1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784842103321

Autore

Eldredge Niles

Titolo

Unfinished synthesis : biological hierarchies and modern evolutionary thought / / Niles Eldredge

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1985

©1985

ISBN

0-19-755997-2

1-280-76216-0

9786610762163

0-19-536513-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

575

Soggetti

Evolution (Biology)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1985.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Chapter 1 Approaching Complexity: Thinking About Evolution; Chapter 2 Genes and the Evolutionary Synthesis; Chapter 3 Systematics, Paleontology, and the Modern Synthesis; Chapter 4 The Structure and Content of the Modern Synthesis; Chapter 5 Toward Hierarchy: Trends and Tensions in Evolutionary Theory; Chapter 6 The Evolutionary Hierarchies; Chapter 7 Hierarchic Interactions: The Evolutionary Process; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Written by an eminent evolutionary biologist (the co-founder of the theory of punctuated equilibria), this provocative study provides a stimulating critique of contemporary evolutionary thought, analysing the modern synthesis first developed by Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ernst Mayr and George Gaylord Simpson.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910817368603321

Autore

Panagariya Arvind

Titolo

India [[electronic resource] ] : the emerging giant / / Arvind Panagariya

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, N.Y., : Oxford University Press, 2008

ISBN

0-19-771029-8

0-19-989014-5

1-281-34205-X

9786611342050

0-19-804299-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (545 p.)

Disciplina

330.954/05

Soggetti

India Economic policy

India Economic conditions

India Commerce

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 (p. 484-500) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Prime Ministers of India; Introduction; Part I. Growth and Economic Reforms; Part II. Poverty, Inequality, and Economic Reforms; Part III. Macroeconomics; Part IV. Transforming India; Part V. The Government; Appendix 1: Industrial Policy 1990; Appendix 2: Deriving the Savings-Investment Identity; Notes; References; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Preface. PART I: Growth and Economic Reforms. 1. Distinguishing Four Phases. 2. Phase I (195165): Takeoff Under a Liberal Regime. 3. Phase II (196581): Socialism Strikes with Vengeance. 4. Phase III (198188): Liberalization by Stealth. 5. Phase IV (19882006): Triumph of Liberalization. 6. A Tale of Two Countries: India and the Republic of Korea. PART II: Poverty, Inequality, and Economic Reforms. 7. Declining Poverty: The Human Face of Reforms. 8. Inequality: A Lesser Problem. PART III: Macroeconomics. 9. Deficits and Debt: Is a Crisis around the Corner?. 10. The External Sector: On the Road t