1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458324603321

Autore

Richardson Peter <1959->

Titolo

American prophet [[electronic resource] ] : the life & work of Carey McWilliams / / Peter Richardson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c2005

ISBN

1-282-59376-5

9786612593765

0-472-02613-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (365 p.)

Disciplina

070.92

B

Soggetti

Journalists - United States

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 (p. 309-324) and index.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456329003321

Autore

Zinnes Clifford F

Titolo

Tournament approaches to policy reform [[electronic resource] ] : making development assistance more effective / / Clifford F. Zinnes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-40358-3

9786612403583

0-8157-0377-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (393 p.)

Disciplina

338.91/73

Soggetti

Economic assistance, American

Technical assistance, American

Letting of contracts - United States

Requests for proposals (Public contracts) - United States

Electronic books.

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

Introduction -- The PIJC approach -- Review of certification experience -- Review of tournament experience -- Review of other relevant experience -- Synthesis and analysis -- Conclusions and scope for future applications -- Appendixes -- A. Inventory of projects -- B. Technical exhibits for the detailed case study assessments -- C. Anatomy of a PIJC application -- D. Mathematical treatment of PIJC  leveraging of sponsor funds.

Sommario/riassunto

"Assesses a new 'tournament' approach promising improvement on the performance of conventional foreign aid methods, where beneficiary groups compete to achieve the best implementation of a particular project. Evaluates performances, sustainability, time frames, and costs of recent applications. Discusses opportunities for improving and scaling up the application of tournament-based projects"--Provided by publisher.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791985103321

Autore

Fyfe Aileen

Titolo

Science and salvation [[electronic resource] ] : evangelical popular science publishing in Victorian Britain / / Aileen Fyfe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2004

ISBN

1-283-15073-5

9786613150738

0-226-27646-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (343 p.)

Disciplina

261.5/5/094109034

Soggetti

Religion and science - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Science publishing - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Evangelicalism - Great Britain - History - 19th 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 (p. 299-309) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The threat of popular science -- Christian knowledge -- Reading fish -- The techniques of evangelical publishing -- The ministry of the press -- Reinterpreting science.

Sommario/riassunto

Threatened by the proliferation of cheap, mass-produced publications, the Religious Tract Society issued a series of publications on popular science during the 1840's. The books were intended to counter the developing notion that science and faith were mutually exclusive, and the Society's authors employed a full repertoire of evangelical techniques-low prices, simple language, carefully structured narratives-to convert their readers. The application of such techniques to popular science resulted in one of the most widely available sources of information on the sciences in the Victorian era. A fascinating study of the tenuous relationship between science and religion in evangelical publishing, Science and Salvation examines questions of practice and faith from a fresh perspective. Rather than highlighting works by expert men of science, Aileen Fyfe instead considers a group of relatively undistinguished authors who used thinly veiled Christian rhetoric to educate first, but to convert as well. This important volume is destined to become essential reading for historians of science, religion, and



publishing alike.