1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910220075203321

Autore

Robinson Linda

Titolo

U.S. Special Operations Forces in the Philippines, 2001-2014 / / Linda Robinson, Patrick B. Johnston, Gillian S. Oak

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Monica, California : , : RAND Corporation, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-8330-9292-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 pages) : color illustrations, graphs, maps, charts

Disciplina

356.1670973

Soggetti

Terrorism - Philippines - Prevention

Operation Enduring Freedom, 2001-

Counterinsurgency - Philippines

Transnational crime - Prevention - International cooperation

Philippines Strategic aspects 21st century

United States Military relations Philippines

Philippines Military relations United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Prepared for the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- U.S.-Philippine relations in Historical Perspective -- 2001-2004 : The Initiation of Operation Enduring Freedom - Philippines -- 2005-2007 : The Move to Jolo and Operation Ultimatum -- 2008-2010 : Expansion of Effort -- 2010-2012 : Transitioning Up -- 2012-2014 : Zamboanga Siege and Transitioning Out -- Conclusion.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910131404903321

Autore

Constant Jean-Marie

Titolo

La noblesse en liberté : XVIe-XVIIe siècles / / Jean-Marie Constant

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Rennes, : Presses universitaires de Rennes, 2015

ISBN

2-7535-2603-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (302 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AntoineAnnie

BourquinLaurent

MichonCédric

PitouFrédérique

RouxNicolas Le

Soggetti

History

noblesse

France

XVIe siècle

XVIIe siècle

groupe social

culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

La noblesse telle qu'elle apparaît dans cet ouvrage ressemble peu à celle des manuels d'histoire qui évoquent la société française de 1789. À l'époque de la Renaissance et du Baroque, la noblesse est une élite sociale, nombreuse, ouverte, dynamique et qui s'anoblit généralement toute seule. Plus proche des trois mousquetaires que des marquis poudrés du temps de Louis XVI, composée majoritairement de gentilshommes campagnards complètement insérés dans le monde villageois ou de combattants courant d'une guerre à l'autre, cette noblesse est batailleuse et se révolte facilement contre toute autorité, au nom d'un idéal de liberté, d'honneur, d'amitié et de stoïcisme. Son imaginaire, exploré avec des méthodes anthropologiques, grâce aux littératures qu'elle écrivait et qu'elle lisait, est rempli de rêves fous et



d'utopies, de bergers et de pastorales, d'amours heureux et contrariés, de combats et de duels. Ce système de représentation conditionnait ses choix, ses engagements, ses révoltes et ses frondes. Ce livre rassemble des articles dispersés, voire introuvables, qui ont contribué au renouvellement de l'histoire de la noblesse des XVIe et XVIIe siècles.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910790505403321

Autore

Sonenshein Raphael

Titolo

The city at stake : secession, reform, and battle for Los Angeles / / with a new afterword by the author, Raphael J. Sonenshein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, New Jersey ; ; Oxfordshire, England : , : Princeton University Press, , 2004

©2004

ISBN

0-691-11590-7

1-4008-4964-0

Edizione

[With a New afterword by the author]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (343 p.)

Disciplina

320.9794/94

Soggetti

Secession - California - Los Angeles County

Secession - California - Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Calif.) Politics and government

Los Angeles County (Calif.) Politics and government

Los Angeles (Calif.) Charters

Los Angeles (Calif.) Race relations

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

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Maps -- Tables -- Preface: REFORM UNDER THE GUN -- Acknowledgments -- PART ONE. The Dynamics of Urban Reform -- PART TWO. The Roots of Los Angeles Charter Reform -- PART THREE. The Battle over the Charter -- PART FOUR. The Unified Charter -- PART FIVE. The Battle over Secession -- PART SIX. The Future of Urban Reform -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Afterword: Reform, Diversity, and the 2005 Election of Antonio Villaraigosa -- Index



Sommario/riassunto

The City at Stake tells the dramatic story of how the nation's second-largest city completed a major reform of its government in the face of a deeply threatening movement for secession by the San Fernando Valley. How did Los Angeles, a diverse city with an image of unstructured politics and fragmented government, find a way to unify itself around a controversial set of reforms? Los Angeles government nearly collapsed in political bickering over charter reform, which generated the remarkable phenomenon of two competing charter reform commissions. Out of this nearly impossible tangle, reformers managed to knit a new city charter that greatly expanded institutions for citizen participation and addressed long-standing weaknesses in the role of the mayor. The new charter, pursued by a Republican mayor, won its greatest support from liberal whites who had long favored reform measures. Written by an urban scholar who played a key role in the charter reform process, the book offers both a theoretical perspective on the process of institutional reform in an age of diversity, and a firsthand, inside-the-box look at how major reform works. The new afterword by the author analyzes the 2005 election of Los Angeles's first modern Latino mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa, a milestone in the development of urban reform coalitions in an age of immigration and ethnic diversity.