1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784662503321

Autore

Jain Devaki <1933->

Titolo

Women, development, and the UN [[electronic resource] ] : a sixty-year quest for equality and justice / / Devaki Jain  ;  foreword  by Amartya Sen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2005

ISBN

9786612072758

1-282-07275-7

0-253-11184-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

United Nations intellectual history project

Disciplina

305.42/09172/4

Soggetti

Women in development - International cooperation - History

Women's rights - International cooperation - History

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. 193-210) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Women, development, and equality : history as inconclusive dialogue -- Setting the stage for equality, 1945-1965 -- Inscribing development into rights, 1966-1975 -- Questioning development paradigms, 1976-1985 -- Development as if women mattered, 1986-1995 -- Lessons from the UN's sixth decade, 1996-2005.

Sommario/riassunto

""Devaki Jain opens the doors of the United Nations and shows how it has changed the female half of the world -- and vice versa. Women, Development, and the UN is a book that every global citizen, government leader, journalist, academic, and self-respecting woman should read."" -- Gloria Steinem""Devaki Jain's book nurtures your optimism in this terrible war-torn decade by describing how women succeeded in empowering both themselves and the United Nations to work toward a global leadership inspiration



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910789957703321

Titolo

The Routledge companion to phenomenology / / edited by Sebastian Luft and Soren Overgaard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-72562-8

1-283-46279-6

9786613462794

0-203-81693-5

1-136-72563-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (733 p.)

Collana

Routledge philosophy companions

Altri autori (Persone)

LuftSebastian

OvergaardSoren

Disciplina

142/.7

Soggetti

Phenomenology

Philosophy, Modern

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

Front Cover; The Routledge Companion to Phenomenology; Copyright Page; Contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Sebastian Luft and Søren Overgaard; Part I: Main figures in the phenomenological movement; 1. Franz Brentano: Peter Simons; 2. Edmund Husserl: Dermot Moran; 3. Max Scheler: Eugene Kelly; 4. Martin Heidegger: Daniel Dahlstrom; 5. Jean-Paul Sartre: Roland Breeur; 6. Emmanuel Levinas: Richard A. Cohen; 7. Hannah Arendt: Veronica Vasterling; 8. Simone de Beauvoir: Gail Weiss; 9. Maurice Merleau-Ponty: Komarine Romdenh-Romluc

10. Jacques Derrida: Björn ThorsteinssonPart II: Main topics in phenomenology; 11. Intentionality: John J. Drummond; 12. Evidence: Roberto Walton; 13. Perception: Walter Hopp; 14. Truth: Thane M. Naberhaus; 15. The subject and the self: Karl Mertens; 16. Intersubjectivity: Dan Zahavi; 17. Time: Nicolas De Warren; 18. Space: Edward S. Casey; 19. The world: Carleton B. Christensen; 20. The body: Sara Heinämaa; 21. History: David Carr; 22. Husserl's method of reduction: Sebastian Luft; 23. Eidetics and its methodology: Rochus



Sowa; 24. Genetic phenomenology: Dieter Lohmar

25. Methods in phenomenology after Husserl: David R. Cerbone26. Art and aesthetics: John B. Brough; 27. Value: Peter Poellner; 28. The meaning of being: Thomas Schwarz Wentzer; 29. Dasein Françoise Dastur; 30. Freedom: Jonathan Webber; 31. The chiasm: Ted Toadvine; 32. Ethics as first philosophy: Bettina Bergo; 33. Narrative: Pol Vandevelde; Part III: Phenomenological contributions to philosophy; 34. Metaphysics and ontology: Martin Schwab and David Woodruff Smith; 35. Epistemology: Gianfranco Soldati; 36. Philosophy of mind: Charles Siewert

37. Philosophy of language: Christian Beyer and Martin Weichold38. Moral philosophy: Sonja Rinofner-Kreidl; 39. Political philosophy: James Dodd; 40. Logic: Richard Tieszen; 41. Philosophy of mathematics: Mirja Hartimo and Leila Haaparanta; 42. Philosophy of science: Jeff Kochan and Hans Bernhard Schmid; 43. Philosophy of religion and theology: Felix Ó Murchadha; Part IV: Phenomenological intersections; 44. Existentialism: Jack Reynolds; 45. Hermeneutics: Günter Figal and David Espinet; 46. Deconstruction: Leonard Lawlor; 47. Feminism: Helen A. Fielding

