1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910790268603321

Autore

Neumann Iver B

Titolo

At home with the diplomats [[electronic resource] ] : inside a European foreign ministry / / Iver B. Neumann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2012

ISBN

0-8014-7765-4

0-8014-6300-9

0-8014-6299-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (229 p.)

Collana

Expertise : Cultures and technologies of knowledge

Disciplina

327.4

Soggetti

Diplomatic and consular service, European

Diplomatic and consular service, Norwegian

Diplomats - Europe

Diplomats - Norway

Europe Foreign relations

Norway Foreign relations

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

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Who Are They and Where Do They Come From? -- 1. Abroad: The Emergence of Permanent Diplomacy -- 2. At Home: The Emergence of the Foreign Ministry -- 3. The Bureaucratic Mode of Knowledge Production -- 4. To Be a Diplomat -- 5. Diplomats Gendered and Classed -- Conclusion: Diplomatic Knowledge -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The 2010 WikiLeaks release of 250,000 U.S. diplomatic cables has made it eminently clear that there is a vast gulf between the public face of diplomacy and the opinions and actions that take place behind embassy doors. In At Home with the Diplomats, Iver B. Neumann offers unprecedented access to the inner workings of a foreign ministry. Neumann worked for several years at the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he had an up-close view of how diplomats conduct their business and how they perceive their own practices. In this book he shows us how diplomacy is conducted on a day-to-day basis.Approaching contemporary diplomacy from an anthropological



perspective, Neumann examines the various aspects of diplomatic work and practice, including immunity, permanent representation, diplomatic sociability, accreditation, and issues of gender equality. Neumann shows that the diplomat working abroad and the diplomat at home are engaged in two different modes of knowledge production. Diplomats in the field focus primarily on gathering and processing information. In contrast, the diplomat based in his or her home capital is caught up in the seemingly endless production of texts: reports, speeches, position papers, and the like. Neumann leaves the reader with a keen sense of the practices of diplomacy: relations with foreign ministries, mediating between other people's positions while integrating personal and professional into a cohesive whole, adherence to compulsory routines and agendas, and, above all, the generation of knowledge. Yet even as they come to master such "idian tasks, diplomats are regularly called upon to do exceptional things, such as negotiating peace.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910983490003321

Autore

Liu Zhigang

Titolo

Analysis and Suppression of Low-Frequency Oscillation Between EMUs and Traction Networks in High-speed Railways / / by Zhigang Liu, Siqi Wu, Xiangyu Meng

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2025

ISBN

981-9757-38-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2025.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (322 pages)

Collana

Advances in High-speed Rail Technology, , 2363-5029

Altri autori (Persone)

WuSiqi

MengXiangyu

Disciplina

625

Soggetti

Railroad engineering

Power electronics

Solid state physics

Rail Vehicles

Power Electronics

Electronic Devices

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Nota di contenuto

Overview of Low-Frequency Oscillation in Railways Vehicle-Grid Systems -- Vehicle-Grid System Model in Time Domain and Oscillation Mechanism Analysis -- Vehicle-grid System Model in Frequency Domain and Oscillation Mechanism Analysis -- Impedance Model Under Unified Framework and Their Relations -- Suppression of Low-frequency Oscillation Based on Model Predictive Control -- Suppression of Low-frequency Oscillation Based on Passivity-based Control -- Suppression of Low-frequency Oscillation Based on Fuzzy Control -- Comparative Analysis for the Traction Converters in Vehicle-Grid System of High-speed Railway -- Dynamic Power Compensation and its Suppression Mechanism.

Sommario/riassunto

This book focuses on the low-frequency oscillation between EMUs and traction networks in high-speed Railways. As the power source of high-speed trains, the traction network's power performance directly affects the safe and stable operation of the train. However, the low-frequency oscillation between EMUs and traction networks will fluctuate voltage or current, resulting in poor power quality, electrical device failure, and even interruption of traction power. Therefore, it is important to reveal the mechanism of low-frequency oscillation and propose suppression strategies. This book systematically shows the newest research results of analysis and suppression of low-frequency oscillation between EMUs and traction networks in high-speed railways, especially in the modeling methods of vehicle-grid systems and suppression strategies for low-frequency oscillation. These methods or strategies can provide important references and help for researchers, scholars, and engineers on traction power technology in high-speed railways. The main contents include the overview of low-frequency oscillation between EMUs and traction networks, the introduction of main modeling methods for vehicle-grid systems, especially single-phase rectifiers, the line-side converter control algorithms in vehicles for the suppression of low-frequency oscillation, the traction substation power compensation strategies for the suppression of low-frequency oscillation, etc.