1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910972577903321

Autore

Whitlock Gillian <1953->

Titolo

Soft weapons : autobiography in transit / / Gillian Whitlock

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2007

ISBN

9786612505812

9781282505810

1282505815

9780226895277

0226895270

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 p.)

Disciplina

920.056

Soggetti

Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Biography - History and criticism

Exiles - Iran - Biography - History and criticism

Autobiography

Middle East Biography History and criticism

Afghanistan Biography History and criticism

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. 217-231) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Arablish : the Baghdad blogger -- The skin of the burka : recent life narratives from Afghanistan -- Testimony incarnate : read my lips -- Branding : the veiled best-seller -- Tainted testimony : the work of scandal -- Embedded : memoir and correspondents -- The pangs of exile : memoir out of Iran -- Bookends : autographics.

Sommario/riassunto

Azar Nafisi's Reading Lolita in Tehran, Marjane Satrapi's comics, and "Baghdad Blogger" Salam Pax's Internet diary are just a few examples of the new face of autobiography in an age of migration, globalization, and terror. But while autobiography and other genres of life writing can help us attend to people whose experiences are frequently unseen and unheard, life narratives can also be easily co-opted into propaganda. In Soft Weapons, Gillian Whitlock explores the dynamism and ubiquity of contemporary life writing about the Middle East and shows how these wor



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910954402703321

Autore

Geddes Michael

Titolo

Making public private partnerships work : building relationships and understanding cultures / / Michael Geddes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-351-92077-4

1-138-38093-8

1-315-25001-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (151 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

361.250941

Soggetti

Public-private sector cooperation - Great Britain

Industrial policy - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Gower book"--cover.

First published 2005 by Gower Publishing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Context and the nature of public private partnerships -- 2. Partnership development process and identification of a champion -- 3. Partnership development strategy : characteristics of possible partners -- 4. Partnership development strategy : organizational structure -- 5. Partnership development strategy : governance, resources and staffing -- 6. Managing a partnership's business -- 7. Accountability and keeping in touch -- 8. Setting targets and measuring success -- 9. Characteristics of successful partnerships.

Sommario/riassunto

Public Private Partnerships are no longer new. They are now a well-established vehicle for delivering large capital projects or managing services. Many organizations are now working with 'multi sector partnerships' across a huge range of sectors involving multiple partners. The increasing complexity of these partnerships, of the risks associated with them and the outcomes required of them, demand a new level of skill from those establishing and building the partnership. Michael Geddes' Making Public Private Partnerships Work offers a highly pragmatic guide to the processes behind multi sector partnerships including the skills of championing and managing the partnership internally, the organizational structure that underpins most successful



partnerships, how to resource and staff the partnership, assuring accountability and good governance, and how to manage and communicate the performance of any partnership. He uses case study examples drawn from a whole range of partnerships to compare different practical approaches to each part of the process; against which you may benchmark your own approach and identify best-practice to follow. Making any medium- or long-term partnership work is a challenge for any organization. The different partners bring different skills, expectations and needs to the partnership. Managed well, the diversity of the partners adds to the success of the relationship and the outcome of the partnership, but this is a process that requires careful planning, management and review, all of which is explained in Making Public Private Partnerships Work.