Rich democracies [[electronic resource] ] : political economy, public policy, and performance / / Harold L. Wilensky |
Autore | Wilensky Harold L |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (925 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.3 |
Soggetto topico |
Welfare state
Comparative government |
Soggetto non controllato |
academic
agriculture american government american history britain career case study churches democracy environmental globalization government high tech industry information age israel japan labor mass media modern society modern world performance political economy political parties politics post industrial poverty profession public policy research scholarly sociology us history welfare state western europe |
ISBN |
9786612759031
1-282-75903-5 1-59734-873-2 0-520-92833-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES -- TABLES -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. CONVERGENCE THEORY -- 2. TYPES OF POLITICAL ECONOMY -- 3. MASS SOCIETY, PARTICIPATION, AND THE MASS MEDIA -- 4. THEORIES OF THE POSTINDUSTRIAL SOCIETY -- 5. THE WELFARE STATE: CONVERGENCE AND DIVERGENCE -- 6. SECTOR SPENDING AND PROGRAM EMPHASIS -- 7. TYPES OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, PARTY IDEOLOGY, AND FAMILY POLICY: CONTRASTING GOVERNMENT RESPONSES TO A COMMON PROBLEM -- 8. THE AMERICAN WELFARE MESS IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE -- 9. BUREAUCRATIC EFFICIENCY AND BLOAT -- 10. TAX-WELFARE BACKLASH: HOW TO TAX, SPEND, AND YET KEEP COOL -- 11. ARE POLITICAL PARTIES DECLINING? AN ANALYSIS OF NATIONAL VARIATION IN DEALIGNMENT -- 12. TYPES OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, SPENDING, TAXING, AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE -- 13. THE GREAT AMERICAN JOB MACHINE IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE -- 14. RISK AND SAFETY: AMERICAN MAYHEM IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE -- 15. TYPES OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, REGULATORY REGIMES, AND THE ENVIRONMENT -- 16. HEALTH PERFORMANCE: AFFLUENCE, POLITICAL ECONOMY, AND PUBLIC POLICY AS SOURCES OF REAL HEALTH -- 17. GLOBALIZATION: DOES IT SUBVERT JOB SECURITY, LABOR STANDARDS, AND THE WELFARE STATE? -- 18. AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- APPENDIX A: METHODS -- APPENDIX B: CONCEPTS AND MEASURES OF LEFT AND CATHOLIC PARTY POWER -- APPENDIX C: SOCIAL SPENDING, GNP, TAX EXPENDITURES, AND HOUSING EXPENDITURES -- APPENDIX D: SECTOR SPENDING CORRELATIONS -- APPENDIX E: FAMILY POLICY -- APPENDIX F: ESTIMATING RELIANCE ON MEANS TESTING -- APPENDIX G: MEASURES OF ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE -- APPENDIX H: MEASURES OF CENTRAL BANK AUTONOMY -- APPENDIX I: MAYHEM INDEX, MOBILITY-MERITOCRACY INDEX, AND MINORITY-GROUP CLEAVAGES -- APPENDIX J: PUBLIC EMPLOYEES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782933903321 |
Wilensky Harold L | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Rich democracies [[electronic resource] ] : political economy, public policy, and performance / / Harold L. Wilensky |
Autore | Wilensky Harold L |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (925 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.3 |
Soggetto topico |
Welfare state
Comparative government |
Soggetto non controllato |
academic
agriculture american government american history britain career case study churches democracy environmental globalization government high tech industry information age israel japan labor mass media modern society modern world performance political economy political parties politics post industrial poverty profession public policy research scholarly sociology us history welfare state western europe |
ISBN |
9786612759031
1-282-75903-5 1-59734-873-2 0-520-92833-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES -- TABLES -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. CONVERGENCE THEORY -- 2. TYPES OF POLITICAL ECONOMY -- 3. MASS SOCIETY, PARTICIPATION, AND THE MASS MEDIA -- 4. THEORIES OF THE POSTINDUSTRIAL SOCIETY -- 5. THE WELFARE STATE: CONVERGENCE AND DIVERGENCE -- 6. SECTOR SPENDING AND PROGRAM EMPHASIS -- 7. TYPES OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, PARTY IDEOLOGY, AND FAMILY POLICY: CONTRASTING GOVERNMENT RESPONSES TO A COMMON PROBLEM -- 8. THE AMERICAN WELFARE MESS IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE -- 9. BUREAUCRATIC EFFICIENCY AND BLOAT -- 10. TAX-WELFARE BACKLASH: HOW TO TAX, SPEND, AND YET KEEP COOL -- 11. ARE POLITICAL PARTIES DECLINING? AN ANALYSIS OF NATIONAL VARIATION IN DEALIGNMENT -- 12. TYPES OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, SPENDING, TAXING, AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE -- 13. THE GREAT AMERICAN JOB MACHINE IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE -- 14. RISK AND SAFETY: AMERICAN MAYHEM IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE -- 15. TYPES OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, REGULATORY REGIMES, AND THE ENVIRONMENT -- 16. HEALTH PERFORMANCE: AFFLUENCE, POLITICAL ECONOMY, AND PUBLIC POLICY AS SOURCES OF REAL HEALTH -- 17. GLOBALIZATION: DOES IT SUBVERT JOB SECURITY, LABOR STANDARDS, AND THE WELFARE STATE? -- 18. AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- APPENDIX A: METHODS -- APPENDIX B: CONCEPTS AND MEASURES OF LEFT AND CATHOLIC PARTY POWER -- APPENDIX C: SOCIAL SPENDING, GNP, TAX EXPENDITURES, AND HOUSING EXPENDITURES -- APPENDIX D: SECTOR SPENDING CORRELATIONS -- APPENDIX E: FAMILY POLICY -- APPENDIX F: ESTIMATING RELIANCE ON MEANS TESTING -- APPENDIX G: MEASURES OF ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE -- APPENDIX H: MEASURES OF CENTRAL BANK AUTONOMY -- APPENDIX I: MAYHEM INDEX, MOBILITY-MERITOCRACY INDEX, AND MINORITY-GROUP CLEAVAGES -- APPENDIX J: PUBLIC EMPLOYEES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812851703321 |
Wilensky Harold L | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sites of violence [[electronic resource] ] : gender and conflict zones / / edited by Wenona Giles and Jennifer Hyndman |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (372 p.) |
Disciplina | 303.6 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
GilesWenona Mary <1949->
HyndmanJennifer |
Soggetto topico |
Violence
Political violence Social conflict Women - Crimes against Sex role Sex differences Feminist theory |
Soggetto non controllato |
afghanistan
anthology armed conflict conflict zones economy of conflict essay collection ethnographers feminists gender roles gender studies ghana guatemala history of violence human condition international perspective iraq israel kurdistan levels of violence life and death nationalism nonfiction essays palestine personal violence political racial issues social history soldiers somalia sri lanka transnational coalitions war zones |
ISBN |
0-520-93705-8
1-282-35967-3 1-59734-902-X 9786612359675 |
Classificazione | CV 6800 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Gender and Conflict in a Global Context -- 2. The Continuum of Violence: A Gender Perspective on War and Peace -- 3. The Sounds of Silence: Feminist Research across Time in Guatemala -- 4. Like Oil and Water, with a Match: Militarized Commerce, Armed Conflict, and Human Security in Sudan -- 5. No "Safe Haven": Violence against Women in Iraqi Kurdistan -- 6. From Pillars of Yugoslavism to Targets of Violence: Interethnic Marriages in the Former Yugoslavia and Thereafter -- 7. Geographies of Violence: Women and Conflict in Ghana -- 8. Gender, the Nationalist Imagination, War, and Peace -- 9. Refugee Camps as Conflict Zones: The Politics of Gender -- 10. The "Purity" of Displacement and the Reterritorialization of Longing: Muslim IDPs in Northwestern Sri Lanka -- 11. Escaping Conflict: Afghan Women in Transit -- 12. War, Flight, and Exile: Gendered Violence among Refugee Women from Post-Yugoslav States -- 13. The Gendered Impact of Multilateralism in the Post-Yugoslav States: Intervention, Reconstruction, and Globalization -- 14. New Directions for Feminist Research and Politics -- References -- List of Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783388103321 |
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sites of violence [[electronic resource] ] : gender and conflict zones / / edited by Wenona Giles and Jennifer Hyndman |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (372 p.) |
Disciplina | 303.6 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
GilesWenona Mary <1949->
HyndmanJennifer |
Soggetto topico |
Violence
Political violence Social conflict Women - Crimes against Sex role Sex differences Feminist theory |
Soggetto non controllato |
afghanistan
anthology armed conflict conflict zones economy of conflict essay collection ethnographers feminists gender roles gender studies ghana guatemala history of violence human condition international perspective iraq israel kurdistan levels of violence life and death nationalism nonfiction essays palestine personal violence political racial issues social history soldiers somalia sri lanka transnational coalitions war zones |
ISBN |
0-520-93705-8
1-282-35967-3 1-59734-902-X 9786612359675 |
