The politics of community building in urban China / / Thomas Heberer and Christian Gobel

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910790056303321
• Autore: Heberer Thomas.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011
• ISBN: 1-136-80843-4; 1-283-10377-X; 9786613103772; 1-136-80844-2; 0-203-82845-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (209 p.)
• Collana: Chinese worlds
• Altri autori (Persone): GobelChristian <1973 June 25->
• Disciplina: 307.1/4160951
• Soggetti: Community development - China; Neighborhood government - China; Urban policy - China
• 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: Cover; The Politics of CommunityBuilding in Urban China; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction: political innovation without democratization; The reorganization of China's urban neighbourhoods; Infrastructural power; Governance and community; Imposed communities: the shequ; Governmentality and regime stability; The argument; Data; 2. Social control, social fragmentation, and the reimposition of state power; Urban institutions of social control; The withdrawal of the state and growing social instability; Social fragmentation and disintegrationReacting to new demands on the state; Conclusion; 3. Enhancing infrastructural power: shequ organization; The organization of urban neighbourhoods; Tasks; Financial resources; Salaries; Associations; Homeowners' committees: semi-autonomous bodies challenging formal structures; Conclusion; 4. Legitimating narratives; The telos of a harmonious shequ; Turning subjects into citizens; Delineating autonomy: the moral state; Self-administration; Conclusion; 5. Shequ governance; Electoral processes in ; the shequ; A reservoir of 'volunteers': local party organizationsInformal participation; Case studies; Conclusion; 6. New schemes of social security: urban neighbourhood communities as institutions of output legitimacy; Shequ: new social welfare providers; The unemployed and their perspectives; The politics of urban income support; Income support funding; The Residents' Committee: social security agency; Conclusion; 7. Attitudes; Participation; Attitude towards elections; Preference towards certain types of election; Attitudes towards Residents' Committees; Attitudes towards homeowners' committees; Conclusion8. Conclusion; One step back, two steps forward?; Why is China so stable?; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book aims to make sense of the recent reform of neighbourhood institutions in urban China. It builds on the observation that the late 1990s saw a comeback of the state in urban China after the increased economization of life in the 1980s had initially forced it to withdraw. Based on several months of fieldwork in locations ranging from poor and dilapidated neighbourhoods in Shenyang City to middle class gated communities in Shenzhen, the authors analyze recent attempts by the central government to enhance stability in China's increasingly volatile cities. In particular, t

Antiviral drug discovery for emerging diseases and bioterrorism threats / / edited by Paul F. Torrence

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911019762003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Interscience, c2005
• ISBN: 9786610276578; 9781280276576; 1280276576; 9780471716716; 0471716715; 9780471716709; 0471716707
• Descrizione fisica: x, 420 p. : ill
• Altri autori (Persone): TorrencePaul F
• Disciplina: 616.9/1061
• Soggetti: Antiviral agents; Drug development; Bioterrorism
• 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: Viral bioterrorism and antiviral countermeasures / M. Bray -- Research on emerging and bioterror threats / C. Tseng -- Antiviral drug targets and strategies for emerging viral diseases and bioterrorism threats / E. de Clercq -- Perspectives for the therapy against arenavirus infections / E.B. Damonte, C.C. Garcia -- S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase inhibitors as a source of anti-filovirus agents / S.W. Schneller, M. Yang -- Antiviral strategies for Ebola virus / R.N. Harty and J. M. Licata -- IMPDH inhibitors : discovery of antiviral agents against emerging diseases / V. Nair -- Lethal mutagenesis : exploiting error-prone replication of riboviruses for -- Antiviral therapy / J.D. Graci, C.E. Cameron -- Structural biology of flavivral replications and opportunities for drug design / K. Murthy -- Confronting new and old antiviral threats : broad spectrum potential of prenylation inhibitors / M. Elazar, J.S. Glenn --; The discovery and development of new antivirals for smallpox / E.R. ; Kern -- Prevention of viral infection by immunocamouflage of target tissues / L. McCoy, M.D. Scott -- Viral evasion of the interferon system : novel targets for drug discovery / L. Powell, P.F. Torrence -- The emergence of pandemic influenza : bioterrorist vs. mother nature / J. S. Oxford, A. Catchpole, R. Lambkin -- Novel approach to smallpox (variola) inhibitors / A. Rich, B. Jacobs -- Structure-based design of anti-SARS drug / R. Hilgenfeld.
• Sommario/riassunto: Antiviral Drug Discovery gives readers a cutting-edge view of how chemical concepts are being mobilized to develop novel approaches that will effectively confront emerging diseases and biowarfare. Among the many topics discussed are smallpox, the Ebola virus, influenza, SARS, arenaviruses and flaviviruses. Each chapter discusses hypothetical strategies for the discovery of relevant antiviral agents, recent findings related to biochemistry or drug discovery, and advances in the further development of established leads in the area. Timely and informative, this book clearly delineates the efforts being made to develop new and effective broad-spectrum antiviral agents.