48. Post-structuralism: Michel Foucault: Johanna Oksala49. Critical theory: Ernst Wolff; 50. Critical philosophy of race: Robert Bernasconi; 51. Analytic philosophy: Søren Overgaard; 52. Cognitive science: Shaun Gallagher; 53. Phenomenological psychology: James Morley; 54. Psychoanalysis: Richard Askay and Jensen Farquhar; 55. Psychiatry: Thomas Fuchs; 56. Nursing and medicine: Havi Carel; 57. The social sciences: Michael Barber; 58. Literary criticism: Joshua Kates; Part V: Historical postscript; 59. "Phenomenology": a reflection on the history of the term: Karl Schuhmann; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Phenomenology was one of the twentieth century's major philosophical movements and continues to be a vibrant and widely studied subject today. The Routledge Companion to Phenomenology is an outstanding guide and reference source to the key philosophers, topics and themes in this exciting subject and essential reading for any student and scholar of phenomenology. Over fifty chapters by a team of international contributors, the Companion is divided into five clear parts:main figures in the phenomenological movement, from Brentano to Derrida main topics i



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910812466403321

Titolo

Best customers : demographics of consumer demand / / [by the editors of New Strategist Publications]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amityville, N.Y. : , : New Strategist Pub., , 2012

ISBN

1-940308-26-7

Edizione

[Ninth edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 795 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Money Series

Disciplina

658.8348

Soggetti

Consumers - United States

Consumer behavior - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Table 1.1 Alcoholic beverage spending, 2000 to 2010; Table 1.2 Alcoholic beverages purchased on trips; Table 1.3 Beer and ale at home; Table 1.4 Beer and ale at restaurants and bars; Table 1.5 Whiskey and other alcohol (except beer and wine) at home; Table 1.6 Whiskey and other alcohol (except beer and wine) at restaurants and bars; Table 1.7 Wine at home; Table 1.8 Wine at restaurants and bars; Table 2.1 Apparel spending, 2000 to 2010; Table 2.2 Boys' apparel; Table 2.3 Children's shoes; Table 2.4 Coin-operated apparel laundry and dry cleaning; Table 2.5 Girls' apparel

Table 2.6 Infants' apparelTable 2.7 Jewelry; Table 2.8 Men's apparel; Table 2.9 Men's shoes; Table 2.10 Professional apparel laundry and dry cleaning; Table 2.11 Sewing materials, patterns, and notions; Table 2.12 Shoe and apparel repair and alteration; Table 2.13 Women's apparel; Table 2.14 Women's shoes; Table 3.1 Computer spending, 2000 to 2010; Table 3.2 Computer information services; Table 3.3 Computer software and accessories for nonbusiness use; Table 3.4 Computers and computer hardware for nonbusiness use; Table 3.5 Internet services away from home; Table 3.6 Portable memory

Table 3.7 Repair of computer systems for nonbusiness useTable 4.1 Education spending, 2000 to 2010; Table 4.2 Books and supplies, college; Table 4.3 Books and supplies, elementary and high school; Table 4.4 Tuition, college; Table 4.5 Tuition, elementary and high school; Table 4.6 Tuition, vocational and technical schools; Table 5.1



Entertainment spending, 2000 to 2010; Table 5.2 Admission to sports events (including on trips); Table 5.3 Athletic gear, game tables, and exercise equipment; Table 5.4 Bicycles; Table 5.5 Cable and satellite television services; Table 5.6 Camping equipment

Table 5.7 Club memberships (social, recreational, health)Table 5.8 Compact disks, audio tapes, and records; Table 5.9 Fees for participant sports (including on trips); able 5.10 Fees for recreational lessons; Table 5.11 Film; Table 5.12 Hunting and fishing equipment; Table 5.13 Live entertainment for catered affairs; Table 5.14 Movie, theater, amusement park, and other admissions (including on trips); Table 5.15 Musical Instruments and Accessories, Purchase, Rental, and Repair; Table 5.16 Personal digital audio players; Table 5.17 Pet food; Table 5.18 Pet purchase, supplies, and medicines

Table 5.19 Pet servicesTable 5.20 Photographer's fees; Table 5.21 Photographic equipment; Table 5.22 Photographic processing; Table 5.23 Recreational Vehicles (Boats, Campers, Trailers), Purchase and Rental; Table 5.24 Rental of party supplies for catered affairs; Table 5.25 Repair of television, radio, and sound equipment; Table 5.26 Satellite radio service; Table 5.27 Sound components, equipment, and accessories (includes radios and tape recorders); Table 5.28 Stamp and coin collecting; Table 5.29 Streamed and downloaded audio; Table 5.30 Streamed and downloaded video

Table 5.31 Television sets

Sommario/riassunto

Best Customers is a unique look at who the best and biggest customers are for hundreds of individual products and services.