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Record Nr.

UNINA9910831838703321

Autore

Louis Marieke

Titolo

Why international organizations hate politics : Depoliticizing the world. / / Marieke Louis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

2021

ISBN

9780429883262

0429883269

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Global Institutions.

Classificazione

POL000000POL011000POL017000

Soggetti

Nonfiction

Politics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Building on the concept of depoliticization, this book provides a first systematic analysis of International Organizations (IO) apolitical claims. It shows that depoliticization sustains IO everyday activities while allowing them to remain engaged in politics, even when they pretend not to.    Delving into the inner dynamics of global governance, this book develops an analytical framework on why IOs "hate" politics by bringing together practices and logics of depoliticization in a wide variety of historical, geographic and organizational contexts. With multiple case studies in the fields of labor rights and economic regulation, environmental protection, development and humanitarian aid, peacekeeping, among others this book shows that depoliticization is enacted in a series of overlapping, sometimes mundane, practices resulting from the complex interaction between professional habits, organizational cultures and individual tactics. By approaching the consequences of these practices in terms of logics, the book addresses the instrumental dimension of depoliticization without assuming that IO actors necessarily intend to depoliticize their action or global problems.   For IO scholars and students, this book sheds new light on IO politics by clarifying one often taken-for-granted dimension of their everyday activities, precisely that of depoliticization. It will also be of



interest to other researchers working in the fields of political science, international relations, international political sociology, international political economy, international public administration, history, law, sociology, anthropology and geography as well as IO practitioners.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9911131667703321

Autore

Reynolds Roger

Titolo

Mind Models

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

0-203-03619-0

1-299-46017-8

1-136-09178-5

9780203036198

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (360 p.)

Disciplina

780.904

780/.9/04

Soggetti

Music -- 20th century -- History and criticism

Music -- 21st century -- History and criticism

Music -- Social aspects

Music

Music, Dance, Drama & Film

Music History & Criticism, General

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

Cover; Half Title; Full Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Preface; Acknowledgments; PART I Rates of Change; Permanence; Acceleration and Pace; Diversity; Capability; Acceptance of Context; New Models; PART II The States of Art; Commerce and Excellence; Subgroups in Society; The General Event; PART III The Public and Private Realms; Alternate Forms of Art; Alternate Approaches to Art; PART IV Sound; Natural Sound and Its Limits; Synthesis; The Last Dimension: Space; PART V Time; Short Intervals, Duration, and Temporal Perspective;



Experimental Approaches to Measurement; Some Pitfalls

Altered Time FramesPART VI Notation; The Creative Continuum; The Function of Notation; Good Notational Practice; PART VII Morphology in Music; Computers: The Necessity of Foresight; The Implications of Abundance; Changing Views of Experience; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This new edition of Mind Models reintroduces and renews a classic work on 20th century composition, one that has remained relevant for over a quarter century -- and should remain a central reading for decades to come.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9911137762503321

Titolo

China's environmental policy and urban development / / edited by Joyce Yanyun Man

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2013

ISBN

1-55844-280-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (229 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ManJoyce Y

Disciplina

307.760951

Soggetti

Urbanization - China

Environmental policy - China

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

""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Foreword""; ""Chapter 1:  China's Environmental Policy A Critical Survey""; ""Chapter 2:  Environmental Policies, Regulations, and Investment in China ""; ""Chapter 3: Government Decentralization, Energy Saving, and Environmental Protection ""; ""Chapter 4: Decentralization and the Environment""; ""Chapter 5: Income Growth, Urbanization, Changing Lifestyles, and CO2 Emissions in China ""; ""Chapter 6: Passenger Transportation Systems in Large Chinese Cities and Life-Cycle Green house Gas Emissions ""; ""Chapter 7: The Greenness of China's Cities""

""Chapter 8: Urban Planning""""Chapter 9: Carbon Footprint in the Least Developed Regions""; ""Chapter 10: Environment-Related Taxes in China""; ""Chapter 11: The Incidence of Carbon Tax in China"";



""Chapter 12: The Effectiveness of Pollution- Control Policies in China""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

This volume tackles a range of ecological issues caused by rapid urban growth in Chinaand examines the policies meant to protect the environment. It features discussionsfrom leading scholars on current regulations, government decentralization and environmentalprotection, urban development, industrial air pollution, household greenhousegas emissions, and transportation systems.