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UNINA9910727000703321 |
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Autore |
Smith Nigel J. H |
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Titolo |
Amazonia [[electronic resource] ] : resiliency and dynamism of the land and its people |
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Tokyo, : United Nations University Press, 1998 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (294 p.) |
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Collana |
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UNU studies on critical environmental regions Amazonia |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Democracy -- History -- 20th century |
Equality |
Environmental protection - Amazon River Valley |
Natural resources - Amazon River Valley |
Land use - Amazon River Valley |
Agriculture - Amazon River Valley |
Earth & Environmental Sciences |
Ecology |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""The changing nature of democracy""; ""Contents""; ""1 Introduction: The changing nature of democracy""; ""2 Some basic assumptions about the consolidation of democracy""; ""3 Fifty years after the ��Great Transformation��: Reflections on social order and political agency""; ""4 Toward consolidated democracies""; ""5 Democracy and constitutionalism""; ""6 Mass media and participatory democracy""; ""7 Party representation in the United Kingdom, Australia, and Japan""; ""8 The democratization process and the market"" |
""9 Political representation and economic competitiveness: Is a new democratic synthesis conceivable?""""10 A structure for peace: A democratic, interdependent, and institutionalized order""; ""11 Asian-style democracy?""; ""12 Post-communist Europe: Comparative reflections""; ""13 Religion and democracy: The case of Islam, civil society, and democracy""; ""14 The Philadelphia model""; ""15 Democracy at the United Nations""; ""16 A meditation on democracy""; ""Contributors""; ""Index"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"Balanced, worthwhile book includes chapters on threats to the environment, change and societal response, conservation and management, plantation crops, agroforestry, ranching, floodplain dynamics, and trends and opportunities"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. |
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