(Dys-)Functionalities of Corruption [[electronic resource] ] : Comparative Perspectives and Methodological Pluralism. / / edited by Tobias Debiel, Andrea Gawrich |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wiesbaden : , : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : , : Imprint : Springer VS, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (267 p.) |
Disciplina | 320 |
Collana | Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft – Sonderhefte |
Soggetto topico |
Comparative politics
International relations Social sciences Political economy Comparative Politics International Relations Social Sciences, general International Political Economy |
ISBN | 3-658-04633-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft; (Dys-)Functionalities of corruption: comparative perspectives and methodological pluralism; References; Corruption, method choice, and constraints- exploring methodological pluralism in corruption research; Korruption, die Wahl von Forschungsmethoden und ihre Grenzen. Eine Untersuchung des methodologischen Pluralismus in der Korrupti; 1 Introduction; 2 The quest for methodological pluralism in researching corruption; 3 Content analysis of journal articles; 4 Results; 5 Conclusion; References
Clientelist corruption networks: conceptual and empirical approachesKlientelistische Korruptions-Netzwerke - Konzeptionelle und empirische Ansätze; Wolfgang Muno; 1 Introduction: corruption and clientelism; 2 Clientelist corruption networks; 3 Studying and measuring clientelism; 4 Proxies; 5 Surveys; 6 Conclusion; References; Persistent systemic corruption: why democratisation and economic liberalisation have failed to undo an old evil; Anhaltende systemische Korruption: Warum Demokratisierung und ökonomische Liberalisierung ein altes Problem nicht gelöst haben -; Christian von Soest 1 Introduction2 Potential effects of democratisation and economic liberalisation; 3 Conceptualising systemic corruption and personal rule; 4 Comparative data for six selected countries; 5 Case study analysis; 6 Enduring patterns: the persistence of systemic corruption; References; Relational corruption in the PR China. Institutional foundations and its (Dys)-functionality for economic development and growth; Relationale Korruption in der VR China. Institutionelle Grundlagen und ihre (Dys)Funktionalität für wirtschaftliche Entwicklung ; Markus Taube; 1 Introduction 2 Guanxi networks and the facilitation of 'corrupt cooperation' 3 Motivation and 'functionality' of corruption in China's transforming economy; 4 Concluding remarks: the changing impact of corruption on economic development and growth in China; References; Corruption and trust: a model design; Korruption und Vertrauen - Ein Modellentwurf; 1 Introduction; 2 Trust and Corruption; 3 Hypotheses; 4 Data and Measures; 5 Analysis and Results; 6 Discussion and Conclusion; References; Corruption and citizens' satisfaction with democracy in Europe: what is the empirical linkage? Korruption und Bürgereinstellungen zu Demokratie in Europa: Was ist der empirische Zusammenhang?1 Introduction; 2 Existing literature; 3 De; ning corruption and satisfaction with democracy; 4 Operationalizations and control variables; 5 Methodology; 6 Results; 7 Conclusion; Appendix: Descriptive statistics; References; Justifying corrupt exchanges: rational-choice corruptors; Die Rechtfertigung korrupter Tausche: Rational-choice corruptors; 1 Introduction; 2 Theoretical framework and hypotheses; 3 Data, hypotheses and methodology; 4 Data analysis; 5 Conclusions; Appendix; References Anti-corruption revisited: the case of the Czech Republic and Slovakia |
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Wiesbaden : , : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : , : Imprint : Springer VS, , 2014 | ||
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Active Volcanoes of the Southwest Indian Ocean [[electronic resource] ] : Piton de la Fournaise and Karthala / / edited by Patrick Bachelery, Jean-François Lenat, Andrea Di Muro, Laurent Michon |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (434 p.) |
Disciplina | 551.21 |
Collana | Active Volcanoes of the World |
Soggetto topico |
Geology
Natural disasters Geophysics Structural geology Geochemistry Social sciences Natural Hazards Geophysics/Geodesy Structural Geology Social Sciences, general |
