1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996213605403316

Titolo

2012 IEEE Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : IEEE, 2012

ISBN

1-4673-0482-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (107 pages)

Disciplina

629.892

Soggetti

Robotics - Research

Robots - Dynamics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910140574003321

Titolo

Unequal chances : family background and economic success / / edited by Samuel Bowles, Herbert Gintis, and Melissa Osborne Groves

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, : Princeton University Press, 2005

ISBN

9786612608292

9781282608290

1282608290

9781400835492

1400835496

Edizione

[Course Book]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (315 p.)

Classificazione

71.12

Altri autori (Persone)

BowlesSamuel

GintisHerbert

Osborne GrovesMelissa

Disciplina

339.2/2

Soggetti

Income distribution - Social aspects

Families - Economic aspects

Inheritance and succession - Social aspects

Equality - Psychological aspects

Social status - Psychological aspects

Social mobility - Psychological aspects



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Research from a workshop, "Persistent Inequality in a Competitive World," and from other projects funded by a grant from the Russell Sage Foundation to the Santa Fe Institute.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction / Bowles, Samuel / Gintis, Herbert / Osborne Groves, Melissa -- Chapter One. The Apple Does not Fall Far from the Tree / Duncan, Greg / Kalil, Ariel / Mayer, Susan E. / Tepper, Robin / Payne, Monique R. -- Chapter Two. The Apple Falls even Closer to the Tree than We Thought / Mazumder, Bhashkar -- Chapter Three. The Changing Effect of Family Background on the Incomes of American Adults / Harding, David J. / Jencks, Christopher / Lopoo, Leonard M. / Mayer, Susan E. -- Chapter Four. Influences of Nature and Nurture on Earnings Variation / Björklund, Anders / Jäntti, Markus / Solon, Gary -- Chapter Five. Rags, Riches, and Race / Hertz, Tom -- Chapter Six. Resemblance in Personality and Attitudes Between Parents and their Children / Loehlin, John C. -- Chapter Seven. Personality and the Intergenerational Transmission of Economic Status / Osborne Groves, Melissa -- Chapter Eight. Son Preference, Marriage, and Intergenerational Transfer in Rural China / Feldman, Marcus W. / Li, Shuzhuo / Li, Nan / Tuljapurkar, Shripad / Jin, Xiaoyi -- Chapter Nine. Justice, Luck, and The Family / Swift, Adam -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Is the United States "the land of equal opportunity" or is the playing field tilted in favor of those whose parents are wealthy, well educated, and white? If family background is important in getting ahead, why? And if the processes that transmit economic status from parent to child are unfair, could public policy address the problem? Unequal Chances provides new answers to these questions by leading economists, sociologists, biologists, behavioral geneticists, and philosophers. New estimates show that intergenerational inequality in the United States is far greater than was previously thought. Moreover, while the inheritance of wealth and the better schooling typically enjoyed by the children of the well-to-do contribute to this process, these two standard explanations fail to explain the extent of intergenerational status transmission. The genetic inheritance of IQ is even less important. Instead, parent-offspring similarities in personality and behavior may play an important role. Race contributes to the process, and the intergenerational mobility patterns of African Americans and European Americans differ substantially. Following the editors' introduction are chapters by Greg Duncan, Ariel Kalil, Susan E. Mayer, Robin Tepper, and Monique R. Payne; Bhashkar Mazumder; David J. Harding, Christopher Jencks, Leonard M. Lopoo, and Susan E. Mayer; Anders Björklund, Markus Jäntti, and Gary Solon; Tom Hertz; John C. Loehlin; Melissa Osborne Groves; Marcus W. Feldman, Shuzhuo Li, Nan Li, Shripad Tuljapurkar, and Xiaoyi Jin; and Adam Swift.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910585969303321

Autore

Bozóki András

Titolo

Rolling Transitions and the Role of Intellectual : The Case of Hungary

Pubbl/distr/stampa

2022

Budapest : , : Central European University Press, , 2022

©2022

ISBN

1-003-72173-7

963-386-479-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (620 pages)

Classificazione

POL010000HIS031000

Disciplina

943.905

Soggetti

Democratization - Hungary

Intellectuals - Hungary - History - 20th century

POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory

Hungary Intellectual life 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. -- Chapter I The Role of Intellectuals: Theories and Interpretive Frameworks -- Chapter II The Political Context: Censorship and Co-optation -- Chapter III Dissident Intellectuals: The Culture of Critical Discourse -- Chapter IV From Moral Principles to Political Action -- Chapter V Regime Change and Elite Change -- Chapter VI Negotiated Revolution: The Strategy of the Opposition -- Chapter VII Intellectuals as Legislators -- Chapter VIII Interpreting Democracy: The New Movement Intellectuals -- Chapter IX Rolling Transition: Rotating Agency -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Interviews with some participants of the transition -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

"Utilizing a new and original framework for examining the role of intellectuals in countries transitioning to democracy, Bozóki analyses the rise and fall of dissident intellectuals in Hungary in the late 20th century. He shows how that framework is applicable to other countries too as he forensically examines their activities. Bozóki argues that the Hungarian intellectuals did not become a 'New Class'. By rolling transition, he means an incremental, non-violent, elite driven political



transformation which is based on the rotation of agency, and it results in a new regime. This is led mainly by different groups of intellectuals who do not construct a vanguard movement but create an open network which might transform itself into different political parties. Their roles changed from dissidents to reformers, to movement organizers and negotiators through the periods of dissidence, open network building, roundtable negotiations, parliamentary activities, and new movement politics. Through the prism of political sociology, the author focuses on the following questions: Who were the dissident intellectuals and what did they want? Under what conditions do intellectuals rebel and what are the patterns of their protest? This book will be of interest to students, researchers, and public intellectuals around the world aiming to promote human rights and democracy"--