Gender, geography, and punishment : the experience of women in carceral Russia / / Judith Pallot and Laura Piacentini ; with the assistance of Dominique Moran

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911103526503321
• Autore: Pallot Judith
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2012
• ISBN: 1-283-64391-X; 0-19-163320-8
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (303 p.)
• Collana: Oxford Geographical and Environmental Studies; Oxford geographical and environmental studies
• Altri autori (Persone): PiacentiniLaura; MoranDominique
• Disciplina: 304.2082; 304.20820947
• Soggetti: Women prisoners - Russia (Federation); Women political prisoners - Russia (Federation); Women prisoners - Russia; Women political prisoners - Russia; Women prisoners - Soviet Union; Women political prisoners - Soviet Union
• 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: pt. 1. Space and place in Russia's system of penality -- pt. 2. Women prisoners' experiences of carceral Russia.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is the first of its kind that brings together human geography and the sociology of punishment to explore the relationship between distance and the punishment in contemporary Russia. Using established penological and geographical theories, the book presents in-depth empirical research to show how the experiences of women prisoners are shaped by the distances that the Russian penal service sends prisoners to serve their sentences. Its most eye-catching feature is its use ofinterviews conducted by the authors and their research team with adult and juvenile women prisoners, ex-prisoners

African poverty at the millennium : causes, complexities, and challenges / / Howard White and Tony Killick in collaboration with Steve Kayizzi-Mugerwa and Marie-Angelique Savane

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911088327203321
• Autore: White Howard <1960->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2001
• ISBN: 1-280-08403-0; 9786610084036; 0-585-41511-0
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: xxvi, 139 pages : illustrations ; ; 28 cm
• Altri autori (Persone): KillickTony
• Disciplina: 339.4/6/096
• Soggetti: Poverty - Africa; Africa Economic conditions
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-139).
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- Part I Africa's Poverty Problem -- 1. A First View -- The Growth of African Poverty -- The Danger of Overgeneralizing -- Conclusion -- 2. Different Poverty Concepts Can Point in Different Directions -- Different Poverty Concepts -- Why Conceptualizations Matter -- 3. African Poverty Has Many Dimensions -- Categories and Characteristics -- Profiles of African Poverty -- The Nature of African Poverty Is Changing -- The Sobering Implications of Complexity -- Part II The Causes of Poverty -- 4. Overview of the Proximate and Primary Causes of Poverty -- The Danger and Value of Generalization -- The Interaction of Causes and Effects -- Some Neglected Causes -- Proximate versus Primary Causes -- Some Policy Implications -- 5. Economic Stagnation Has Caused Much Poverty -- Growth and Distribution: The Overall Picture -- Africa's Growth Has Often Been Slow but May Be Improving -- The Poor May Not be Able to Benefit from Growth -- Growth Affects Poverty Groups Differently -- Conclusion -- 6. Why Has Growth Been So Poor? -- Causes of Low Growth: the Usual Suspects -- Are Bad Policies to Blame? -- Agricultural Backwardness Is Particularly Serious, but the Causes Go Deep -- Economic Reform Programs and Poverty Reduction -- Global ; Factors Have Not Been a Major Reason for Slow Growth -- Conclusion -- 7. Both Governments and Markets Have Failed the Poor -- Political Systems Have Contributed to Economic Stagnation -- Political Systems Have Also Tended to Keep Poverty off the Agenda -- Some Markets Fail the Poor -- What Does the Future Hold? -- 8. The Poor Have Inadequate Capital -- A Weak Asset Base Undermines Sustainable Livelihoods in Rural Areas.; Africa Lacks Physical Capital of All Kinds, Stocks of Many Are Being Denuded, and the Access of the Poor Is Increasingly Restricted -- Accumulation of Human and Social Capital Is Slow and Frequently Biased against Rural Areas -- Conclusion -- 9. Sustaining Improvements in Social Indicators Requires Growing Income and Better State Service Provision -- The Direct and Indirect Benefits of Improving Social Outcomes -- Africa Lags Behind on Social Indicators-and the Gap Is Widening -- The Poor Are More Sick and Less Educated Than the Nonpoor-and Resources Remain Skewed -- Further Reforms Can Close the International and National Gaps -- Conclusion: The Need for Balanced Development -- 10. Household and Population Dynamics: Good and Bad News for Poverty Reduction -- Household Structure and Poverty -- The Demographic Transition Is Under Way -- Changing Household Structures and Demographics Provide a Case for State Intervention -- 11. Women's Unequal Position Pervades the Poverty Problem -- Social Trends in Gender and Poverty -- Economic Trends in Gender and Poverty -- The Importance of Intrahousehold Relations -- Poverty Reinforces the Subordination of Women -- The Challenges of Poverty-Sensitive Policy and Planning -- Part III Poverty Reduction Policies -- 12. Outlines of an Antipoverty Strategy -- Promoting Social and Political Change for Poverty Reduction -- The Primacy of Pro-Poor Growth -- The Need for an Integrated Approach -- The Role of Donors -- Conclusion -- 13. National Policies for Reducing Poverty -- The Policy Challenge -- Two Initial Truisms -- Other Principles of a Poverty-Reduction Strategy -- A Checklist of Policy Possibilities for a Poverty-Reduction Strategy -- The Need to Set Targets -- Conclusion -- 14. Find out More and Monitor Progress -- 15. Donor Countries Need to Do More, Too -- The Gap between Donor Aspirations and Practices.; Responding to Conflict and Postconflict Situations -- The Way Ahead -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Selected Statistical Data -- References and Bibliography.
• Sommario/riassunto: Poverty is a large and growing problem in Africa resulting in an immense amount of avoidable suffering, foreshortened lives, frustrated potentials, and joyless existences. The poverty trap is more than just an economic phenomenon but a social phenomenon as well. African Poverty at the Millennium: Causes, Complexities, and Challenges is confined to the sub-Saharan region of Africa. The analysis found in Part I of this book, emphasizes the many-sided nature of poverty and the importance of going beyond generalizations about the poor. Part II looks at the various causes of poverty in Africa, stressing the powerful ill-effects of a combination of sluggish past economic growth and large, possibly widening, inequalities. It also draws attention to the strength of the social and political factors contributing to poverty. Part III outlines an anti-poverty strategy, highlighting the necessity for an inclusive and far-reaching approach, on the basis of joint action by concerned governments and donors. The poor in Africa are triply disadvantaged. Firstly, there is a widening international gap as African social indicators lag behind the rest of the world, partly as a result of poor growth. Secondly, by Africa's poor performance in turning income to social welfare. Thirdly, by national disparities in health and ; education between the poor and non-poor.