ISBN | 3-642-31395-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | A brief history of the observation of Piton de la Fournaise central area -- Geodynamic setting of La Réunion Island -- The construction of La Réunion Island -- Geology and morphostructure of Piton de la Fournaise -- Erosion and volcaniclastic sedimentation at Piton de La Fournaise: from source to deep marine environment -- Magma paths at Piton de la Fournaise volcano -- Pre-historic explosive activity at Piton de la Fournaise volcano -- Fifteen years of intense eruptive activity (1998-2013) at Piton de La Fournaise volcano (La Réunion): A review -- Petrological and experimental constraints -- A review of the recent geochemical evolution of Piton de la Fournaise volcano, Réunion Island (1927-2010) -- Magma degassing at Piton de la Fournaise volcano -- Static and dynamic seismic imaging of Piton de la Fournaise -- Seismic monitoring at Piton de la Fournaise -- Ground deformation at Piton de la Fournaise (La Reunion Island), a review from 20 years of GNSS monitoring -- The March-April 2007 eruptions of Piton de la Fournaise as recorded by interferometric data -- Contribution of tiltmeters and extensometers to monitor Piton de la Fournaise activity -- A Geographical Information System for mapping eruption risk at Piton de la Fournaise, Reunion Island -- Perception of risk for volcanic hazard in Indian Ocean: La Réunion Island case study -- Groundwater resources: Conceptual models -- The volcanism of the Comores archipelago integrated at a regional scale -- Structure and history of Karthala -- Geochemical and Petrological aspects of Karthala -- Groundwater prospection in Grande Comore Island - Joint contribution of geophysical methods, hydrogeological times-series analysis and groundwater modelling -- Volcanic risk and crisis management on Grande Comore island. |
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Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 | ||
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Adaptive Management of Social-Ecological Systems [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Craig R. Allen, Ahjond S. Garmestani |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (271 p.) |
Disciplina |
300
333.7 344.046 363.7063 36370561 577 590 597 |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental monitoring
Wildlife Fish Environmental management Environmental law Environmental policy Ecology Social sciences Monitoring/Environmental Analysis Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management Environmental Management Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice Ecology Social Sciences, general |
ISBN | 94-017-9682-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1 Adaptive Management; Craig Allen and Ahjond Garmestani -- Chapter 2 Adaptive Management, a Personal History; C.S. Holling with Shana Sundstrom and Craig Allen -- Chapter 3 Lessons from Adaptive Management: Obstacles and Outcomes; Lance Gunderson -- Chapter 4 Adaptive Management and the Law; Melinda Harm Benson and Courtney Schultz -- Chapter 5 A Decision-Analytic Approach to Adaptive Resource Management; Fred A. Johnson and Byron K. Williams -- Chapter 6 Measuring Success of Adaptive Management Projects; Brian C. Chaffin and Hannah Gosnell -- Chapter 7 The Role of Bridging Organizations in Enhancing Ecosystems Services and Facilitating Adaptive Management of Social-Ecological Systems; Olivia O. Green, Lisen Schultz, Marmar Nekoro and Ahjond S. Garmestani -- Chapter 8 Adaptive Management for Novel Ecosystems; Nicholas A.J. Graham and Christina C. Hicks -- Chapter 9 Adaptive Co-Management; Christo Fabricius and Bianca Currie -- Chapter 10 Adaptive Management Today: A Practitioners’ Perspective; Carol Murray, David Marmorek and Lorne Greig -- Chapter 11 Practical Resilience: Building Networks of Adaptive Management; Jim Berkley and Lance Gunderson -- Chapter 12 Optimization and Resilience in Natural Resources Management; Byron K. Williams and Fred A. Johnson -- Chapter 13 Emerging Concepts in Adaptive Management; Derek Armitage, Steven Alexander, Mark Andrachuk, Samantha Berdej, Thomas Dyck, Prateep Nayak, Jeremy Pittman and Kaitlyn Rathwell -- Chapter 14 Adaptive Management of Social-Ecological Systems: The Path Forward; Ahjond Garmestani and Craig Allen -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910299429403321 |
Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 | ||
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Advances in Computational Social Science [[electronic resource] ] : The Fourth World Congress / / edited by Shu-Heng Chen, Takao Terano, Ryuichi Yamamoto, Chung-Ching Tai |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Tokyo : , : Springer Japan : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (365 p.) |
Disciplina | 300.11 |
Collana | Agent-Based Social Systems |
Soggetto topico |
Economics
Management science Business Social sciences Computer science Economics, general Business and Management, general Social Sciences, general Computer Science, general |
Soggetto genere / forma | Conference papers and proceedings. |