Classificazione | CV 6800 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Gender and Conflict in a Global Context -- 2. The Continuum of Violence: A Gender Perspective on War and Peace -- 3. The Sounds of Silence: Feminist Research across Time in Guatemala -- 4. Like Oil and Water, with a Match: Militarized Commerce, Armed Conflict, and Human Security in Sudan -- 5. No "Safe Haven": Violence against Women in Iraqi Kurdistan -- 6. From Pillars of Yugoslavism to Targets of Violence: Interethnic Marriages in the Former Yugoslavia and Thereafter -- 7. Geographies of Violence: Women and Conflict in Ghana -- 8. Gender, the Nationalist Imagination, War, and Peace -- 9. Refugee Camps as Conflict Zones: The Politics of Gender -- 10. The "Purity" of Displacement and the Reterritorialization of Longing: Muslim IDPs in Northwestern Sri Lanka -- 11. Escaping Conflict: Afghan Women in Transit -- 12. War, Flight, and Exile: Gendered Violence among Refugee Women from Post-Yugoslav States -- 13. The Gendered Impact of Multilateralism in the Post-Yugoslav States: Intervention, Reconstruction, and Globalization -- 14. New Directions for Feminist Research and Politics -- References -- List of Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810538903321 |
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Son of cypresses [[electronic resource] ] : memories, reflections, and regrets from a political life / / Meron Benvenisti ; translated by Maxine Kaufman-Lacusta in consultation with Michael Kaufman-Lacusta |
Autore | Benvenisti Meron <1934-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley Los Angeles, : University of California Press, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (263 p.) |
Disciplina |
956.9405092
B |
Soggetto topico |
Arab-Israeli conflict - Influence
Arab-Israeli conflict - 1993- - Peace Jews - Israel Sephardim - Israel |
Soggetto non controllato |
1948 war
antisemitism arab ashkenazi autobiography belonging biography diaspora discrimination ethnic cleansing ethnicity exile exodus gaza strip history holy land homeland immigration islam israel arab war israel israeli youth jerusalem jewish author jewish colony jewish immigrants jewish salonika jewish women journalist judaica judaism memoir middle east migration palestine pardess hannah partition plan prejudice refugee religious difference sabra sephardic three days war war west bank zion |
ISBN |
0-520-93001-0
1-4337-0965-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- 1. A Founding Father -- 2. Delayed Filial Rebellion -- 3. Jerusalemites -- 4. "The Ceremony of Innocence Is Drowned . . ." -- 5. The Morning After -- 6. Separation and Disengagement -- 7. Descriptions and Prescriptions -- Epilogue -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784409003321 |
Benvenisti Meron <1934-> | ||
Berkeley Los Angeles, : University of California Press, 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Son of cypresses [[electronic resource] ] : memories, reflections, and regrets from a political life / / Meron Benvenisti ; translated by Maxine Kaufman-Lacusta in consultation with Michael Kaufman-Lacusta |
Autore | Benvenisti Meron <1934-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley Los Angeles, : University of California Press, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (263 p.) |
Disciplina |
956.9405092
B |
Soggetto topico |
Arab-Israeli conflict - Influence
Arab-Israeli conflict - 1993- - Peace Jews - Israel Sephardim - Israel |
Soggetto non controllato |
1948 war
antisemitism arab ashkenazi autobiography belonging biography diaspora discrimination ethnic cleansing ethnicity exile exodus gaza strip history holy land homeland immigration islam israel arab war israel israeli youth jerusalem jewish author jewish colony jewish immigrants jewish salonika jewish women journalist judaica judaism memoir middle east migration palestine pardess hannah partition plan prejudice refugee religious difference sabra sephardic three days war war west bank zion |
ISBN |
0-520-93001-0
1-4337-0965-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- 1. A Founding Father -- 2. Delayed Filial Rebellion -- 3. Jerusalemites -- 4. "The Ceremony of Innocence Is Drowned . . ." -- 5. The Morning After -- 6. Separation and Disengagement -- 7. Descriptions and Prescriptions -- Epilogue -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824563703321 |
Benvenisti Meron <1934-> | ||
Berkeley Los Angeles, : University of California Press, 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Struggle and Survival in Palestine/Israel / / Mark LeVine, Gershon Shafir |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2012] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (473 p.) |
Disciplina | 956.94 |
Soggetto topico |
Cities and towns - History - 19th century - Palestine
