1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910816246203321

Autore

Kriesi Hanspeter

Titolo

Political conflict in Western Europe / / Hanspeter Kriesi [and others] [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012

ISBN

1-316-08993-2

1-139-56468-4

1-283-57517-5

9786613887627

1-139-55114-0

1-139-55610-X

1-139-55240-6

1-139-54989-8

1-139-55485-9

1-139-16921-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 349 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Classificazione

POL040000

Altri autori (Persone)

KriesiHanspeter

Disciplina

324.094

Soggetti

Globalization - Political aspects - Europe, Western

Europe, Western Politics and government 1989-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

; Part I. Theory and Methods: ; 1. The transformative power of globalization and the structure of political conflict in Western Europe / Edgar Grande and Hanspeter Kriesi; ; 2. Exploring the new cleavage across arenas and public debates: design and methods / Martin Dolezal, Swen Hutter, and Bruno Wüest -- ; Part II. The Development of the 'Integration-Demarcation' Cleavage: ; 3. Participation and party choice: comparing the demand-side of the new cleavage across arenas / Martin Dolezal and Swen Hutter; ; 4. Restructuring the national political space: the supply side of national electoral politics / Hanspeter Kriesi; ; 5. Restructuring the European political space: the supply side of European electoral politics / Martin Dolezal; ; 6. Restructuring protest politics: the terrain of cultural winners / Swen Hutter; ; 7.



Congruence, counterweight, or different logics? Comparing electoral and protest politics / Swen Hutter -- ; Part III. Public Debates: The Articulation of the New Cleavage in Detail: ; 8. The impact of arenas in public debates over globalization / Marc Helbling, Dominic Höglinger, and Bruno Wüest; ; 9. Culture versus economy: the framing of public debates over issues related to globalization / Dominic Höglinger, Bruno Wüest, and Marc Helbling; ; 10. Actor configurations in the public debates on globalization / Bruno Wüest, Marc Helbling, and Dominic Höglinger -- ; Part IV. Conclusion: ; 11. Conclusion: how much change can we observe and what does it mean? / Edgar Grande.

Sommario/riassunto

What are the consequences of globalization for the structure of political conflicts in Western Europe? How are political conflicts organized and articulated in the twenty-first century? And how does the transformation of territorial boundaries affect the scope and content of political conflicts? This book sets out to answer these questions by analyzing the results of a study of national and European electoral campaigns, protest events and public debates in six West European countries. While the mobilization of the losers in the processes of globalization by new right populist parties is seen to be the driving force of the restructuring of West European politics, the book goes beyond party politics. It attempts to show how the cleavage coalitions that are shaping up under the impact of globalization extend to state actors, interest groups and social movement organizations, and how the new conflicts are framed by the various actors involved.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910830616603321

Autore

Linder Bruno

Titolo

Thermodynamics and introductory statistical mechanics [[electronic resource] /] / Bruno Linder

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Interscience, c2004

ISBN

1-280-26505-1

9786610265053

0-470-35315-5

0-471-68174-1

0-471-68175-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (227 p.)

Disciplina

541

541.369

541/.369

Soggetti

Thermodynamics

Statistical mechanics

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

THERMODYNAMICS AND INTRODUCTORY STATISTICAL MECHANICS; CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS; 1.1 Scope and Objectives; 1.2 Level of Course; 1.3 Course Outline; 1.4 Books; PART I THERMODYNAMICS; 2 BASIC CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS; 2.1 Systems and Surroundings; 2.2 State Variables and Thermodynamic Properties; 2.3 Intensive and Extensive Variables; 2.4 Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Systems, Phases; 2.5 Work; 2.6 Reversible and Quasi-Static Processes; 2.6.1 Quasi-Static Process; 2.6.2 Reversible Process; 2.7 Adiabatic and Diathermal Walls; 2.8 Thermal Contact and Thermal Equilibrium

3 THE LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS I3.1 The Zeroth Law-Temperature; 3.2 The First Law-Traditional Approach; 3.3 Mathematical Interlude I: Exact and Inexact Differentials; 3.4 The First Law-Axiomatic Approach; 3.5 Some Applications of the First Law; 3.5.1 Heat Capacity; 3.5.2 Heat and Internal Energy; 3.5.3 Heat and Enthalpy; 3.6 Mathematical Interlude II: Partial Derivatives; 3.6.1 Relations Between Partials of



Dependent Variables; 3.6.2 Relations Between Partials with Different Subscripts; 3.7 Other Applications of the First Law; 3.7.1 C(P) - C(V); 3.7.2 Isothermal Change, Ideal Gas

3.7.3 Adiabatic Change, Ideal Gas3.7.4 The Joule and the Joule-Thomson Coefficients; 4 THE LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS II; 4.1 The Second Law-Traditional Approach; 4.2 Engine Efficiency: Absolute Temperature; 4.2.1 Ideal Gas; 4.2.2 Coupled Cycles; 4.3 Generalization: Arbitrary Cycle; 4.4 The Clausius Inequality; 4.5 The Second Law-Axiomatic Approach (Carathéodory); 4.6 Mathematical Interlude III: Pfaffian Differential Forms; 4.7 Pfaffian Expressions in Two Variables; 4.8 Pfaffian Expressions in More Than Two Dimensions; 4.9 Carathéodory's Theorem; 4.10 Entropy-Axiomatic Approach

4.11 Entropy Changes for Nonisolated Systems4.12 Summary; 4.13 Some Applications of the Second Law; 4.13.1 Reversible Processes (PV Work Only); 4.13.2 Irreversible Processes; 5 USEFUL FUNCTIONS: THE FREE ENERGY FUNCTIONS; 5.1 Mathematical Interlude IV: Legendre Transformations; 5.1.1 Application of the Legendre Transformation; 5.2 Maxwell Relations; 5.3 The Gibbs-Helmholtz Equations; 5.4 Relation of DA and  DG to Work: Criteria for Spontaneity; 5.4.1 Expansion and Other Types of Work; 5.4.2 Comments; 5.5 Generalization to Open Systems and Systems of Variable Composition

5.5.1 Single Component System5.5.2 Multicomponent Systems; 5.6 The Chemical Potential; 5.7 Mathematical Interlude V: Euler's Theorem; 5.8 Thermodynamic Potentials; 6 THE THIRD LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS; 6.1 Statements of the Third Law; 6.2 Additional Comments and Conclusions; 7 GENERAL CONDITIONS FOR EQUILIBRIUM AND STABILITY; 7.1 Virtual Variations; 7.2 Thermodynamic Potentials-Inequalities; 7.3 Equilibrium Condition From Energy; 7.3.1 Boundary Fully Heat Conducting, Deformable, Permeable (Normal System); 7.3.2 Special Cases: Boundary Semi-Heat Conducting, Semi-Deformable, or Semi-Permeable

7.4 Equilibrium Conditions From Other Potentials

Sommario/riassunto

In this clear and concise introduction to thermodynamics and statistical mechanics the reader, who will have some previous exposure to thermodynamics, will be guided through each of the two disciplines separately initially to provide an in-depth understanding of the area and thereafter the connection between the two is presented and discussed.In addition, mathematical techniques are introduced at appropriate times, highlighting such use as: exact and inexact differentials, partial derivatives, Caratheodory's theorem, Legendre transformation, and combinatory analysis.* Emphasis is place