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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781753903321

Autore

Heinen Eva <1981->

Titolo

Bicycle commuting [[electronic resource] /] / Eva Heinen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : IOS Press, under the imprint Delft University Press, 2011

ISBN

6613289841

1-283-28984-9

9786613289841

1-60750-772-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (262 p.)

Collana

Sustainable urban areas, , 1574-6410 ; ; 43

Disciplina

300

500

Soggetti

Bicycle commuting - Netherlands

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.

Nota di contenuto

Title page; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Commuting by bicycle: An overview of the literature; The effect of work-related factors on the bicycle commute mode choice in the Netherlands; The role of attitudes toward characteristics of bicycle commuting on the choice to cycle to work over various distances; The day-to-day choice to commute or not commute by bicycle; Similarities in attitudes and norms and the effect on bicycle commuting: Evidence from the bicycle cities Davis and Delft; Conclusions and discussion; Appendix A.1. Internet questionnaire part 1

Appendix A.2. Internet questionnaire part 2Samenvatting; Curriculum vitae

Sommario/riassunto

Cycling is cheaper, healthier and, in urban environments, often faster than other modes of transport. Nevertheless, many individuals do not cycle even for short distances. This publication aims to explain why commuters differ in their decisions as to whether or not to cycle. Results indicate that the individual (day-to-day) choice to commute by bicycle is affected by personal attitudes towards cycling to work, social norms, the work situation, weather conditions and trip characteristics. In addition, the book provides evidence that different groups of bicycle commuters exist: non-cyclists, par



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828742703321

Autore

Trapido Joe

Titolo

Breaking rocks : music, ideology and economic collapse, from Paris to Kinshasa / / Joe Trapido

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn Books, , 2017

©2017

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrations, tables

Collana

Dislocations ; ; Volume 19

Disciplina

781.63096751

Soggetti

Popular music - Economic aspects - Congo (Democratic Republic)

Popular music - Social aspects - Congo (Democratic Republic)

Music patronage - Congo (Democratic Republic)

Congolese (Democratic Republic) - Europe - Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Bars, music, gender and politics -- Exchange, music, patronage -- Potlatch migrants : travelling to Europe, arriving in Kinshasa -- Rights, piracy and producers -- The president as gatekeeper, patronage as a class relationship. Elders and cadets Rey reproduced now -- Mikiliste economies -- Love and money -- Charismatic fetishism -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Based on fieldwork in Kinshasa and Paris, "Breaking Rocks" examines patronage payments within Congolese popular music, where a love song dedication can cost 6,000 dollars and a simple name check can trade for 500 or 600 dollars. Tracing this system of prestige through networks of musicians and patrons - who include gangsters based in Europe, kleptocratic politicians in Congo, and lawless diamond dealers in northern Angola - this book offers insights into ideologies of power and value in central Africa's troubled post-colonial political economy, as well as a glimpse into the economic flows that make up the hidden side of the globalization.