Active Social Capital [[electronic resource] ] : Tracing the Roots of Development and Democracy
| Active Social Capital [[electronic resource] ] : Tracing the Roots of Development and Democracy |
| Autore | Krishna Anirudh |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Columbia University Press, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (267 p.) |
| Disciplina |
302
306.3 |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic development
Economic development -- Social aspects Social aspects Social capital (Sociology) Sociology & Social History Social Sciences Social Change |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction: Can Social Capital Help Support Development and Democracy?; 2. How Might Social Capital Matter?; 3. Structre and Agency: New Political Entrepreneurs and the Rise of Village-Based Collective Action; 4. Measuring Social Capital; 5. Understanding Economic Development: Why Do Some Villages Develop Faster than Others?; 6. Examining Community Harmony: Why Are Some Villages Peaceful and Others Not?; 7. Democratic Participation in Rural North India: Social Capital and New Political Entrepreneurs; 8. Conclusion; APPENDICES; A: Methodology
B: Details of 60 Villages in RajasthanC: Map of Village Balesariya; Notes; References; Index |
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Krishna Anirudh
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| New York, : Columbia University Press, 2005 | ||
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Active Social Capital [[electronic resource] ] : Tracing the Roots of Development and Democracy
| Active Social Capital [[electronic resource] ] : Tracing the Roots of Development and Democracy |
| Autore | Krishna Anirudh |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Columbia University Press, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (267 p.) |
| Disciplina |
302
306.3 |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic development
Economic development -- Social aspects Social aspects Social capital (Sociology) Sociology & Social History Social Sciences Social Change |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction: Can Social Capital Help Support Development and Democracy?; 2. How Might Social Capital Matter?; 3. Structre and Agency: New Political Entrepreneurs and the Rise of Village-Based Collective Action; 4. Measuring Social Capital; 5. Understanding Economic Development: Why Do Some Villages Develop Faster than Others?; 6. Examining Community Harmony: Why Are Some Villages Peaceful and Others Not?; 7. Democratic Participation in Rural North India: Social Capital and New Political Entrepreneurs; 8. Conclusion; APPENDICES; A: Methodology
B: Details of 60 Villages in RajasthanC: Map of Village Balesariya; Notes; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779117403321 |
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| New York, : Columbia University Press, 2005 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Alerta global : políticas, movimientos sociales y futuros en disputa en tiempos de pandemia / / Breno Bringel, Geoffrey Pleyers
| Alerta global : políticas, movimientos sociales y futuros en disputa en tiempos de pandemia / / Breno Bringel, Geoffrey Pleyers |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Argentina : , : CLACSO, , 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (436 pages) |
| Disciplina | 306 |
| Soggetto topico | Social aspects |
| ISBN | 987-722-646-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | spa |
| Altri titoli varianti | Alerta global |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910438957903321 |
| Argentina : , : CLACSO, , 2020 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Another Arabesque [[electronic resource] ] : Syrian-Lebanese Ethnicity in Neoliberal Brazil
| Another Arabesque [[electronic resource] ] : Syrian-Lebanese Ethnicity in Neoliberal Brazil |
| Autore | Karam John Tofik |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (230 p.) |
| Disciplina |
305.800981
305.892/75692081 |
| Soggetto topico |
Brazil - Civilization - Arabic influences
Economic aspects Ethnic identity Ethnicity Ethnicity - Economic aspects - Brazil Ethnicity - Social aspects - Brazil Lebanese - Ethnic identity - Brazil Lebanese Social aspects Syrians Syrians - Ethnic identity - Brazil Regions & Countries - Americas History & Archaeology Latin America |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-24306-X
9786611243067 1-59213-541-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | C O N T E N T S; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION The Politics of Privilege; PART ONE: Imagining Political Economy; ONE Pariahs to Partners in the Export Nation; TWO Eth(n)ics and Transparent State Reform; PART TWO: Remodeling the Nationalist Order; THREE Turcos in the Market Model of Racial Democracy; FOUR Mixing Christians, Cloning Muslims; PART THREE: Marketing Ethnic Culture; FIVE Ethnic Reappropriation in the Country Club Circuit; SIX Air Turbulence in Homeland Tourism; CONCLUSION In Secure Futures: Arabness, Neoliberalism, and Brazil; Notes; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452330703321 |
Karam John Tofik
