history. The section concludes with a ‘reflection’ by a historian of Western Technology who scrutinizes each sphere and identifies the points that reflect universal technological experience. The combination of broadly sketched theoretical introductions and detailed core contributions provides an unparalleled insight into pre-modern Chinese history from the Song to early Qing dynasty, revealing Chinese attitudes towards innovation and invention.