Lust, commerce, and corruption : an account of what I have seen and heard, by an Edo Samurai / / translated by Mark Teeuwen [and four others] ; edited and with an introduction by Mark Teeuwen and Kate Wildman Nakai ; Noah Arlow, jacket design ; contributors John Breen [and four others]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910463986303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 0-231-53597-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (497 p.)
• Collana: Translations from the Asian classics
• Disciplina: 952/.025
• Soggetti: Social classes - Japan - History - 19th century; Electronic books.; Japan Social life and customs 1600-1868; Japan Social conditions 1600-1868; Japan Economic conditions 1600-1868; Japan Moral conditions History 19th century
• 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: Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Era Names, Measures, Currencies -- Maps -- Part 1. Buyō Inshi and His Times -- Part 2. Matters of the World: An Account of What I Have Seen and Heard -- Prologue / Inshi, Buyō -- Chapter 1 / Inshi, Buyō -- Chapter 2 / Inshi, Buyō -- Chapter 3 / Inshi, Buyō -- Chapter 4 / Inshi, Buyō -- Chapter 5 / Inshi, Buyō -- Chapter 6 / Inshi, Buyō -- Chapter 7 / Inshi, Buyō -- Glossary -- Editions and References -- Contributors -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: By 1816, Japan had recovered from the famines of the 1780's and moved beyond the political reforms of the 1790's. Despite persistent economic and social stresses, the country seemed to be approaching a new period of growth. The idea that the shogunate would not last forever was far from anyone's mind. Yet, in that year, an anonymous samurai author completed one of the most detailed critiques of Edo society known today. Writing as Buyo Inshi, "a retired gentleman of ; Edo," he expresses a profound despair with the state of the realm and with people's behavior and attitudes. He sees decay wherever he turns and believes the world will soon descend into war. Buyo shows a familiarity with many corners of Edo life that one might not expect in a samurai. He describes the corruption of samurai officials; the suffering of the poor in villages and cities; the operation of brothels; the dealings of blind moneylenders; the selling and buying of temple abbotships; and the dubious strategies townspeople use in the law courts. Perhaps the frankness of his account, which contains a wealth of concrete information about Edo society, made him prefer to remain anonymous. This volume contains a full translation of Buyo's often-"ed but rarely studied work by a team of specialists on Edo society. Together with extensive annotation of the translation, the volume includes an introduction that situates the text culturally and historically.

European Union administration [[electronic resource] ] : legitimacy and efficiency / / by Peter Nedergaard

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451124403321
• Autore: Nedergaard Peter <1957->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden ; ; Boston, : Nijhoff, c2007
• ISBN: 1-281-45814-7; 9786611458140; 90-474-1174-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (222 p.)
• Collana: Nijhoff law specials ; ; v. 69
• Disciplina: 352.11/4
• Soggetti: Public administration - European Union countries; Electronic books.; European Union countries Politics and government
• 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 (p. [187]-193) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminary Material -- Chapter One. Introduction -- Chapter Two. The EUs Administration a Political Hybrid between a National and an International Administration -- Chapter Three. Organizational Theories ; and the EU Administration -- Chapter Four. The EU Administration in Context -- Chapter Five. Staffing the EU Institutions -- Chapter Six. The Commission Organizational Structure, Processes, and Culture -- Chapter Seven. The Council of Ministers Organizational Structure, Processes and Culture -- Chapter Eight. Perspectives Efficiency and Legitimacy of the EU Administration -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: The book analyses the administrative system in the European Union with a focus on the efficiency and legitimacy of the administrative practices. The administrative system of the European Union is described as a hybrid between a traditional national and an international administration. In the analysis three distinct theoretical perspectives are used (a structural, a procedural and a cultural), thus ensuring that a broad variety of factors are included. Furthermore, in the analysis the administration is seen from the perspective of an individual Eurocrat, but, simultaneously, the overall institutional perspective is maintained by a focus on the effects of the special characteristics of the administrative practices on the efficiency and legitimacy of the administration.

Limited government and the Bill of Rights [[electronic resource] /] / Patrick M. Garry

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910779111503321
• Autore: Garry Patrick M
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Columbia, Mo. ; ; London, : University of Missouri Press, c2012
• ISBN: 0-8262-7272-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (210 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.09
• Soggetti: Constitutional law - United States; Constitutional history - 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The individual-autonomy view of the Bill of Rights -- Limited government in the overall constitutional scheme -- The impetus for the Bill of RIghts -- Balancing judicial restraint and democratic rule -- ; Applying the Bill of RIghts as government-limiting provisions -- The free speech clause as a limited-government provision -- The religion clause and limited government -- How the First Amendment protects individual rights.