1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910491553003321

Titolo

Understanding the creeping crisis / editors: Arjen Boin, Magnus Ekengren, Mark Rhinard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2021

ISBN

9783030706913

Descrizione fisica

XV, 185 p. ; 21 cm

Disciplina

303.45

Locazione

BFS

Collocazione

303.45  BOI 1

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Su Front.: "Open access. This book is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License"



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455349603321

Titolo

Polemical encounters [[electronic resource] ] : esoteric discourse and its others / / edited by Olav Hammer and Kocku von Stuckrad

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2007

ISBN

1-282-39769-9

9786612397691

90-474-3151-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (348 p.)

Collana

Aries book series, , 1871-1405 ; ; v. 6

Altri autori (Persone)

HammerOlav

StuckradKocku von <1966->

Disciplina

130.9

Soggetti

Occultism - History

Electronic books.

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

Preliminary Material / O. Hammer and C.K.M. Von Stuckrad -- Introduction. Western Esotericism And Polemics -- Christian Kabbalah And Anti-Jewish Polemics: Pico In Context / Kocku Von Stuckrad -- Christian Orthodoxy And Jewish Kabbalah: Russian Mystics In The Search For Perennial Wisdom / Konstantin Burmistrov -- Adorno’S Kabbalah: Some Preliminary Observations / Steven M. Wasserstrom -- \'Authorized Guardians\': The Polemics Of Academic Scholars Of Jewish Mysticism Against Kabbalah Practitioners / Boaz Huss -- The Trouble With Images: Anti-Image Polemics And Western Esotericism / Wouter J. Hanegraaff -- Between Heresy And Orthodoxy: Alchemy And Piety In Late Sixteenth-Century Germany / Hanns-Peter Neumann -- Between Theosophy And Orthodox Christianity: Johann Salomo Semler’S Hermetic Religion / Peter Hanns Reill -- The Masonic Necromancer: Shifting Identities In The Lives Of Johann Georg Schrepfer / Renko Geffarth -- René Guénon And The Traditionalist Polemic / Brannon Ingram -- Contested Diviners: Verbal Battles Between Dowsers And Skeptics / Olav Hammer -- Seeking Ancient Wisdom In The New Age: New Age And Neognostic Commentaries On The Gospel Of Thomas / Dylan Burns -- United In Diversity, Divided From Within: The Dynamics



Of Legitimation In Contemporary Witchcraft / Titus Hjelm -- Notes On Contributors / O. Hammer and C.K.M. Von Stuckrad -- Index / O. Hammer and C.K.M. Von Stuckrad.

Sommario/riassunto

In its historical development from late antiquity to the present, western esotericism has repeatedly been the issue of polemical discourse. This volume engages the polemical structures that underlie both the identities within and the controversy about esoteric currents in European history. From Jewish and Christian kabbalah through heretical discourse and interconfessional polemics in early modernity to the legitimization of esoteric identity in modern culture, the 12 chapters, accompanied by an editors’ introduction, provide a cornucopia of relevant cases that are interpreted in a framework of polemical discourse and ‘Othering’. This volume sheds new light on the ultimately polemical structure of western esotericism and thus opens new vistas for further research into esoteric discourse.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910827296903321

Autore

Frey Robert S.

Titolo

Successful Proposal Strategies for Small Businesses : Using Knowledge Management to Win Government, Private-Sector, and International Contacts / / Robert S. Frey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston : , : Artech House, , 2012

[Piscataqay, New Jersey] : , : IEEE Xplore, , [2012]

ISBN

1-60807-475-7

Edizione

[6th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (723 p.)

Collana

Artech House technology management and professional development series

Disciplina

658.804

Soggetti

Proposal writing for grants - United States

Small business - United States - Finance

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

Successful Proposal Strategies for Small Businesses Using Knowledge Management to Win Government, Private-Sector, and International Contracts-Sixth Edition; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction;



Chapter 1 Competitive proposals and small business; 1.1 Overview; 1.2 From set-asides to full-and-open competition; 1.3 Small business constraints; 1.4 Maximizing small business strengths; 1.5 SBIR and STTR programs; 1.6 Organizing your company to acquire new business; 1.7 Effective strategic and mission planning; 1.8 Converting knowledge into proposal success.

