1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455822003321

Titolo

Breaking the conflict trap [[electronic resource] ] : civil war and development policy / / Paul Collier ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : World Bank

[New York], : Oxford University Press, c2003

ISBN

1-280-08428-6

9786610084289

0-8213-8641-7

0-585-46561-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (348 p.)

Collana

A World Bank policy research report

Altri autori (Persone)

CollierPaul

Disciplina

303.6/4/091724

Soggetti

Civil war - Economic aspects - Developing countries

Civil war - Social aspects - Developing countries

Poverty - Developing countries

Income distribution - Developing countries

Mortality - Developing countries

Public health - Developing countries

Economic development

Electronic books.

Developing countries Politics and government 21st century

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. 200-221).

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; The Report Team; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Overview; Let Them Fight it Out among Themselves?; What Can We Do about Ancestral Hatreds?; The Conflict Trap; The Rising Global Incidence of Conflict; Nothing Can be Done; Part I - Cry Havoc Why Civil War Matters; Chapter One - Civil War as Development in Reverse; Chapter Two - Let Them Fight it Out among Themselves?; Part II - What Fuels Civil War?; Chapter Three - What Makes a Country Prone to Civil War?; Chapter Four - Why is Civil War so Common?; Part III - Policies for Peace

Chapter Five - What Works Where?Chapter Six - An Agenda for



International Action; Appendix 1 - Methods and Data; Data Set and Model; Data Sources; Appendix 2 - A Selected Bibliography of Studies of Civil War and Rebellion; Economic Factors; Role of Ethnicity and Nationalism; Anatomy of Rebellion; Role of the State; Negotiation and Implementation of Peace; Bibliography; References; Back cover

Sommario/riassunto

Civil war conflict is a core development issue. The existence of civil war can dramatically slow a country's development process, especially in low-income countries which are more vulnerable to civil war conflict. Conversely, development can impede civil war. When development succeeds, countries become safer-when development fails, they experience a greater risk of being caught in a conflict trap. Ultimately, civil war is a failure of development.'Breaking the Conflict Trap' identifies the dire consequences that civil war has on the development process and offers three main findings. First, ci

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786227703321

Autore

Hoffman Mary F (Mary Frances)

Titolo

Organizational rhetoric [[electronic resource] ] : situations and strategies / / Mary F. Hoffman, Debra J. Ford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c2010

ISBN

1-4833-4278-6

1-4833-0214-8

1-4522-7492-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xx, 267 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FordDebra J

Disciplina

808.06665

Soggetti

Communication in organizations

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. 245-257) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Brief Contents; Detailed Contents; Preface; 1 - Organizations and Rhetoric in Contemporary Culture; 2 - Identifying Rhetorical Strategies in Organizational Rhetoric; 3 - Rhetorical Situations in Organizations; 4 - Critical Approaches to Organizational Rhetoric; 5 - Evaluating and Critiquing Organizational Rhetoric; 6 - Identity Creation and Maintenance Rhetoric; 7 - Rhetoric About Issues; 8 - Rhetoric



About Organizational Risk; 9 - Crisis Rhetoric; 10 - Organizational Rhetoric for Internal Audiences; Epilogue; Appendix; References; Index; About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

'Organizational Rhetoric' introduces students to a rhetorical approach to understanding, analyzing and creating organizational messages for both internal employees and external customers.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816280703321

Titolo

Literary journalism across the globe : journalistic traditions and transnational influences / / edited by John S. Bak and Bill Reynolds

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : University of Massachusetts Press, , 2011

©2011

ISBN

1-61376-032-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (322 p.)

Disciplina

070.9

Soggetti

Reportage literature - History and criticism

Journalism and literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / John S. Bak -- Toward a Theory of International Literary Journalism -- Literary reportage: the "other" literary journalism / John C. Hartsock -- Reportage in the U.K.: A Hidden Genre? / Jenny McKay -- The Edge of Canadian Literary Journalism: The West Coast's Restless Search for Meaning versus Central Canada's Chronicles of the Rich and Powerful / Bill Reynolds -- The Counter-Coriolis Effect: Contemporary Literary Journalism in a Shrinking World / David Abrahamson -- The Evolutionary Future of American and International Literary Journalism / Norman Sims -- Journalistic Traditions. Dutch Literary Journalism: From Pamphlet to Newspaper (ca. 1600/1900) / Clazina Dingemanse and Rutger de Graaf -- Literary Journalism's Magnetic Pull: Britain's "New" Journalism and the Portuguese at the Fin-de-Siecle / Isabel Soares -- Literary Journalism in Spain: Past, Present (and Future?) / Sonia Parratt



-- Social Movements and Chinese Literary Reportage / Peiqin Chen -- Hundred and Twelve Years of Nonfiction Solitude: a Survey of Brazilian Literary Journalism / Edvaldo Pereira Lima -- Literary Journalism in Twentieth-Century Finland / Maria Lassila-Merisalo -- Transnational Influences. Riding the Rails with Robin Hyde: Literary Journalism in 1930's New Zealand / Nikki Hessell -- James Agee's "Continual Awareness," Untold Stories: "Saratoga Springs" and "Havana Cruise" / William Dow -- Željko Kozinc, the Subversive Reporter: Literary Journalism in Slovenia / Sonja Merljak Zdovc -- Creditable or Reprehensible? The Literary Journalism of Helen Garner / Willa McDonald -- Ryszard Kapuściński and the Borders of Documentarism: Toward Exposure without Assumption / Soenke Zehle.