Animals in Celtic life and myth / / Miranda Green

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911136703503321
• Autore: Aldhouse-Green Miranda J (Miranda Jane)
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1998
• ISBN: 9780203023563; 0203023560; 9780203272725; 0203272722; 9781134665310; 1134665318; 9781280333668; 1280333669; 9781134665327; 1134665326
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (304 p.)
• Disciplina: 398.24; 398.245
• Soggetti: Celts - Domestic animals; Celts - Hunting; Celts; Animals, Mythical; Animals, Mythical, in art; Mythology, Celtic
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "First published in paperback 1998"--T.p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-273) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; THE NATURAL WORLD OF THE CELTS; FOOD AND FARMING: ANIMALS IN THE CELTIC ECONOMY; PREY AND PREDATOR: THE CELTIC HUNTER; ANIMALS AT WAR; SACRIFICE AND RITUAL; THE ; ARTIST'S MENAGERIE; ANIMALS IN THE EARLIEST CELTIC STORIES; GOD AND BEAST; CHANGING ATTITUDES TO THE ANIMAL WORLD; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Animals played a crucial role in many aspects of Celtic life: in the economy, hunting, warfare, art, literature and religion. Such was their importance to this society, that an intimate relationship between humans and animals developed, in which the Celts believed many animals to have divine powers. In Animals in Celtic Life and Myth, Miranda Green draws on evidence from early Celtic documents, archaeology and iconography to consider the manner in which animals formed the basis of elaborate rituals and beliefs. She reveals that animals were endowed with an extremely high status, consi