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| Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2008 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Another Arabesque [[electronic resource] ] : Syrian-Lebanese Ethnicity in Neoliberal Brazil
| Another Arabesque [[electronic resource] ] : Syrian-Lebanese Ethnicity in Neoliberal Brazil |
| Autore | Karam John Tofik |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (230 p.) |
| Disciplina |
305.800981
305.892/75692081 |
| Soggetto topico |
Brazil - Civilization - Arabic influences
Economic aspects Ethnic identity Ethnicity Ethnicity - Economic aspects - Brazil Ethnicity - Social aspects - Brazil Lebanese - Ethnic identity - Brazil Lebanese Social aspects Syrians Syrians - Ethnic identity - Brazil Regions & Countries - Americas History & Archaeology Latin America |
| ISBN |
1-281-24306-X
9786611243067 1-59213-541-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | C O N T E N T S; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION The Politics of Privilege; PART ONE: Imagining Political Economy; ONE Pariahs to Partners in the Export Nation; TWO Eth(n)ics and Transparent State Reform; PART TWO: Remodeling the Nationalist Order; THREE Turcos in the Market Model of Racial Democracy; FOUR Mixing Christians, Cloning Muslims; PART THREE: Marketing Ethnic Culture; FIVE Ethnic Reappropriation in the Country Club Circuit; SIX Air Turbulence in Homeland Tourism; CONCLUSION In Secure Futures: Arabness, Neoliberalism, and Brazil; Notes; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781836003321 |
Karam John Tofik
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| Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2008 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Body Talk [[electronic resource] ] : The Material and Discursive Regulation of Sexuality, Madness and Reproduction
| Body Talk [[electronic resource] ] : The Material and Discursive Regulation of Sexuality, Madness and Reproduction |
| Autore | Ussher Jane |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (267 p.) |
| Disciplina |
302
306.4 |
| Soggetto topico |
Body, Human
Body, Human - Social aspects Discursive psychology Feminism Human reproduction Materialism Mental illness Mind and body Physiology Psychology Sex (Psychology) Social aspects Somatotypes Women |
| ISBN |
0-203-27732-5
1-134-74091-3 1-280-32850-9 0-203-13532-6 0-415-15364-6 9786610328505 1-134-74092-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: towards a material discursive analysis of madness, sexuality and reproduction Jane M. Ussher; Women's bodies, women's lives and depression: towards a reconciliation of material and discursive accounts Janet M. Stoppard; Mental health, critical realism and lay knowledge David Pilgrim and Anne Rogers; AIDS panic Corinne Squire; Screaming under the bridge: masculinity, rationality and psychotherapy Stephen Frosh; Adolescent bodies: boy crazy memories and dreams Janet Sayers
The discursive construction and regulation of dissident sexualities: the case of SM Gary W. Taylor Framing the sexual 'Other': the regulation of lesbian and gay sexuality Jane M. Ussher; Intimacy and love in late modern conditions: implications for unsafe sexual practices Helne Joffe; Reading the bleeding body: discourses of premenstrual syndrome Catherine Swann; Menopause: bodily changes and multiple meanings Myra S. Hunter and Irene O'Dea; Anorexic bodies and the discursive production of feminine excess Helen Malson; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996199892003316 |
Ussher Jane
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| Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2002 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Civil society in post-euromaidan Ukraine : from revolution to consolidation / / Natalia Shapovalova, Olga Burlyuk (editors) ; with a foreword by Richard Youngs
| Civil society in post-euromaidan Ukraine : from revolution to consolidation / / Natalia Shapovalova, Olga Burlyuk (editors) ; with a foreword by Richard Youngs |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Stuttgart, Germany : , : Ibidem Verlag, , [2018] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (399 pages) |
| Disciplina | 947.7086 |
| Collana | Soviet and post-soviet politics and society |
| Soggetto topico |
Russo-Ukrainian War, 2014- - Social aspects - Ukraine
Civil society - Ukraine Social aspects Civil society Politics and government |
| Soggetto genere / forma | History |
