The secession of Quebec and the future of Canada / / Robert A. Young

• Record Nr.: UNISA996248114503316
• Autore: Young Robert Andrew
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Montreal ; ; Buffalo, : Published with the Institute of Intergovernmental Relations, Queen's University, Kingston, by McGill-Queen's University Press, c1995
• ISBN: 1-282-87638-4; 9786612876387; 0-7735-6547-7
• Edizione: [Rev. and expanded ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: xiv, 376 p. : 1 ill. ; ; 24 cm
• Disciplina: 971.064/8
• Soggetti: Economic forecasting - Canada; Canada Forecasting; Québec (Province) History Autonomy and independence movements
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references: p. [343]-367 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Abbreviations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Grand Alternatives -- Canada without Quebec -- Canada’s Constitutional Options -- Economic Relations between Canada and Quebec -- The Currency and Monetary Policy -- Political Relations between Canada and Quebec -- Does Economic Integration Require Political Association? -- Determinants of Centralization and Decentralization -- The Transition to Sovereignty -- Why the Transition Is Important -- Other Studies of the Transition to Quebec Sovereignty -- The Comparative Politics of Peaceful Secession -- The Breakup of Czechoslovakia -- The Dynamics of Quebec Secession -- Getting to the Table -- The Negotiations -- The Rest of the Separation -- Reprise: Secession with Polarization -- Conclusion -- Summary -- The Long-term Outcomes -- Selected Characteristics of Canada, Quebec, and ROC -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Robert Young discusses the ways in which Canadians might reconstitute their country after Quebec separates and considers possible political and economic arrangements between Quebec and ; Canada - the "association" aspect of sovereignty-association - including the breakdown of economic cooperation. Arguing that the long-term future of Canada and the shape of Canada-Quebec relations will depend on how the transition to sovereignty takes place, Young provides a clear and detailed analysis of how the transition is likely to occur. His discussion addresses major issues to be negotiated during the secession - citizenship, national debt, borders, armed forces and public service, commercial and economic relations, currency, First Nations, minority rights, mobility and immigration, and environmental matters. For comparison, Young draws on the experiences of other countries where peaceful secession has occurred, including Czechoslovakia. The second edition includes a new preface and concluding chapter that discuss to what extent the situation has changed since the referendum of 1995.

Optoelectronic Nanodevices

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910404090103321
• Autore: Stylianakis Minas M
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020
• ISBN: 3-03928-697-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (338 p.)
• Soggetti: History of engineering and technology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Sommario/riassunto: During the last decade, novel graphene related materials (GRMs), perovskites, as well as metal oxides and other metal nanostructures have received the interest of the scientific community. Due to their extraordinary physical, optical, thermal, and electrical properties, which are correlated with their 2D ultrathin atomic layer structure, large interlayer distance, ease of functionalization, and bandgap tunability, these nanomaterials have been applied in the development or the ; improvement of innovative optoelectronic applications, as well as the expansion of theoretical studies and simulations in the fast-growing fields of energy (photovoltaics, energy storage, fuel cells, hydrogen storage, catalysis, etc.), electronics, photonics, spintronics, and sensing devices. The continuous nanostructure-based applications development has provided the ability to significantly improve existing products and to explore the design of materials and devices with novel functionalities. This book demonstrates some of the most recent trends and advances in the interdisciplinary field of optoelectronics. Most articles focus on light emitting diodes (LEDs) and solar cells (SCs), including organic, inorganic, and hybrid configurations, whereas the rest address photodetectors, transistors, and other well-known dynamic optoelectronic devices. In this context, this exceptional collection of articles is directed at a broad scientific audience of chemists, materials scientists, physicists, and engineers, with the goals of highlighting the potential of innovative optoelectronic applications incorporating nanostructures and inspiring their realization.