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UNINA9910787143303321 |
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Delamaza Gonzalo |
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Enhancing democracy : public policies and citizen participation in Chile / / Gonzalo Delamaza |
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New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn Books, , 2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (308 p.) |
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CEDLA Latin America Studies ; ; Volume 104 |
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Political participation - Chile |
Democracy - Chile |
Civil society - Chile |
Chile Social policy |
Chile Politics and government 1988- |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents; Tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: The Question of Democracy in a Democratic Society; Chapter 1 - Construction of Democracy, Public Policy and Civil Society's Participation; Chapter 2 - Chile: Top-down Modernization and Low-intensity Re-democratization; Chapter 3 - Social Policy Agendas in the Transition to Democracy; Chapter 4 - Civil Society, Public Policy Networks and Participatory Initiatives; Chapter 5 - From Civil Society to the State: A New Elite Is Born?; Conclusion - Participation and Public Policy in the Chilean Democratic Process; References; Index |
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Since the end of the Pinochet regime, Chilean public policy has sought to rebuild democratic governance in the country. This book examines the links between the state and civil society in Chile and the ways social policies have sought to ensure the inclusion of the poor in society and democracy. Although Chile has gained political stability and grown economically, the ability of social policies to expand democratic governance and participation has proved limited, and in fact such policies have become subordinate to an elitist model of democracy and resulted in a restrictive form of citizen pa |
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UNINA9910790365003321 |
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Autore |
Sinkov Abraham <1907-> |
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Elementary cryptanalysis : a mathematical approach / / Abraham Sinkov [[electronic resource]] |
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Washington : , : Mathematical Association of America, , 2009 |
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[Second edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiv, 212 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Anneli Lax New Mathematical Library, , 2643-5586 ; ; v. 22 |
Anneli Lax new mathematical library ; ; v. 22 |
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Cryptography - Mathematics |
Ciphers - Mathematics |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-206) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. Monoalphabetic ciphers using additive alphabets -- 2. General monoalphabetic substitution -- 3. Polyalphabetic substitution -- 4. Polygraphic systems -- 5. Transposition -- 6. RSA encryption -- 7. Perfect security: one-time pads. |
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Originally published in the New Mathematical Library almost half a century ago, this charming book explains how to solve cryptograms based on elementary mathematical principles, starting with the Caesar cipher and building up to progressively more sophisticated substitution methods. Todd Feil has updated the book for the technological age by adding two new chapters covering RSA public-key cryptography, one-time pads, and pseudo-random-number generators. Exercises are given throughout the text that will help the reader understand the concepts and practice the techniques presented. Software to ease the drudgery of making the necessary calculations is made available. The book assumes minimal mathematical prerequisites and therefore explains from scratch such concepts as summation notation, matrix multiplication, and modular arithmetic. Even the mathematically sophisticated reader, however, will find some of the exercises challenging. (Answers to the exercises appear in an appendix.) |
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