Info
- Utilizzare la checkbox di selezione a fianco di ciascun documento per attivare le funzionalità di stampa, invio email, download nei formati disponibili del (i) record.
Economic and Political Change in Asia and Europe : Social Movement Analyses / / edited by Bernadette Andreosso-O'Callaghan, Frédéric Royall
| Economic and Political Change in Asia and Europe : Social Movement Analyses / / edited by Bernadette Andreosso-O'Callaghan, Frédéric Royall |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2013.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (313 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.95 |
| Soggetto topico |
Sociology
Population Demography Sociology, general Population Economics |
| ISBN |
1-283-91116-7
94-007-4653-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Tables, Figures, and Appendices -- 1: Collective Action and Relatively Powerless People in Europe and Asia: Bernadette Andreosso-O’Callaghan and Frédéric Royall -- Part I: Economic, Political and Social Globalization in Asia and Europe -- 2: Economic Change and Social a Dynamics: Converging and Diverging Trends Across Different Economies: Bernadette Andreosso-O’Callaghan -- 3: European Integration, Social Cohesion and Political Contentiousness: Christian Lahusen -- 4: Images and Frameworks of Collective Action in China: Carsten Storm -- 5: European Governance and Democracy: Didier Chabanet -- 6: Agricultural Markets and Food Riots: The European Union and Asia Compared: M. Bruna Zolin -- Part II: Social Movements in a Transnational Perspective -- 7: Marginalization and Transnationalizing Social Movements: How One Relates to the Other: Pascale Dufour -- 8: Transnational Collective Action and the European Network of the Unemployed: Frédéric Royall -- Part III: National Examples -- 9: The British and French Hunger Marches of the 1930s:An Exclusive Mode of Protest, a Cultural Transfer and a Fulcrum Of Success: Matt Perry -- 10: Comparing Mobilizations Against Three Social Reforms in the 2000s in Belgium: Jean Faniel -- 11: Employment Status and Political Participation: Does Exclusion Influence the Protest Behavior of the Young Unemployed?: Marco Giugni and Jasmine Lorenzini -- 12: The Practical Uses of Administrative and Cultural Categories Across the Field of Pro-Gypsy Activities in France Today: Activist Constructions and Adaptations to Political Categorizations: Anne-Cécile Renouard -- 13: Challenges of Social Engagement: NGO Work in the People’s Republic of China: Birgit Häse -- 14: The Suicide Problem in Contemporary Japanese Society: Its Economic and Social Backdrop and Religious Reactions: Michiaki Okuyama -- 15:Constructing and Controlling People’s Power from the Grassroots -- Philippine Social Movement Activism in a Historical Perspective: Dominique Caouette -- Part IV: Commentary -- 16: What Do Social Scientists Do When They Do Comparative Work?: Lilian Mathieu -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- IndexPart II: Social Movements in a Transnational Perspective -- 7: Marginalization and Transnationalizing Social Movements: How One Relates to the Other: Pascale Dufour -- 8: Transnational Collective Action and the European Network of the Unemployed: Frédéric Royall -- Part III: National Examples -- 9: The British and French Hunger Marches of the 1930s:An Exclusive Mode of Protest, a Cultural Transfer and a Fulcrum Of Success: Matt Perry -- 10: Comparing Mobilizations Against Three Social Reforms in the 2000s in Belgium: Jean Faniel -- 11: Employment Status and Political Participation: Does Exclusion Influence the Protest Behavior of the Young Unemployed?: Marco Giugni and Jasmine Lorenzini -- 12: The Practical Uses of Administrative and Cultural Categories Across the Field of Pro-Gypsy Activities in France Today: Activist Constructions and Adaptations to Political Categorizations: Anne-Cécile Renouard -- 13: Challenges of Social Engagement: NGO Work in the People’s Republic of China: Birgit Häse -- 14: The Suicide Problem in Contemporary Japanese Society: Its Economic and Social Backdrop and Religious Reactions: Michiaki Okuyama -- 15:Constructing and Controlling People’s Power from the Grassroots -- Philippine Social Movement Activism in a Historical Perspective: Dominique Caouette -- Part IV: Commentary -- 16: What Do Social Scientists Do When They Do Comparative Work?: Lilian Mathieu -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910438345903321 |
| Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Sustainable development and energy transition in Europe and Asia / / edited by Bernadette Andreosso-O'Callaghan [and three others]
| Sustainable development and energy transition in Europe and Asia / / edited by Bernadette Andreosso-O'Callaghan [and three others] |
| Edizione | [1st edition] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Wiley, , [2020] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (237 pages) |
| Disciplina | 338.9407 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
DzeverSam, editor
JaussaudJacques, editor TaylorRobert, editor |
| Collana | Innovation, entrepreneurship, management series. Innovation and technology set |
| Soggetto topico |
Sustainable development - Europe
Sustainable development - Asia Renewable energy sources - Europe |
| ISBN |
1-119-70517-7
1-119-70522-3 1-119-70521-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910554805403321 |
| London : , : Wiley, , [2020] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Sustainable development in Asia : socio-economic, financial, and economic perspectives / / Bernadette Andreosso-O'Callaghan, Serge Rey, and Robert Taylor, editors
| Sustainable development in Asia : socio-economic, financial, and economic perspectives / / Bernadette Andreosso-O'Callaghan, Serge Rey, and Robert Taylor, editors |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer International Publishing, , [2022] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (231 pages) |
| Disciplina | 338.9507 |
| Collana | Contributions to Economics |
| Soggetto topico | Sustainable development - Asia |
| ISBN | 3-030-94679-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Introduction and Overview -- References -- Sustainable Development of Multinational Companies in Asia: Reverse Transfer of Diversity Management Knowledge to Headquarters -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review -- 2.1 RKT´s Success Conditions -- 2.1.1 From the Perspective of HQ -- 2.1.2 From the Individual Perspective -- 2.2 Diversity Management and Expatriates -- 3 Method and Data -- 3.1 Research Design and Settings -- 3.2 Respondent Sample -- 3.3 Data Analysis -- 4 Findings -- 4.1 Current State of RKT of Diversity Management -- 4.2 The Relationship Between HQ and Expatriates -- 4.3 The Relationship Between Subsidiary Employees and Expatriates -- 4.4 Barriers in RKT of Diversity Management -- 5 Discussion -- 5.1 Managerial Implications to Promote the RKT of Diversity Management to HQ -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Employment and Human Resource Development of Disabled People in Japan and Finland: A Comparative Study from the Perspective of... -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Diversity, Inclusion, Decent Work, and the Employment of Disabled People -- 2.1 Diversity and Inclusion -- 2.2 Decent Work -- 3 Data and Method -- 4 Employment and Human Resource Development of Disabled People: Findings from Japan and Finland -- 4.1 The Employment Situation and Support for Disabled People in Japan -- 4.1.1 Current Situation of People with Disabilities -- 4.1.2 Case Study in Japan: Accessibility Consortium of Enterprises (ACE) -- 4.2 Employment and Support for Disabled People in Finland -- 4.2.1 Current Status of People with Disabilities -- 4.2.2 Case Study in Finland: The Leap to Labour! And ILONA Projects -- Leap to Labour! -- ILONA Project -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Interviews -- Hong Kong: ``Business as Usual´´ Amidst Social Unrest -- 1 Introduction.
