1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781276203321

Autore

Juhász Tamás <1966->

Titolo

Conradian contracts [[electronic resource] ] : exchange and identity in the immigrant imagination / / Tamás Juhász

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, 2011

ISBN

1-283-07180-0

9786613071804

0-7391-4555-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (389 p.)

Disciplina

823/.912

Soggetti

Immigrants in literature

Social contract in literature

Commerce in literature

Displacement (Psychology) in literature

Identity (Psychology) in literature

Psychoanalysis and literature

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

Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 Commerce and Return in Almayer's Folly; 2 Trans-Ports of Love; 3 Never Keeping to Oneself; 4 Paternal Discourse and Contractual Revision in Under Western Eyes; 5 "The Duel"; 6 A "Supreme Illusion"; 7 Trade, Meaning and the Prospects of Self-Transformation in Lord Jim; 8 The End of Potlatch; 9 Sympathy, Generosity and the Business of Womanhood in Chance; 10 Conclusions and Words after Conrad's; Works Cited; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Combining psychoanalysis, structural and economic anthropology, this book treats Joseph Conrad's interests in exchange, contracts, and the condition of displacement. This is the first extended academic discussion of the social contract idea in the novelist's fiction. Furthermore, the simultaneous concentration on various fields of circulation (for example finances, dialogues, representations of women, or colonial mechanisms) invites the use of theories (Lacan, LZvi-Strauss, Simmel, Polanyi and Bataille) whose potentials for Conrad scholarship have not been exhausted (especially not in combinat



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778292003321

Titolo

Quality systems and standards for a competitive edge / / J. Luis Guasch ... [and others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2007

ISBN

1-280-94042-5

9786610940424

0-8213-6895-8

Descrizione fisica

xxvii, 289 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm

Collana

Directions in development. Trade

Altri autori (Persone)

GuaschJ. Luis

Disciplina

658.5/62

Soggetti

Quality control

Quality control - Standards

Competition, International

Poverty

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

Contents; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction; Figures; Tables; Boxes; Chapter 2 Economic Impact and Effect of Quality and Standards; Chapter 3 The Jurisdiction Issue: Roles of the Private and Public Sectors; Chapter 4 Evaluating Compliance with Standards: The Conformity Assessment Framework; Chapter 5 Opening Doors: Standards, Conformity Assessment, and International Integration; Chapter 6 The ISO 9000 Quality Management Standards; Chapter 7 Standardization in Latin America; Chapter 8 Certification in Latin America

Chapter 9 Accreditation in Latin AmericaChapter 10 Metrology in Latin America; Chapter 11 Existing Policies and Support Programs; Chapter 12 Policy Recommendations and Conclusion; Appendix A An Evaluation of Mexico's National Quality System; Appendix B An Evaluation of Turkey's National Quality System; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Quality systems and standards have a significant impact on market access, export growth, productivity, industrial upgrading, diffusion of innovation, and other central ingredients for reducing poverty and enhancing country competitiveness. This book provides a



comprehensive evaluation and blueprint for implementing quality systems for private sector development and trade and competition initiatives. By thoroughly analyzing the diversity of institutions, linkages, and arrangements involved in quality systems and by identifying success factors in country quality strategies, this book provides a