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UNINA9910463103503321 |
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Autore |
Stäheli Urs <1966-> |
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Spectacular speculation [[electronic resource] ] : thrills, the economy, and popular discourse / / Urs Stäheli ; translated by Eric Savoth |
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Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2013 |
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1 online resource (312 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Speculation - United States - History |
Speculation - History |
Finance - Social aspects - United States - History |
Finance - Social aspects - History |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Translation of: Spektakuläre Spekulation : das Populäre der Ökonomie. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Gambling and speculation : entertaining contingency? -- The normalization of "wild contingency" : stabilizing the distinction between gambling and speculation -- Charles Mackay : the spectacle of equality -- Speculative vistas : crowds and speculation in the USA during the nineteenth century -- Alone against the crowd : the communicative techniques of the contrarians -- The eroticism of the market and the gender of speculation -- The rhythm of the market. |
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Spectacular Speculation is a history and sociological analysis of the semantics of speculation from 1870 to 1930, when speculation began to assume enormous importance in popular culture. Informed by the work of Luhmann, Foucault, Simmel and Deleuze, it looks at how speculation was translated into popular knowledge and charts the discursive struggles of making speculation a legitimate economic practice. Noting that the vocabulary available to discuss the concept was not properly economic, the book reveals the underside of putting it into words. Speculation's success depended upon no |
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UNINA9910795496303321 |
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Autore |
Alderman Harold |
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The 1.5 Billion People Question : Food, Vouchers, or Cash Transfers? / / Harold Alderman |
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Washington, D.C. : , : The World Bank, , 2017 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (338 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Food relief |
Public welfare |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
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Chapter 1. The evolution of food as social assistance: an overview / Harold Alderman, Ugo Gentilini, Ruslan Yemtsov -- Chapter 2. The public distribution system in India: policy evolution and program delivery trends / Shrayana Bhattacharya, Vanita Leah Falcao, Raghav Puri -- Chapter 3. The Tamween fuood subsidy system in Egypt: evolution and recent implemantation reforms / Moustufa Abdalla, Sherine Al-Shawarby -- Chapter 4. Food-based social assistance programs in Sri Lanka: evolution and transition to cash transfers / Ganga Tilakaratna, Chinthani Sooriyamudali -- Chapter 5. From food subsidies to targeted transfers in Mexico / John Scott, Citlalli Hernández -- Chapter 6. Evolution and implementation of the supplemental nutrition assistance program in the United States / Victor Oliveira, Laura Tiehen, Mark Prell, David Smallwood -- Chapter 7. Evolution and implementation of the Rastra program in Indonesia / Peter Timmer, Hastuti, Sudarno Sumarto. |
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Most of the people in low and middle-income countries covered by social protection receive assistance in the form of in-kind food. The origin of such support is rooted in countries' historical pursuit of three interconnected objectives, namely attaining self-sufficiency in food, managing domestic food prices, and providing income support to the poor. This volume sheds light on the complex, bumpy and non-linear process of how some flagship food-based social protection programs |
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have evolved over time, and how they currently work. In particular, it lays out the broad trends in reforms, including a growing move from in-kind modalities to cash transfers, from universality to targeting, and from agriculture to social protection. Case studies from Egypt, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Sri Lanka, and United States document the specific experiences of managing the process of reform and implementation, including enhancing our understanding of the opportunities and challenges with different social protection transfer modalities. |
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