2 Hong Kong Historical Overview -- 2.1 Hong Kong´s Beginnings -- 2.2 Hong Kong´s Economic Transformation -- 2.3 Rising Levels of Political Instability -- 3 Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Protests -- 4 Technology, Media and Social Media to Fuel Social Unrest -- 5 The Future of Hong Kong´s Economic and Social Model -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- China´s Rise in the Middle East: Fuelling a Tired Dragon? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 China´s Energy Dilemma -- 3 Challenges to China´s Energy Model -- 4 The Middle-East: A Strategic Region for China -- 4.1 Challenges to Oil Dependency -- 5 China´s Economic Sustainability and Green Energy Model Under Question -- 5.1 The PRC Changing Role to Secure Oil -- 5.2 China´s Energy Model and the Environment -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- The Macroeconomic Impact of Government Debt: An Empirical Analysis of Thailand -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Thailand´s Government Debt -- 3 Literature Review -- 4 Methodology -- 4.1 The Model -- 4.2 Data -- 5 Empirical Results -- 5.1 Unit Root Test -- 5.2 The Bounds Test -- 5.3 The Estimating Coefficients -- 5.4 Diagnostic Tests of the Model -- 5.5 Toda-Yamamoto Causality Test -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- The World´s Top Five Financial Centers: Geopolitical Uncertainties -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Global Insights -- 3 The World Top Financial Centers -- 4 Global Economic Imbalances -- 5 The Global Financial Cycle -- 6 Financial Innovation -- 7 Geopolitical Uncertainties -- 8 Conclusions -- References -- Microfinance: A Gender Equality Tool in the Context of Vietnam -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background on Microfinance and Women´s Empowerment in Vietnam -- 3 Research Sample and Methodological Framework -- 3.1 Data Collection Process -- 3.2 Developing Women´s Empowerment Indicators -- 3.3 Empirical Model -- 4 Findings and Discussion. 4.1 Descriptive Statistics of Women Borrowers, Women´s Union, and Microfinance Performance -- 4.2 The Impact of Microfinance on Women´s Empowerment -- 4.2.1 Microfinance and Women´s Control Over Own Income (INCOME) -- 4.2.2 Microfinance and Women´s Income Generation (INCOMECP) -- 4.2.3 Microfinance and Women´s Income Contribution (INCOMECBP) -- 5 Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- Environmental Management Accounting in European Countries and Japan: A Literature Survey -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Emergence of Environmental Management Accounting (EMA) -- 3 Environmental Accounting, Environmental Management Accounting (EMA) and Integrated Reporting -- 4 Environmental Management Accounting (EMA) Cases in Europe and Japan -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Funding and Management Control of Hospitals: A France-Japan Comparison -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Hospital Funding, Between Convergence and National Specificities -- 2.1 Economic Constraints, Institutional Pressures and Healthcare Systems -- 2.2 France and Japan: Healthcare Systems Under Severe Financial Constraints -- 2.3 Financing of Hospital Structures in Japan and France -- 3 Fieldwork: Financing of Hospital Structures and Management Control -- 3.1 Areas of Failure in Activity-Based Funding -- 3.2 Consequences of Activity Financing for Management Control -- 3.3 Discussion of Results -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Trade Cooperation Between China and Vietnam from the Perspective of Intra-Industry Trade -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review -- 2.1 Literature Review on the Exchange Rate Pass-Through -- 2.2 Literature Review on the Heterogeneous Exchange Rate Pass-Through -- 2.3 Literature Review on the Case of Vietnam -- 3 Theoretical Framework -- 4 Methodology and Data -- 4.1 Intra- and Inter-Industry Trade -- 4.2 Vertical and Horizontal Intra-Industry Trade -- 4.3 Empirical Model Specification. 4.4 Variable and Data -- 5 Estimation Results -- 5.1 GL index of Vietnam Vis-à-vis China -- 5.2 Vietnam´s Goods Quality -- 5.3 The Composition of Vietnam´s Intra-Industry Trade Vis-À-Vis China -- 5.4 The Heterogenous Exchange Rate Pass-Through to Vietnam´s Import Prices from China -- 6 Conclusion -- References. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910568264403321 |
| Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer International Publishing, , [2022] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||