1.8.1 KM benefits proposal development1.8.2 Internal and external clients: looking at clients in a whole new way; Endnotes; Chapter 2 Strategic partnering and subcontracting opportunities; 2.1 Subcontracting opportunities and pathways to success; 2.2 Critical success factors; 2.3 Specific strategies for achieving subcontracts; 2.4 Becoming part of a governmentwide acquisition contract (GWAC) team; 2.5 How mentor-protégé programs can help your business; Endnotes; Chapter 3 Marketing to and with your clients; 3.1 More than just selling; 3.2 Transactions are personal--people buy from people.

3.3 Listen to your client3.4 Infuse marketing intelligence into your proposal; 3.5 Intelligence gathering and analysis techniques; 3.6 Call plans; 3.7 Maintain management visibility on your contracts; 3.8 Project managers as client managers; 3.9 Commercial off-the-shelf acquisition; 3.10 Pursuing firm-fixed-price and invitation-for-bid opportunities; 3.11 Using the request for information and the request for comment as valuable marketing tools; 3.12 Contractor prequalification statements; 3.13 Ethics in marketing and business development.

3.14 Advertising, trade shows, and high-impact public relationsEndnotes; Chapter 4 Requests for proposals; 4.1 Overview; 4.2 Part I--the schedule; 4.3 Part II--contract clauses; 4.4 Part III--list of documents, exhibits, and other attachments; 4.5 Part IV--representations and certifications; 4.6 The importance of Section L (instructions to offerors); 4.7 Section M (evaluation criteria): toward maximizing your score; 4.8 Greatest or best-value approach; 4.9 Emphasis on performance-based acquisition (PBA); 4.10 Influencing the content of an RFP--legitimately.

4.11 Other types of solicitation documentsEndnotes; Chapter 5 Private-sector solicitation requests; 5.1 Grant proposals--winning what you bid; 5.1.1 Letters of inquiry; 5.1.2 Balancing the technical and the nontechnical; 5.1.3 Standard grant proposal components; 5.2 Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs); Chapter 6 The federal acquisition process: emerging directions; 6.1 Major trends going forward; 6.2 Rapid order task response; 6.3 Federal procurement process overview; 6.4 Statutory and regulatory requirements for competition; 6.5 The source selection process; 6.6 Full-and-open competition.

Sommario/riassunto

Here's your one-stop-shop for winning new business! The new, Sixth Edition of this perennial bestseller updates and expands all previous editions, making this volume the most exhaustive and definitive proposal strategy resource. Directly applicable for businesses of all sizes, Successful Proposal Strategies provides extensive and important context, field-proven approaches, and in-depth techniques for business success with the Federal Government, the largest buyer of services and products in the world. This popular book and its companion CD-ROM are highly accessible, self-contained desktop refe.



4.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910963120103321

Autore

Dahl Robert Alan <1915->

Titolo

On political equality / / Robert A. Dahl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2006

ISBN

9786611722661

9781281722669

1281722669

9780300133745

030013374X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (157 p.)

Disciplina

323.5

Soggetti

Democracy

Equality

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. [123]-130) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Is political equality a reasonable goal? -- Is political equality achievable? -- A respectable role for emotions -- Political equality, human nature, and society -- Will political inequality increase in the United States? -- Why political inequality may decline.

Sommario/riassunto

Robert A. Dahl, one of the world's most influential and respected political scientists, has spent a lifetime exploring the institutions and practices of democracy in such landmark books as Who Governs?, On Democracy, and How Democratic Is the American Constitution? Here, Dahl looks at the fundamental issue of equality and how and why governments have fallen short of their democratic ideals. At the center of the book is the question of whether the goal of political equality is so far beyond our human limits that it should be abandoned in favor of more attainable ends, or if there are ways to realistically address and reduce inequities. Though complete equality is unattainable, Dahl argues that strides toward that ideal are both desirable and feasible. He shows the remarkable shift in recent centuries toward democracy and political equality the world over. He explores the growth of democratic institutions, the expansion of citizenship, and the various obstacles that stand in the way of gains in political equality. Dahl also looks at



the motives, particularly those of emotion and reason, that play such a crucial role in the struggle for equality. In conclusion, Dahl assesses the contemporary political landscape in the United States. He looks at the likelihood of political inequality increasing, and poses one scenario in which Americans grow more unequal in their influence over their government. The counter scenario foresees a cultural shift in which citizens, rejecting what Dahl calls "competitive consumerism," invest time and energy in civic action and work to reduce the inequality that now exists among Americans.