Jews - History - 20th century - Palestine Jews - History - 19th century - Palestine Palestinian Arabs - History - 20th Century Palestinian Arabs - History Arab-Israeli conflict - Influence |
Soggetto non controllato |
conflict scholars
everyday life generational global politics historians historical context history of conflict human agency human experience human history human struggles interviews israel israeli palestinian conflict middle east scholars middle east modern history multidisciplinary approach nonfiction palestine political science region in conflict regional history social biographies social contexts |
ISBN |
1-283-57152-8
9786613883971 0-520-95390-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction: Social Biographies in Making Sense of History -- 1. "Left Naked on the Beach": The Villagers of Aylut in the Grip of the New Templers -- 2. The Sephardi Entrepreneur and British Vice-Consul Haim Amzalak -- 3. A Musician's Lot: Wasif Jawhariyyeh's Old Jerusalem -- 4. Revolutionary Pioneer: Manya Shochat and Her Commune -- 5. Hero or Antihero? S. Yizhar's Ambivalent Zionism and the First Sabra Generation -- 6. "A Son of the Country": Dr. Tawfiq Canaan, Modernist Physician and Palestinian Ethnographer -- 7. The Ordeal of Henya Pekelman, a Female Construction Worker -- 8. "A Nation in a Hero": Abdul Rahim Hajj Mohammad and the Arab Revolt -- 9. Hillel Kook: Revisionism and Rescue -- 10. Matar Ἁbdelrahim: From a Palestinian Village to a Syrian Refugee Camp -- 11. Joseph Spronz: From the Holocaust to a Safe Shore -- 12. The Trees Die Standing: A Story of a Palestinian Refugee -- 13. The Brief Career of Prosper Cohen: A Would-Be Leader of Moroccan Immigrants -- 14. A Tale of Baghdad and Tel Aviv -- 15. Is Slavery Over? Black and White Arab Bedouin Women in the Naqab (Negev) -- 16. Of Possessions and Dispossessions: A Story of Palestinian Property in Jewish Israeli Lives -- 17. The Rise and Fall of the Russian-Speaking Journalist in Israel -- 18. The Village against the Settlement: Two Generations of Conflict in the Nablus Region -- 19. Majed al-Masri in Two Intifadas in Nablus -- 20. Benni Gaon: From Socialist to Capitalist Tycoon -- 21. From Religion to Revenge: Becoming a Hamas Suicide Bomber -- 22. Yigael Amir: The Making of a Political Assassin -- 23. Mais in the War of the Words -- 24. Jonathan Pollak: An Anarchist "Traitor" in His Own Society -- 25. Abu Ahmad and His Handalas -- List of Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785618403321 |
Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2012] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Struggle and Survival in Palestine/Israel / / Mark LeVine, Gershon Shafir |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2012] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (473 p.) |
Disciplina | 956.94 |
Soggetto topico |
Cities and towns - History - 19th century - Palestine
Jews - History - 20th century - Palestine Jews - History - 19th century - Palestine Palestinian Arabs - History - 20th Century Palestinian Arabs - History Arab-Israeli conflict - Influence |
Soggetto non controllato |
conflict scholars
everyday life generational global politics historians historical context history of conflict human agency human experience human history human struggles interviews israel israeli palestinian conflict middle east scholars middle east modern history multidisciplinary approach nonfiction palestine political science region in conflict regional history social biographies social contexts |
ISBN |
1-283-57152-8
9786613883971 0-520-95390-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction: Social Biographies in Making Sense of History -- 1. "Left Naked on the Beach": The Villagers of Aylut in the Grip of the New Templers -- 2. The Sephardi Entrepreneur and British Vice-Consul Haim Amzalak -- 3. A Musician's Lot: Wasif Jawhariyyeh's Old Jerusalem -- 4. Revolutionary Pioneer: Manya Shochat and Her Commune -- 5. Hero or Antihero? S. Yizhar's Ambivalent Zionism and the First Sabra Generation -- 6. "A Son of the Country": Dr. Tawfiq Canaan, Modernist Physician and Palestinian Ethnographer -- 7. The Ordeal of Henya Pekelman, a Female Construction Worker -- 8. "A Nation in a Hero": Abdul Rahim Hajj Mohammad and the Arab Revolt -- 9. Hillel Kook: Revisionism and Rescue -- 10. Matar Ἁbdelrahim: From a Palestinian Village to a Syrian Refugee Camp -- 11. Joseph Spronz: From the Holocaust to a Safe Shore -- 12. The Trees Die Standing: A Story of a Palestinian Refugee -- 13. The Brief Career of Prosper Cohen: A Would-Be Leader of Moroccan Immigrants -- 14. A Tale of Baghdad and Tel Aviv -- 15. Is Slavery Over? Black and White Arab Bedouin Women in the Naqab (Negev) -- 16. Of Possessions and Dispossessions: A Story of Palestinian Property in Jewish Israeli Lives -- 17. The Rise and Fall of the Russian-Speaking Journalist in Israel -- 18. The Village against the Settlement: Two Generations of Conflict in the Nablus Region -- 19. Majed al-Masri in Two Intifadas in Nablus -- 20. Benni Gaon: From Socialist to Capitalist Tycoon -- 21. From Religion to Revenge: Becoming a Hamas Suicide Bomber -- 22. Yigael Amir: The Making of a Political Assassin -- 23. Mais in the War of the Words -- 24. Jonathan Pollak: An Anarchist "Traitor" in His Own Society -- 25. Abu Ahmad and His Handalas -- List of Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822468603321 |
Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2012] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Transnational social work and social welfare : challenges for the social work profession / / edited by Beatrix Schwarzer, Ursula Kammerer-Rutten, Alexandra Schleyer-Lindenmann and Yafang Wang |
Autore | Schwarzer Beatrix |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Taylor & Francis, 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (354 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina |
361.32
361.3089 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
Kammerer-RuttenUrsula
Schleyer-LindenmannAlexandra SchwarzerBeatrix WangYafang |
Collana | Routledge Advances in Social Work |
Soggetto topico |
Social service
Public welfare |
Soggetto non controllato |
addiction
aging child protection china Delhi Rape Case exploitation france germany global social work india international social work israel malaysia mental health migrant workers morocco refugees Transnational social work turkey |
ISBN |
1-317-43119-7
1-315-69179-5 1-317-43118-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. I. Theoretical perspectives -- pt. II. Country profiles -- pt. III. Case studies -- pt. IV. Last thoughts : an yet another perspective. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910149439703321 |
Schwarzer Beatrix | ||
Taylor & Francis, 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Westward dharma : Buddhism beyond Asia / / editors, Charles S. Prebish, Martin Baumann |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 425 pages) |
Disciplina | 294.3/09 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
PrebishCharles S
BaumannMartin <1960-> |
Soggetto topico |
Buddhism - Missions - History
Buddhism - History - 20th century Globalization - Religious aspects - Buddhism |
Soggetto non controllato |
asia
australia buddhism scholars buddhism buddhist practices buddhist studies buddhist teachings buddhist traditions comparative religions dharma diaspora egalitarianism ethics europe global religion history of buddhism israel north america psychology religious philosophy religious scholars south africa theoretical approach theoretical perspective western buddhists western philosophy western thought western world zen |
ISBN |
1-282-35959-2
1-59734-994-1 9786612359590 0-520-93658-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Tables -- Introduction: Paying Homage to the Buddha in the West -- 1. Who Is a Buddhist? Night-Stand Buddhists and Other Creatures -- 2. The Spectrum of Buddhist Practice in the West -- 3. Protective Amulets and Awareness Techniques, or How to Make Sense of Buddhism in the West -- 4. Studying the Spread and Histories of Buddhism in the West The Emergence of Western Buddhism as a New Subdiscipline within Buddhist Studies -- 5. Buddhism in Europe Past, Present, Prospects -- 6. American Buddhism in the Making -- 7. Buddhism in Canada -- 8. The Development of Buddhism in Australia and New Zealand -- 9. Buddhism in South Africa -- 10. Buddhism in Brazil and Its Impact on the Larger Brazilian Society -- 11 Buddha in the Promised Land Outlines of the Buddhist Settlement in Israel -- 12. Camp Dharma: Japanese-American Buddhist Identity and the Internment Experience of World War II -- 13. The Translating Temple Diasporic Buddhism in Florida -- 15 Scandals in Emerging Western Buddhism -- 16. The Challenge of Community -- 17. Buddhist Nuns Changes and Challenges -- 18. Neither Monk nor Nun Western Buddhists as Full-Time Practitioners -- 19. Virtues without Rules Ethics in the Insight Meditation Movement -- 20. The Roar of the Lioness Women's Dharma in the West -- 21. Engaged Buddhism Agnosticism, Interdependence, Globalization -- 22. The Encounter of Buddhism and Psychology -- 23. A "Commodius Vicus of Recirculation" Buddhism, Art, and Modernity -- Selected Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783294103321 |
Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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