| ISBN | 3-8382-7216-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | ; Foreword / Richard Youngs -- Civil Society and Change in Ukraine Post-Euromaidan : An Introduction / Natalia Shapovalova and Olga Burlyuk -- Civil Society and Change on the Outside -- How Open is the Civic Space in Post-Euromaidan Ukraine? / Kateryna Pishchikova -- Is Conflict a Catalyst for Civil Society? Conflict-Related Civic Activism and Democratization in Ukraine / Susann Worschech -- Doing the State's Job : The Impact of Volunteers on Ukraineʼs Defense Capacity after Euromaidan / Kateryna Zarembo -- Regional Executives and Inclusive Political Institutions in the Conflict-Torn Luhansk Oblast / Valentyna Romanova -- Invisible Peacemakers : Civil Society and Reconciliation in the East of Ukraine / Ganna Bazilo and Giselle Bosse -- Civil Society and Ukraineʼs Reforms : Mission Exhausted? : A Case Study of the Reanimation Package of Reforms / Christina Parandii and Balázs Jarábik -- Civil Society and Change on the Inside -- Ukrainian Think Tanks in the Post-Euromaidan Period : Exploring the Field / Vera Axyonova and Fabian Schöppner -- Ukrainian Mediators : Professionalization Enhanced by Civic Activism / Tatiana Kyselova -- Ukrainian Journalism after the Euromaidan : Renegotiating Professionalism in Conditions of Democratization and Conflict / Halyna Budivska and Dariya Orlova -- Organizing with Organizations : Factors that Contribute to the Sustainability of Internet-Based Civil Society Initiatives / Tetyana Bohdanova and Vitaliy Moroz -- Leaders in Trust : The Churchesʹ Social Activism in Post-Euromaidan Ukraine / Mykhailo Cherenkov, Tetiana Kalenychenko and Taras Antoshevskyy -- Strategies to Fight Homophobia in Post-Euromaidan Ukraine : Constructing a Good Gay Citizen and Ukrainian Homonormative Patriotism / Maryna Shevtsova -- ; About the Authors. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795520203321 |
| Stuttgart, Germany : , : Ibidem Verlag, , [2018] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Civil society in post-euromaidan Ukraine : from revolution to consolidation / / Natalia Shapovalova, Olga Burlyuk (editors) ; with a foreword by Richard Youngs
| Civil society in post-euromaidan Ukraine : from revolution to consolidation / / Natalia Shapovalova, Olga Burlyuk (editors) ; with a foreword by Richard Youngs |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Stuttgart, Germany : , : Ibidem Verlag, , [2018] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (399 pages) |
| Disciplina | 947.7086 |
| Collana | Soviet and post-soviet politics and society |
| Soggetto topico |
Russo-Ukrainian War, 2014- - Social aspects - Ukraine
Civil society - Ukraine Social aspects Civil society Politics and government |
| Soggetto genere / forma | History |
| ISBN | 3-8382-7216-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | ; Foreword / Richard Youngs -- Civil Society and Change in Ukraine Post-Euromaidan : An Introduction / Natalia Shapovalova and Olga Burlyuk -- Civil Society and Change on the Outside -- How Open is the Civic Space in Post-Euromaidan Ukraine? / Kateryna Pishchikova -- Is Conflict a Catalyst for Civil Society? Conflict-Related Civic Activism and Democratization in Ukraine / Susann Worschech -- Doing the State's Job : The Impact of Volunteers on Ukraineʼs Defense Capacity after Euromaidan / Kateryna Zarembo -- Regional Executives and Inclusive Political Institutions in the Conflict-Torn Luhansk Oblast / Valentyna Romanova -- Invisible Peacemakers : Civil Society and Reconciliation in the East of Ukraine / Ganna Bazilo and Giselle Bosse -- Civil Society and Ukraineʼs Reforms : Mission Exhausted? : A Case Study of the Reanimation Package of Reforms / Christina Parandii and Balázs Jarábik -- Civil Society and Change on the Inside -- Ukrainian Think Tanks in the Post-Euromaidan Period : Exploring the Field / Vera Axyonova and Fabian Schöppner -- Ukrainian Mediators : Professionalization Enhanced by Civic Activism / Tatiana Kyselova -- Ukrainian Journalism after the Euromaidan : Renegotiating Professionalism in Conditions of Democratization and Conflict / Halyna Budivska and Dariya Orlova -- Organizing with Organizations : Factors that Contribute to the Sustainability of Internet-Based Civil Society Initiatives / Tetyana Bohdanova and Vitaliy Moroz -- Leaders in Trust : The Churchesʹ Social Activism in Post-Euromaidan Ukraine / Mykhailo Cherenkov, Tetiana Kalenychenko and Taras Antoshevskyy -- Strategies to Fight Homophobia in Post-Euromaidan Ukraine : Constructing a Good Gay Citizen and Ukrainian Homonormative Patriotism / Maryna Shevtsova -- ; About the Authors. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828360803321 |
| Stuttgart, Germany : , : Ibidem Verlag, , [2018] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Cold War from the Margins : A Small Socialist State on the Global Cultural Scene / / Theodora K. Dragostinova
| The Cold War from the Margins : A Small Socialist State on the Global Cultural Scene / / Theodora K. Dragostinova |
| Autore | Dragostinova Theodora <1972-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca (New York), : Cornell University Press, 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
| Collana | Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University |
| Soggetto topico |
Social aspects
Politics and culture Cultural policy Cultural diplomacy Politics and culture - Bulgaria - History - 20th century Cold War - Social aspects Cultural diplomacy - Bulgaria - History - 20th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
History
Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
9781501755552
1501755552 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction : Communist Extravaganza: Culture in the Global -- The Contradictions of Developed Socialism -- Goodwill between Neighbors -- Culture as a Way of Life -- Forging a Bulgarian Diaspora -- Like a Grand World Civilization -- Culture under Special Conditions -- Epilogue : The Socialist Past Today. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910524662103321 |
