1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457464803321

Autore

Hedden Heather

Titolo

The accidental taxonomist [[electronic resource] /] / Heather Hedden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Medford, N.J., : Information Today, c2010

ISBN

1-283-23890-X

9786613238900

1-57387-918-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxx, 473 p.)

Classificazione

32.28

Disciplina

025

Soggetti

Information organization

Classification

Indexing

Subject headings

Cross references (Information retrieval)

Thesauri

Electronic books.

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

What are taxonomies? -- Who are taxonomists? -- Creating terms -- Creating relationships -- Software for taxonomy creation and management -- Taxonomies for human indexing -- Taxonomies for automated indexing -- Taxonomy structures -- Taxonomy displays -- Taxonomy planning, design, and creation -- Taxonomy implementation and evolution -- Taxonomy work and the profession.

Sommario/riassunto

The Accidental Taxonomist is the most comprehensive guide available to the art and science of building information taxonomies. Heather Hedden-one of today's leading writers, instructors, and consultants on indexing and taxonomy topics-walks readers through the process, displaying her trademark ability to present highly technical information in straightforward, comprehensible English.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910790942203321

Autore

Bates Robert H.

Titolo

Markets and states in tropical Africa : the political basis of agricultural policies / / Robert H. Bates, updated and expanded with a new preface

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-520-95852-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Disciplina

338.1/867

Soggetti

Agriculture and state - Africa, Sub-Saharan

Agriculture - Economic aspects - Africa, Sub-Saharan

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 -- Preface to the 2014 Edition -- Preface to the 2005 Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Policies Toward Cash Crops for Export -- 2. The Food Sector: The Political Dynamics of Pricing Policies -- 3. The Food Sector: The Use of Nonprice Strategies -- 4. The Emerging Industrial Sector -- 5. The Market as Political Arena and the Limits of Voluntarism -- 6. Rental Havens and Protective Shelters: Organizing Support Among the Urban Beneficiaries -- 7. The Origins of Political Marginalism: Evoking Compliance From the Countryside -- 8. Commonalities and Variations: The Politics of Agricultural Policy -- 9. Political Reform and Economic Development -- Appendix A: Interrelations Between Food Supply, Demand, and Prices -- Appendix B: Value Received by Farmers for Export Crops -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Following independence, most countries in Africa sought to develop, but their governments pursued policies that actually undermined their rural economies. Examining the origins of Africa's "growth tragedy," Markets and States in Tropical Africa has for decades shaped the thinking of practitioners and scholars alike. Robert H. Bates's analysis now faces a challenge, however: the revival of economic growth on the continent. In this edition, Bates provides a new preface and chapter that address the seeds of Africa's recovery and discuss the significance of



the continent's success for the arguments of this classic work.