1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910788038903321

Autore

Buxton Charles <1951->

Titolo

Russia and development : development policies in the former Soviet Union / / Charles Buxton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2014

[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021

ISBN

1-350-22244-5

1-78032-110-4

1-78032-650-5

1-78032-108-2

1-78032-517-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 pages)

Disciplina

338.9470904

Soggetti

Economic development - Russia - History - 19th century

Economic development - Russia - History - 20th century

Economic development - Soviet Union

Economic development - Russia (Federation)

Development studies

History

Politics & government

Russia Economic conditions 1861-1917

Soviet Union Economic conditions

Russia (Federation) Economic conditions 1991-

Russia Economic policy 1861-1917

Soviet Union Economic policy

Russia (Federation) Economic policy 1991-

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 (pages 232-240) and index.

Nota di contenuto

About the Author; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part 1 The Heritage; 1 Capitalism, Civil Society and Development in Russia (To 1917 and From 1989); 2 State and Development in the Soviet Period; 3 Moving East and South: Empire



and After; Part 2 Development and Struggle; 4 Political Mobilization from War Communism to Coloured Revolution; 5 Local Government Decentralization: Civil Society Development in the Urals and Siberia; 6 Development Challenges in an Insecure Neighbourhood: Tajikistan.

7 Beyond Alienation: Social Movements and Protest in Russia in the 2000sPart 3 The International Context; 8 Ngos Challenging Political and Economic Power; 9 Russia as a Bric; Postscript; Notes; References; Index.

Sommario/riassunto

A fascinating insight into the changies in Russia's approach to development in its periphery.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791578303321

Autore

Lisi Clemente A

Titolo

The U.S. Women's Soccer Team [[electronic resource] ] : an American success story / / Clemente A. Lisi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Scarecrow Press, 2010

ISBN

1-282-56187-1

9786612561870

0-8108-7416-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (167 p.)

Disciplina

796.3340922

B

Soggetti

Women soccer players - United States

Soccer for women

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; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 01. Top of the World; Chapter 02. Norwegian Heartbreak; Chapter 03. The Golden Girls; Chapter 04. Party Like It's 1999; Chapter 05. Feeling Down Under; Chapter 06. Revenge; Chapter 07. New World Order; Chapter 08. Going Solo; Chapter 09. Top of the World Again; Appendix A. U.S. Women's National Team Year-by-Year All-Time Results, 1985-2009; Appendix B. U.S. Women's National Team All-Time Team



Leaders, 1985-2009; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Updated through the 2012 Olympics. In the second edition of The U.S. Women's Soccer Team, Clemente A. Lisi looks at how women's soccer has gained popularity over the last couple of decades, detailing the program's infancy and how it steadily became a model for women's teams around the globe. Beginning with the start of the U.S. program in 1985, Lisi recounts the development of the women's team, highlighted by their two first place finishes in the Women's Worl