1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910544263303321

Titolo

African conflicts and informal power [[electronic resource] ] : big men and networks / / edited by Mats Utas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2012

[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021

ISBN

1-350-21813-8

1-280-06281-9

9786613519979

1-84813-884-9

Descrizione fisica

vii, 255 p

Collana

Africa now

Classificazione

LB 42465

LB 51465

Disciplina

327.16096

Soggetti

Politics and war - Africa

Conflict management - Africa

International relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Country case studies -- pt. 2. Thematic case studies.

Sommario/riassunto

"In the aftermath of an armed conflict in Africa, the international community both produces and demands from local partners a variety of blueprints for reconstructing state and society. The aim is to re-formalize the state after what is viewed as a period of fragmentation. In reality, African economies and polities are very much informal in character, with informal actors, including so-called Big Men, often using their positions in the formal structure as a means to reach their own goals. Through a variety of in-depth case studies, including the DRC, Sierra Leone and Liberia, African Conflicts and Informal Power shows how important informal political and economic networks are in many of the continent's conflict areas. Moreover, it demonstrates that without a proper understanding of the impact of these networks, attempts to formalize African states, particularly those emerging from wars, will be in vain"--Provided by publisher.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910510602903321

Titolo

Practical Aspects of Declarative Languages : 14th International Symposium, PADL 2012, Philadelphia, PA, January 23-24, 2012. Proceedings / / edited by Claudio Russo, Neng-Fa Zhou

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2012

ISBN

3-642-27694-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2012.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (X, 304 p. 78 illus., 3 illus. in color.)

Collana

Programming and Software Engineering, , 2945-9168 ; ; 7149

Altri autori (Persone)

RussoClaudio

ZhouNeng-Fa

Disciplina

005.131

Soggetti

Compilers (Computer programs)

Computer programming

Computer science

Software engineering

Machine theory

Artificial intelligence

Compilers and Interpreters

Programming Techniques

Computer Science Logic and Foundations of Programming

Software Engineering

Formal Languages and Automata Theory

Artificial Intelligence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Practical Aspects of Declarative Languages, PADL 2012, held in Philadelphia, PA, USA, in January 2012, co-located with POPL 2012, the 39th Symposium on Principles of Programming Languages. The 38 revised technical papers presented together with 3 application papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 52 submissions. The volume features original work emphasizing new ideas



and approaches pertaining to applications and implementation techniques of declarative languages and addresses topics such as innovative applications of declarative languages, declarative domain-specific languages and applications, practical applications of theoretical results, new language developments and their impact on applications, evaluation of implementation techniques on practical applications, novel implementation techniques relevant to applications, novel uses of declarative languages in the classroom, and practical experiences.