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| Ithaca (New York), : Cornell University Press, 2021 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Computers and Society in the Past Half Century : The Conquest of Will Revisited
| Computers and Society in the Past Half Century : The Conquest of Will Revisited |
| Autore | Mowshowitz Abbe |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bradford : , : Ethics International Press Limited, , 2024 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (414 pages) |
| Soggetto topico |
Computers and civilization
Social aspects |
| ISBN |
9781804415436
180441543X 9781804415429 1804415421 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Introduction: Computers and Society in the Past Half Century -- Historical Context (See Chapters 1 and 2) -- Computer Utilization (See Chapter 3) -- Management and Decision Making (See Chapter 4) -- Employment and Work Life (See Chapter 5) -- Education (See Chapter 6) -- Health Care (See Chapter 7) -- The Computer Utility (See Chapter 8) -- Privacy and Surveillance (See Chapter 9) -- Computers and Government (See Chapter 10) -- Systems Analysis and Modelling (See Chapter 11) -- The Myth of Complexity (See Chapter 12) -- Man-Machine Interaction (See Chapter 13) -- Machine Intelligence and Human Identity (See Chapter 14) -- Conquest of Will (See Chapter 15) -- Conclusion -- The Conquest of Will: Information Processing in Human Affairs -- Preface -- Contents -- Part I. Historical Perspectives -- Chapter 1. Technology in Western Culture -- 1. Technology and the Contemporary Scene -- 2. Social History of Technology -- 3. Social and Cultural Origins of the Machine Age -- 4. Some Consequences of the Mechanistic Mentality -- 5. Summary -- Chapter 2. Computing in History -- 1. Mechanization of Arithmetic: I. Exploration and Growth -- 2. Mechanization of Arithmetic: II. Government Record Keeping -- 3. Automation of Control -- 4, Synthesis -- 5. Consolidation before Revolution -- 6. The Birth of the Computer -- Chapter 3. Computer Utilization -- 2. Social Investment in Computer Applications -- 3. General Features of the Computer Industry -- 5. Politics of Computers -- Chapter 4. Information Processing in Corporate Decision-Making -- 1. Information Processing in Management -- 2. Effects of Automation on Managers -- 3. The Corporate Computer Facility -- 4. Hierarchy as an Organizational Principle -- 5. Centralization of Control -- Chapter 5. The Changing Character of Work -- 1. Responses to Technological Change.
2. Automation and the Work Environment -- 3. Effects of Automation on Employment -- 4. The Role of Work in Contemporary Society -- Chapter 6. Education and the Growth of Knowledge -- 1. Computers and the Aims of Education -- 2. Some Innovative Systems -- 3. Prospects for Computer-Assisted Instruction -- 4. Computers in Research -- Chapter 7. Computers in Health-Care -- 1. Information Systems in Health-Care -- 2. Computers in Diagnosis and Treatment -- 3. The Changing Character of Medical Practice -- 4. Delivery of Health-Care Services -- 5. Computers, Health, and the Public Interest -- Part III. Challenge: Control of Disorder -- Chapter 8, Computer Utilities -- 2. Computer Network Development -- 4. The Coming Financial Computer Utility -- Chapter 9. Privacy and Surveillance -- 1. Forms of Surveillance -- 2. Public and Private -- 3. Privacy in a Pluralistic Society -- 4. Formal Mechanisms for Protecting Privacy -- 5. On the Efficacy of Formal Safeguards -- Chapter 10. Information and the Political Process -- 7. Databanks: Distribution and Variety -- 2. Databanks: Expected Contributions -- 4. Planning in a Democracy -- 5. Computers and Political Power -- Chapter 11. Systems Analysis and Political Decision-Making -- 1. Methods of the Information Age -- 2. Traditional Methods and the Systems Approach -- 1. Modeling Social Systems -- 2. Systems Analysis and the Public Interest -- Chapter 12. Information, Power and Complexity -- 2. Information, Choice and Structure -- 5. The Myth of Complexity -- Part IV. Identity and Uncertainty: The Machine as Mirror Image -- Chapter 13. Man-Machine Interaction -- 1. The Human Meaning of Mechanization -- 2. The Man-Machine Dichotomy -- 3. Symbiosis or Parasitism -- 4. Popular Attitudes Toward Computers -- 5. The Moral Imperative -- Chapter 14. Machine Intelligence and Human Identity -- 1. Computers and Intelligence. 2. The Uses of Intelligent Machines -- 3. Models of Human Behavior -- 1. Some Consequences of Reductionism -- 2. Identity and Conduct -- Chapter 15. Literary Perspectives on the Machine -- 1. The Problematic Machine -- 2. Abundance and Freedom from Toil -- 3. Control of Behavior -- 4. Challenge to the Gods -- 5. The Conquest of Will -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Chapter 11 -- Chapter 12 -- Chapter 13 -- Chapter 14. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910985661903321 |
Mowshowitz Abbe
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| Bradford : , : Ethics International Press Limited, , 2024 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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