ISBN | 4-431-54847-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Online Communities and Social Media -- Stock BBS Factor Model Using Principal Component Score -- How Consumer-Generated Advertising Works: An Empirical Agent-Based Simulation -- Understanding Citizens’ Channel Choice of Public Service Delivery: An Agent-Based Simulation Approach -- Cyclical Pattern of the Rise and Fall of an Online Community Due to a Troll -- Economic and Social Networks -- On the Indeterminacy of the Clearing Payment Vectors in Numerical Simulations on Financial Networks -- Three-State Opinion Formation Model on Adaptive Networks and Time to Consensus -- Achieving Consensus with Segregation in Multiple Social Contexts -- Behavioral Finance and Macroeconomics -- How Does Overconfidence Affect Asset Pricing, Volatility, and Volume? -- Analyzing the Validity of Passive Investment Strategies Under Financial Constraints -- Macroeconomic Forecasting with Agent-Based Models: Prediction and Simulation of the Impact of Public Policies on SMEs -- Influence of the Corporation Tax Rate on GDP in an Agent-Based Artificial Economic System -- Demographics, Health Care, Linguistics, and Sociology -- Semi-Artificial Models of Populations: Connecting Demography with Agent-Based Modelling -- An Agent-Based Approach for Patient Satisfaction and Collateral Health Effects -- Complex Evolutionary Pathways in Interacting Linguistic Communities -- Socio-Cognitive Influences on Social Stratification -- Participatory Modeling -- A Computational Study of Rule Learning in “Do-It-Yourself Lottery” with Aggregate Information -- Agent-Based Social Simulation as an Aid to Communication Between Stakeholders -- Hybrid Approach of Agent-Based and Gaming Simulations for Stakeholder Accreditation -- Methodology -- When Does Simulated Data Match Real Data? -- Towards Validating a Model of Households and Societies in East Africa -- Social Simulation Comparison in Arbitrary Problem Domains: First Steps Towards a More Principled Approach. |
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Tokyo : , : Springer Japan : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 | ||
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African Postcolonial Modernity [[electronic resource] ] : Informal Subjectivities and the Democratic Consensus / / by S. Osha |
Autore | Osha S |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (277 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.96 |
Collana | African Histories and Modernities |
Soggetto topico |
Ethnology—Africa
Popular culture - Study and teaching Social sciences Imperialism Social history Ethnology African Culture Cultural Studies Social Sciences, general Imperialism and Colonialism Social History Cultural Anthropology |
ISBN |
1-349-49617-0
1-137-44693-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1 The Polis: From Greece to an African Athens; Chapter 2 The Order/Other of Political Culture; Chapter 3 Urbanscapes; Chapter 4 Youth, Violence, and the Production of Knowledge; Chapter 5 (Mis)Understanding Mbekism; Chapter 6 Global Activism and Discourses of Dispossession in South Africa; Chapter 7 African Sexualities I; Chapter 8 African Sexualities II; Conclusion Yearnings of Modernity; Notes; Bibliography; Name Index; Subject Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787821803321 |
Osha S
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New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2014 | ||
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African Postcolonial Modernity [[electronic resource] ] : Informal Subjectivities and the Democratic Consensus / / by S. Osha |
Autore | Osha S |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (277 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.96 |
Collana | African Histories and Modernities |
Soggetto topico |
Ethnology—Africa
Popular culture - Study and teaching Social sciences Imperialism Social history Ethnology African Culture Cultural Studies Social Sciences, general Imperialism and Colonialism Social History Cultural Anthropology |
ISBN |
1-349-49617-0
1-137-44693-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1 The Polis: From Greece to an African Athens; Chapter 2 The Order/Other of Political Culture; Chapter 3 Urbanscapes; Chapter 4 Youth, Violence, and the Production of Knowledge; Chapter 5 (Mis)Understanding Mbekism; Chapter 6 Global Activism and Discourses of Dispossession in South Africa; Chapter 7 African Sexualities I; Chapter 8 African Sexualities II; Conclusion Yearnings of Modernity; Notes; Bibliography; Name Index; Subject Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821955903321 |
Osha S
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Agent-Based Modelling of Socio-Technical Systems [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Koen H. van Dam, Igor Nikolic, Zofia Lukszo |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2013.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (284 p.) |
Disciplina | 001.4/22 |
Collana | Agent-Based Social Systems |
Soggetto topico |
Computer simulation
