1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910697065203321

Autore

Wilson Timmy R

Titolo

Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex 39 (LC-39) Gaseous Hydrogen (GH2) vent arm behavior prediction model review technical assessment report [[electronic resource] /] / Timmy R. Wilson, Geoffrey Beech and Ian Johnston

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hampton, Va. : , : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Langley Research Center, , [2009]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (37 pages) : illustrations

Collana

NASA/TM ; ; 2009-215570

Altri autori (Persone)

BeechGeoffrey

JohnstonIan (Michael Ian)

Soggetti

Launch complexes (Astronautics) - Equipment and supplies - Testing

Astronautics - Equipment and supplies - Testing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from PDF title screen (viewed June 17, 2010).

"March 2009."

"NESC-RP-05-114/05-013-E."



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791065903321

Autore

Grand Stephen R.

Titolo

Understanding Tahrir Square : what transitions elsewhere can teach us about the prospects for Arab democracy / / Stephen R. Grand ; composition by Cynthia Stock

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : Brookings Institution, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-8157-2517-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 p.)

Disciplina

320.917/4927

Soggetti

Democratization - Arab countries

Democracy - Arab countries

Democratization

Democracy

Arab countries Politics and government 21st century

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

Wither the Arab Spring? -- Democracy's long arc -- The former East Bloc -- Muslim-majority Asia -- The rest of the world : Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa -- The nature of democratic transitions -- The strategic challenges of the Arab Spring -- Policy recommendations.

Sommario/riassunto

Amid the current turmoil in the Middle East,  Understanding Tahrir Square sounds a rare optimistic note. Surveying countries in other parts of the world during their transitions to democracy, author Stephen Grand argues that the long-term prospects in many parts of the Arab world are actually quite positive. If the current polarization and political violence in the region can be overcome, democracy will eventually take root. The key to this change will likely be ordinary citizens-foremost among them the young protestors of the Arab Spring who have filled the region's public spaces-most famousl