02524nam 2200649 a 450 991017096520332120200520144314.01-350-22022-11-84813-674-91-281-25915-297866112591501-84813-135-610.5040/9781350220225(CKB)1000000000414700(EBL)339213(OCoLC)476155877(SSID)ssj0000157749(PQKBManifestationID)11151221(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000157749(PQKBWorkID)10140442(PQKB)11441999(MiAaPQ)EBC339213(OCoLC)651920080(CaBNVSL)9781350220225(EXLCZ)99100000000041470020060414d2006 uy 0engurun||||u||||txtccrFractured cities social exclusion, urban violence and contested spaces in Latin America /Kees Koonings & Dirk Kruijt, editorsNew York Zedc20061 online resource (175 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84277-731-9 1-84277-730-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: the duality of Latin American cityscapes -- Fractured cities, second-class citizenship and urban violence -- Rio de Janeiro -- Mexico City -- Medellin -- Managua -- Caracas -- Lima Metropolitana -- Living in fear : how the urban poor perceive violence, fear and insecurity -- Epilogue : Latin America's urban duality revisited.As cities sprawl across Latin America, absorbing more and more of its people, crime and violence have become inescapable. Based on empirical evidence, interviews with local people and historical contextualization, the authors attempt to shed light on the fault-lines which have appeared in Latin American society.Urban poorLatin AmericaUrban violenceLatin AmericaLatin AmericaSocial conditionsUrban poorUrban violence305.5/6909809173271.14bclRV 10798rvkKoonings Kees1764833Kruijt Dirk978020MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910170965203321Fractured cities4206020UNINA02783nam 22004815 450 991025487570332120220119095118.09781137602084113760208210.1057/978-1-137-60208-4(CKB)3710000000734729(DE-He213)978-1-137-60208-4(MiAaPQ)EBC4719951(Perlego)3493714(EXLCZ)99371000000073472920160625d2016 u| 0engurnn|008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBuilding Societies in the Financial Services Industry /by Barbara Casu, Andrew Gall1st ed. 2016.London :Palgrave Macmillan UK :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2016.1 online resource (XIX, 101 p. 35 illus.) Palgrave Pivot9781137602077 1137602074 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.Chapter 1) Financial Services and The UK Economy -- Chapter 2) A Brief History of Building Societies -- Chapter 3) Legislation, Regulation and Governance of Building Societies -- Chapter 4) Financial Structure of the Building Society Sector -- Chapter 5) The Performance of Building Societies: A Comparative Analysis.This book presents an analysis of the role of UK building societies, their strengths and weaknesses, and their contribution to the industry, at a time where public confidence in banking is low. Chapters present the results of an empirical analysis of the comparative performance of UK building societies, since the large-scale demutualisation process ended in the year 2000. The authors highlight the substantial impact of the financial crisis on the sector, with 2008 and 2009 being particularly difficult years. The book discusses banks and building societies in the context of the improving economy and show that both groups have recovered some profitability, although not at the pre-crisis level. The reader will discover that building societies in particular have recovered well from the financial turmoil and they appear less risky than banks on a variety of measures.Palgrave pivot.Financial services industryFinancial ServicesFinancial services industry.Financial Services.332.17Casu Barbaraauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut614501Gall Andrewauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autBOOK9910254875703321Building Societies in the Financial Services Industry2240012UNINA