1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465499403321

Autore

Henk Mandy

Titolo

Ecology, economy, equity : the path to a carbon-neutral library / / Mandy Henk ; cover design by Kimberly Thornton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, [Illinois] : , : ALA Editions, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-8389-1968-5

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (161 p.)

Disciplina

027

Soggetti

Library buildings - Environmental aspects

Library buildings - Energy conservation

Libraries - Environmental aspects

Libraries - Information technology

Libraries and community

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

""ECOLOGY, ECONOMY, EQUITY: The Path to a Carbon-Neutral Library""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Part I: Transitioning to Sustainability in the Library""; ""Chapter 1: Librarianship and the Three E's""; ""Chapter 2: The Case for Sustainability in the Library""; ""Chapter 3: Making the Transition: The First Steps""; ""Part II: Building a Sustainable Library""; ""Chapter 4: Ecology""; ""Chapter 5: Economy""; ""Chapter 6: Equity""; ""Part III: Sustainable Librarianship in Practice""; ""Chapter 7: The Challenges of Technology and Corporate Power in the Library""

""Chapter 8: Curbing Corporate Power" """Chapter 9: Resolving the Technology Dilemma""; ""Chapter 10: Visioning the Sustainable Library""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A: Sustainability Assessment Worksheet""; ""Appendix B: Sample Sustainability Plan""; ""Appendix C: Resources for Starting a Sustainability Discussion in Your Library""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

In the first book to seriously examine the future of libraries in a climate reality-based context, Henk convincingly argues that building a



carbon-neutral future for libraries is not only essential but eminently practical. Using the "three E's" of sustainability (ecology, economy, equity) as a foundation, she traces the development of sustainability from its origins in the 1970's to the present, laying out a path librarians can take at their own institutions to begin the process of building a carbon-neutral library. Rooted in the latest science but firmly focused on concrete action, her book...

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910793646903321

Titolo

Revolution and counterrevolution in Central America and the Caribbean / / edited by Donald E. Schulz and Douglas H. Graham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY ; ; Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, , 2019

ISBN

1-000-23809-1

0-429-30467-6

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 555 pages)

Collana

Westview special studies on Latin America and the Caribbean

Disciplina

972.9052

Soggetti

Political stability - Caribbean Area

Revolutions - Caribbean Area

Counterrevolutions - Caribbean Area

Caribbean Area Politics and government 1945-

Caribbean Area Foreign relations 1945-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 1984 by Westview Press, Inc.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Structural and Institutional Sources of Stability and Instability -- Ten Theories in Search of Central American Reality -- The United States and the Caribbean Basin in Historical Perspective -- Autumm of the Oligarchs -- Revolution and Counterrevolution in the Central American Church -- The Economic Dimensions of Instability and Decline in Central America and the Caribbean -- Stability and Instability: A Country Focus -- El Salvador: Revolution and Counterrevolution in the Living Museum -- Guatemala: The Origins and



Development of State Terrorism -- The Revolution in Nicaragua: Through a Frontier of History -- Honduras: Bastion of Stability or Quagmire? -- Fear of Adjusting: The Social Costs of Economic Policies in Costa Rica in the 1970s -- Jamaica: From Manley to Seaga -- The International Dimensions of the Crisis -- Mexican Policy Toward Central America and the Caribbean -- Soviet and Cuban Policy in the Caribbean Basin -- Reagan's Central American Policy: Disaster in the Making -- Postscript: Toward a New Central American Policy

Sommario/riassunto

A detailed examination of the roots of revolution and counterrevolution in Central America and the Caribbean, this book draws on the research of an interdisciplinary team of noted scholars. The authors give special attention to the institutional and structural causes of stability and instability--in particular, the traditional role of the United States; the current economic crisis; the changing role of the Roman Catholic church; the influence of the military and security forces, the oligarchy, and the business sector; the problems of instituting socioeconomic reform; the politics of subsistence; and the revolutionary opposition. Following the thematic chapters, a country-by-country focus is employed to assess the situations in El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, and Jamaica, and a section devoted to the international dimensions of the crisis looks at Mexican, Soviet, Cuban, and U.S. policies toward the region, The editors' concluding chapter explores prospects for the future of this troubled area.