1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465726703321

Titolo

Corporate power and globalization in US foreign policy / / edited by Ronald W. Cox

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-280-66520-3

9786613642134

0-203-12161-9

1-136-32843-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in US foreign policy

Altri autori (Persone)

CoxRonald W. <1962->

Disciplina

327.73

Soggetti

Corporations - Political activity - United States

Business and politics - United States - History

Electronic books.

United States Foreign relations 1989-

United States Foreign relations Economic aspects

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

Cover; Corporate Power and Globalization in US Foreign Policy; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Preface: Rethinking the State and "free markets" inneoliberalism; Introduction: corporate power and the threat to democracy; 1. Corporate finance and US foreign policy; 2. Transnational capital and the US-China nexus; 3. The foreign policy of organized labor in the context of globalization; 4. The corporate centrism of the Obama administration; 5. The military-industrial complex in a globalized context; 6. Financialization, corporate power, and South African subimperialism

Sommario/riassunto

More than a decade into the new millennium, the fusion of corporate and state power is the essential defining feature of US foreign policy. This edited volume critically examines the relationship between corporations and the US state in the development of foreign policies related to globalization. Drawing together a wide range of contributors, this work explores the role of corporations in using US foreign policies to advance the interests of transnational capital in a wide range of



contexts, including:how US government policies have contributed to the globalization of pr

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910817698303321

Titolo

Building physics of the envelope : principles of construction / / Ulrich Knaack, Eddie Koenders (editors) ; Elena Alexandrakis [and 4 others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel : , : Birkhauser, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

3-0356-0948-9

3-0356-0949-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (136 pages)

Disciplina

698

Soggetti

Siding (Building materials)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Thermal Energy -- 3 Moisture -- 4 Airtightness -- 5 Acoustics -- 6 Light -- 7 Building Physics in Practice -- 8 Building Physics and Materials -- 9 Building Physics and the Building Envelope -- Authors -- Selected bibliography -- Index -- Illustration credits

Sommario/riassunto

Die Fassade ist die Schnittstelle des Gebäudes mit seiner Umwelt. Dort treffen bauphysikalische Parameter wie Wärme, Feuchte, Schall und Licht auf das Haus und wirken auf es ein. Alle diese Einflüsse bedürfen der Regulierung durch die Gebäudehülle, um Behaglichkeit für den Nutzer und Funktionstüchtigkeit der Architektur zu gewährleisten. Diese Einführung erläutert die wichtigsten Phänomene, um dann den Bezug zur Baupraxis herzustellen: Welche Materialien reagieren in welcher Weise auf diese Faktoren? Wie gehen Fassadensystemen mit Wärme, Feuchte, Schall und Licht um? Das praxisorientierte Buch, entstanden aus der Zusammenarbeit eines Architekten und eines Bauingenieurs, beschreibt die wichtigsten Fassadenmaterialien und -konstruktionen im Hinblick auf ihre bauphysikalische Performance.

The facade is the building's interface with its environment. It is here



that building physics parameters such as heat, humidity, sound and light interact with the building. All these influences need to be controlled by the building envelope in order to ensure the comfort of the user and the functional performance of the architecture. This introduction explains the most important phenomena and then relates them to design and building practice - which materials react in which way to these factors? How do facade systems deal with heat, humidity, sound and light? This practice-oriented book, which is the result of cooperation between an architect and a structural engineer, describes the most important facade materials and constructions under the aspect of their building physics performance.