Flores historiarum [[electronic resource] /] / per Matthæum Westmonasteriensem collecti ; præcipuè de rebus Britannicis ab exordio mundi vsque ad annum Domini 1307

• Record Nr.: UNISA996397089103316
• Autore: Paris Matthew <1200-1259.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Londini, : Ex officina Thomæ Marshij, 1570
• Descrizione fisica: [10], 440, 466 [i.e. 468], [22] p
• Altri autori (Persone): ParkerMatthew <1504-1575.>
• Soggetti: History, Ancient; Great Britain History To 1485
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Latino
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: The text covering the period to 1259 is based on the author's Chronica majora, and the text covering the period 1259 to 1307 was partly compiled and composed by various writers at St. Albans and Westminster.--Cf. NUC pre-1956 imprints.; Edited by Matthew Parker.--Cf. STC (2nd ed.) and NUC pre-1956 imprints.; Signatures: [pi]⁵ A-2N⁶ 2O⁴ 3A-3S⁶ 3T⁶(3T1 + [x]¹) 3V-4Q⁶ *⁶ **⁴.; Numerous errors in paging.; Title within architectural border.; Includes index.; Includes marginal notes.; Imperfect: print show-through.; Reproduction of original in the British Library and Cambridge University Library.
• Sommario/riassunto: eebo-0018

City of disorder [[electronic resource] ] : how the quality of life campaign transformed New York politics / / Alex S. Vitale

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910781913503321
• Autore: Vitale Alex S
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, N.Y., : New York University Press, c2008
• ISBN: 0-8147-8841-6; 0-8147-8820-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (244 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.2/809747109045
• Soggetti: Quality of life - New York (State) - New York; Quality of life - Sociological aspects - New York (State) - New York; Quality of life - Political aspects - New York (State) - New York; New York (N.Y.) Politics and government
• 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: Introduction -- Conceptualizing the paradigm shift -- Defining the "quality of life" paradigm -- Defining urban liberalism -- The rise of disorder -- Globalization and the urban crisis -- The transformation of policing -- The community backlash -- Conclusion.
• Sommario/riassunto: 2009 Association of American University Presses Award for Jacket Design. In the 1990's, improving the quality of life became a primary focus and a popular catchphrase of the governments of New York and many other American cities. Faced with high levels of homelessness and other disorders associated with a growing disenfranchised population, then mayor Rudolph Giuliani led New York's zero tolerance campaign against what was perceived to be an increase in disorder that directly threatened social and economic stability. In a traditionally liberal city, the focus had shifted dramatically

Changing politics in Japan [[electronic resource] /] / Ikuo Kabashima and Gill Steel

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910789833803321
• Autore: Kabashima Ikuo <1947->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2010
• ISBN: 0-8014-7600-3; 0-8014-5887-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (202 p.)
• Collana: Cornell paperbacks
• Altri autori (Persone): SteelGill <1965->
• Disciplina: 320.952
• Soggetti: Political parties - Japan; Political culture - Japan; Japan Politics and government 1989-
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Note on Exchange Rates -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Citizens and Elites in the Construction of the LDP System -- 3. Party and Voter Dealignment: The LDP System Disintegrates -- 4. Changing Media, Changing Politics -- 5. Citizens and the Prime Minister -- 6. Representation and Policymaking under LDP Administrations in the Post-1955 System -- 7. Voters and the Democratic Party of Japan -- 8. Afterword: Where to Now? -- Appendix A. The National Diet -- Appendix B. ASSK Survey Questions and Coding -- Appendix C. The Japan Election Study II -- References -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Changing Politics in Japan is a fresh and insightful account of the profound changes that have shaken up the Japanese political system and transformed it almost beyond recognition in the last couple of decades. Ikuo Kabashima-a former professor who is now Governor of Kumamoto Prefecture-and Gill Steel outline the basic features of politics in postwar Japan in an accessible and engaging manner. They focus on the dynamic relationship between voters and elected or nonelected officials and describe the shifts that have occurred in how voters respond to or control political elites and how officials both respond to, and attempt to influence, voters. The authors return time ; and again to the theme of changes in representation and accountability. Kabashima and Steel set out to demolish the still prevalent myth that Japanese politics are a stagnant set of entrenched systems and interests that are fundamentally undemocratic. In its place, they reveal a lively and dynamic democracy, in which politicians and parties are increasingly listening to and responding to citizens' needs and interests and the media and other actors play a substantial role in keeping democratic accountability alive and healthy. Kabashima and Steel describe how all the political parties in Japan have adapted the ways in which they attempt to organize and channel votes and argue that contrary to many journalistic stereotypes the government is increasingly acting in the "the interests of citizens"-the median voter's preferences.