Computational complexity Computational intelligence Social sciences Business Management science Energy systems Simulation and Modeling Complexity Computational Intelligence Social Sciences, general Business and Management, general Energy Systems |
Soggetto genere / forma | Case studies. |
ISBN |
1-283-69809-9
94-007-4933-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Foreword by Prof Nigel Gilbert -- Preface by the editors -- 1 Introduction; G.P.J. Dijkema, Z. Lukszo and M.P.C. Weijnen -- Part I Theory and practice -- 2 Theory; I. Nikolic and J. Kasmire.-3 Practice; I. Nikolic, K.H. van Dam and J. Kasmire -- Part II Case Studies -- 4 Introduction to the Case Studies; K.H. van Dam, I. Nikolic and Z. Lukszo -- 5 Agent-Based Models of Supply Chains; B. Behdani, K.H. van Dam and Z. Lukszo -- 6 An Agent-Based Model of Consumer Lighting; E.J.L. Chappin and M.R. Afman -- 7 An Agent-based Model of CO2 Policies and Electricity Generation; E.J.L. Chappin and G.P.J. Dijkema -- 8 An Agent-Based Model of a Mobile Phone Production, Consumption and Recycling Network; L.A. Bollinger, C.B. Davis and I. Nikolic -- 9 Next Steps in Modelling Socio-Technical Systems: Towards Collaborative Modelling; A. Chmieliauskas, C.B. Davis and L.A. Bollinger -- List of Contributors -- Index. |
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Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013 | ||
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Applied Geoinformatics for Sustainable Integrated Land and Water Resources Management (ILWRM) in the Brahmaputra River basin [[electronic resource] ] : Results from the EC-project BRAHMATWINN / / edited by Nayan Sharma, Wolfgang-Albert Flügel |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Delhi : , : Springer India : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (81 p.) |
Disciplina |
004
300 333.7 338.927 550 551.48 910 |
Soggetto topico |
Sustainable development
Water Geography Computer science Earth sciences Social sciences Sustainable Development Water, general Geography, general Computer Science, general Earth Sciences, general Social Sciences, general |
ISBN | 81-322-1967-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction -- 2. Conceptual Background of Applied Geoinformatics -- 3. The Ec-project Brahmatwinn -- 4. Regional Climate Projections -- 5. Land use / Land Cover Classification of the Natural Environment -- 6. Glacier Changes and Permafrost Distribution -- 7. Wetlands and their Dynamics -- 8. Large Scale Distributed Hydrological Modelling -- 9. Applying the Response Units (ru) Concept for iwrm -- 10. Vulnerability Assessment and Scenarios -- 11. Adaptive iwrm Responses to cope with “what-if?” Scenarios -- 12. Integrated Land and Water Resources Management System (ilwrms) -- 13. References. |
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New Delhi : , : Springer India : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 | ||
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The Armed Forces: Towards a Post-Interventionist Era? [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Gerhard Kümmel, Bastian Giegerich |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2013.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wiesbaden : , : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : , : Imprint : Springer VS, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
Disciplina | 300 |
Collana | Schriftenreihe des Zentrums für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr |
Soggetto topico |
Social sciences
Social Sciences, general |
ISBN | 3-658-01286-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Current and Future Security Challenges -- Transformations of the Military -- Interventionism, Post-Interventionism, Neo-Interventionism -- Civil-Military Relations. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910438326603321 |
Wiesbaden : , : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : , : Imprint : Springer VS, , 2013 | ||
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Assessing Quality in European Educational Research [[electronic resource] ] : Indicators and Approaches / / edited by Ingrid Gogolin, Fredrik Åström, Antje Hansen |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wiesbaden : , : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : , : Imprint : Springer VS, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (214 p.) |
Disciplina | 300 |
Soggetto topico |
Sociology
Social sciences Knowledge - Discourse Social Sciences, general |
ISBN | 3-658-05969-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Semantic Analyses -- Extrinsic Indicators & Citation Analyses -- Intrinsic Indicators & Peer Review.- Relevance for other research fields. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910484001003321 |
Wiesbaden : , : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : , : Imprint : Springer VS, , 2014 | ||
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