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Ageing in Europe : supporting policies for an inclusive society / / edited by Axel Börsch-Supan [and four others]
| Ageing in Europe : supporting policies for an inclusive society / / edited by Axel Börsch-Supan [and four others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 379 pages) |
| Disciplina | 305.26094 |
| Soggetto topico |
Aging - Europe
Aging - Social aspects - Europe |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Europe
ageing demographics inclusive society |
| ISBN |
3-11-043704-X
3-11-044441-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Editors -- Contributors -- 1 SHARE: a European policy device for inclusive ageing societies / Börsch-Supan, Axel / Kneip, Thorsten / Litwin, Howard / Myck, Michał / Weber, Guglielmo -- Part I. Material deprivation and social exclusion - extending analysis using Wave 5 data -- 2. Material deprivation items in SHARE Wave 5 data: a contribution to a better understanding of differences in material conditions in later life / Adena, Maja / Myck, Michał / Oczkowska, Monika -- 3. Accessibility to neighbourhood services and well-being among older Europeans / Stoeckel, Kimberly J. / Litwin, Howard -- 4. Assessing the material deprivation of older Europeans / Bertoni, Marco / Cavapozzi, Danilo / Celidoni, Martina / Trevisan, Elisabetta -- 5. Development and validation of a material deprivation index / Bertoni, Marco / Cavapozzi, Danilo / Celidoni, Martina / Trevisan, Elisabetta -- 6. Measuring social deprivation and social exclusion / Myck, Michał / Najsztub, Mateusz / Oczkowska, Monika -- 7. Material and social deprivation in the macroeconomic context / Najsztub, Mateusz / Bonfatti, Andrea / Duda, Dominika -- Part II. Deprivation and social exclusion: causes and implications -- 8. Does hearing impairment lead to social exclusion? / Bertoni, Marco / Celidoni, Martina / Weber, Guglielmo / Kneip, Thorsten -- 9. Older adults living with cognitive and mobility-related limitations: social deprivation and forms of care received / Fontaine, Roméo / Pino, Maribel / Jean-Baptiste, Marine / Philibert, Aurore / Briant, Nicolas / Joël, Marie-Eve -- 10. Who can realise their retirement plans? Poor health and employment crises as factors of exclusion / Kröger, Hannes / Hoffmann, Rasmus -- 11. Social inequalities in oral health - towards targeted health policy interventions / Listl, Stefan / Jürges, Hendrik -- 12. Slipping into poverty: effects on mental and physical health / Franzese, Fabio -- 13. Social cohesiveness and neighbourhood environmental deprivation: how are they related to life satisfaction in late life? / Stoeckel, Kimberly J. / Litwin, Howard -- Part III. Inclusion and social cohesiveness -- 14. Social exclusion and support between generations / Deindl, Christian / Brandt, Martina / Litwin, Howard -- 15. Loneliness in Europe: do perceived neighbourhood characteristics matter? / Shiovitz-Ezra, Sharon -- 16. Loneliness among informal caregivers aged 50+ in Europe / Wagner, Melanie / Brandt, Martina -- 17. Social exclusion, welfare regime and unmet long-term care need: evidence from SHARE / Srakar, Andrej / Hrast, Maša Filipovič / Hlebec, Valentina / Majcen, Boris -- 18. Growing old abroad: social and material deprivation among first- and secondgeneration migrants in Europe / Hunkler, Christian / Kneip, Thorsten / Sand, Gregor / Schuth, Morten -- 19. Is there a European land of opportunity? Cross-country differences in intergenerational mobility in 14 European countries and Israel / Antonova, Liudmila / Aranda, Luis / Havari, Enkelejda / Pace, Noemi -- Part IV. Employment, social inclusion and social protection -- 20. Coping with risks during the Great Recession / Bonfatti, Andrea / Celidoni, Martina / Weber, Guglielmo / Börsch-Supan, Axel -- 21. Reverse mortgage: a tool to reduce old age poverty without sacrificing social inclusion / Moscarola, Flavia Coda / d'Addio, Anna Cristina / Fornero, Elsa / Rossi, Mariacristina -- 22. Becoming self-employed at ages 50+: true entrepreneurship or exclusion from (wage-)employment? / Mastrogiacomo, Mauro / Belloni, Michele -- 23. Does training help retaining older workers into employment? Evidence from the SHARE survey / Belloni, Michele / Brugiavini, Agar / Meschi, Elena / Pasini, Giacomo -- 24. Early retirement for the underprivileged? Using the record-linked SHARE-RV data to evaluate the most recent German pension reform / Börsch-Supan, Axel / Alt, Benedikt / Bucher-Koenen, Tabea -- 25. The use of PC at work and job satisfaction / Cavapozzi, Danilo / Trevisan, Elisabetta / Weber, Guglielmo -- Part V. Health and health care -- 26. Forgone visits to the doctor due to cost or lengthy waiting time among older adults in Europe / Tur-Sinai, Aviad / Litwin, Howard / Weber, Guglielmo -- 27. Health insurance coverage and access to care among European elders: crossnational differences and social gradients / Jürges, Hendrik -- 28. Pain and social exclusion among the European older people / Croda, Enrica -- 29. The educational gradient in life expectancy in Europe: preliminary evidence from SHARE / Bohacek, Radim / Crespo, Laura / Mira, Pedro / Pijoan-Mas, Josep -- 30. Unmet need for long-term care and social exclusion / Laferrère, Anne / Bosch, Karel Van den -- 31. Eligibility regulations and formal home-care utilisation among the vulnerable older people in SHARE Wave 5 / Carrino, Ludovico / Orso, Cristina Elisa -- 32. Long-term care insurance across Europe / Bucher-Koenen, Tabea / Schütz, Johanna / Spindler, Martin -- 33. Long-term care insurance and the family: does the availability of potential caregivers substitute for long-term care insurance? / Bonsang, Eric / Schoenmaeckers, Jérôme |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910131360503321 |
| Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ageing in Europe : supporting policies for an inclusive society / / edited by Axel Börsch-Supan [and four others]
| Ageing in Europe : supporting policies for an inclusive society / / edited by Axel Börsch-Supan [and four others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 379 pages) |
| Disciplina | 305.26094 |
| Soggetto topico |
Aging - Europe
Aging - Social aspects - Europe |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Europe
ageing demographics inclusive society |
| ISBN |
3-11-043704-X
3-11-044441-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Editors -- Contributors -- 1 SHARE: a European policy device for inclusive ageing societies / Börsch-Supan, Axel / Kneip, Thorsten / Litwin, Howard / Myck, Michał / Weber, Guglielmo -- Part I. Material deprivation and social exclusion - extending analysis using Wave 5 data -- 2. Material deprivation items in SHARE Wave 5 data: a contribution to a better understanding of differences in material conditions in later life / Adena, Maja / Myck, Michał / Oczkowska, Monika -- 3. Accessibility to neighbourhood services and well-being among older Europeans / Stoeckel, Kimberly J. / Litwin, Howard -- 4. Assessing the material deprivation of older Europeans / Bertoni, Marco / Cavapozzi, Danilo / Celidoni, Martina / Trevisan, Elisabetta -- 5. Development and validation of a material deprivation index / Bertoni, Marco / Cavapozzi, Danilo / Celidoni, Martina / Trevisan, Elisabetta -- 6. Measuring social deprivation and social exclusion / Myck, Michał / Najsztub, Mateusz / Oczkowska, Monika -- 7. Material and social deprivation in the macroeconomic context / Najsztub, Mateusz / Bonfatti, Andrea / Duda, Dominika -- Part II. Deprivation and social exclusion: causes and implications -- 8. Does hearing impairment lead to social exclusion? / Bertoni, Marco / Celidoni, Martina / Weber, Guglielmo / Kneip, Thorsten -- 9. Older adults living with cognitive and mobility-related limitations: social deprivation and forms of care received / Fontaine, Roméo / Pino, Maribel / Jean-Baptiste, Marine / Philibert, Aurore / Briant, Nicolas / Joël, Marie-Eve -- 10. Who can realise their retirement plans? Poor health and employment crises as factors of exclusion / Kröger, Hannes / Hoffmann, Rasmus -- 11. Social inequalities in oral health - towards targeted health policy interventions / Listl, Stefan / Jürges, Hendrik -- 12. Slipping into poverty: effects on mental and physical health / Franzese, Fabio -- 13. Social cohesiveness and neighbourhood environmental deprivation: how are they related to life satisfaction in late life? / Stoeckel, Kimberly J. / Litwin, Howard -- Part III. Inclusion and social cohesiveness -- 14. Social exclusion and support between generations / Deindl, Christian / Brandt, Martina / Litwin, Howard -- 15. Loneliness in Europe: do perceived neighbourhood characteristics matter? / Shiovitz-Ezra, Sharon -- 16. Loneliness among informal caregivers aged 50+ in Europe / Wagner, Melanie / Brandt, Martina -- 17. Social exclusion, welfare regime and unmet long-term care need: evidence from SHARE / Srakar, Andrej / Hrast, Maša Filipovič / Hlebec, Valentina / Majcen, Boris -- 18. Growing old abroad: social and material deprivation among first- and secondgeneration migrants in Europe / Hunkler, Christian / Kneip, Thorsten / Sand, Gregor / Schuth, Morten -- 19. Is there a European land of opportunity? Cross-country differences in intergenerational mobility in 14 European countries and Israel / Antonova, Liudmila / Aranda, Luis / Havari, Enkelejda / Pace, Noemi -- Part IV. Employment, social inclusion and social protection -- 20. Coping with risks during the Great Recession / Bonfatti, Andrea / Celidoni, Martina / Weber, Guglielmo / Börsch-Supan, Axel -- 21. Reverse mortgage: a tool to reduce old age poverty without sacrificing social inclusion / Moscarola, Flavia Coda / d'Addio, Anna Cristina / Fornero, Elsa / Rossi, Mariacristina -- 22. Becoming self-employed at ages 50+: true entrepreneurship or exclusion from (wage-)employment? / Mastrogiacomo, Mauro / Belloni, Michele -- 23. Does training help retaining older workers into employment? Evidence from the SHARE survey / Belloni, Michele / Brugiavini, Agar / Meschi, Elena / Pasini, Giacomo -- 24. Early retirement for the underprivileged? Using the record-linked SHARE-RV data to evaluate the most recent German pension reform / Börsch-Supan, Axel / Alt, Benedikt / Bucher-Koenen, Tabea -- 25. The use of PC at work and job satisfaction / Cavapozzi, Danilo / Trevisan, Elisabetta / Weber, Guglielmo -- Part V. Health and health care -- 26. Forgone visits to the doctor due to cost or lengthy waiting time among older adults in Europe / Tur-Sinai, Aviad / Litwin, Howard / Weber, Guglielmo -- 27. Health insurance coverage and access to care among European elders: crossnational differences and social gradients / Jürges, Hendrik -- 28. Pain and social exclusion among the European older people / Croda, Enrica -- 29. The educational gradient in life expectancy in Europe: preliminary evidence from SHARE / Bohacek, Radim / Crespo, Laura / Mira, Pedro / Pijoan-Mas, Josep -- 30. Unmet need for long-term care and social exclusion / Laferrère, Anne / Bosch, Karel Van den -- 31. Eligibility regulations and formal home-care utilisation among the vulnerable older people in SHARE Wave 5 / Carrino, Ludovico / Orso, Cristina Elisa -- 32. Long-term care insurance across Europe / Bucher-Koenen, Tabea / Schütz, Johanna / Spindler, Martin -- 33. Long-term care insurance and the family: does the availability of potential caregivers substitute for long-term care insurance? / Bonsang, Eric / Schoenmaeckers, Jérôme |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996308766703316 |
| Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Becoming right : how campuses shape young conservatives / / Amy J. Binder and Kate Wood
| Becoming right : how campuses shape young conservatives / / Amy J. Binder and Kate Wood |
| Autore | Binder Amy J. <1964-> |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton : , : Princeton University Press, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (423 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 320.52084/20973 |
| Collana | Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology |
| Soggetto topico |
Conservatism - United States
College students - Political activity - United States Education, Higher - Political aspects - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| Soggetto non controllato |
American politics
College Republicans Eastern Elite University Higher Education Research Institute Intercollegiate Studies Institute Leadership Institute Western Flagship University Western Public system Young America's Foundation campaigning style campaigning career plans civilized discourse college conservatism college life colleges conservatism conservative femininity conservative students conservative style conservative women cultural capital cultural sociology demographics feminism gender highbrow provocation higher education ideological orientation institutional dynamics liberalism liberals national conservative organizations organizational culture organizational structures political activism political culture political expression political identification political style politics populist activism provocative style religious affiliation social capital social class student conservatism student experience undergraduates universities young conservatives |
| ISBN |
9781400844876 (ebook)
1283804255 1400844878 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Who are conservative students? -- Sponsored conservatism: the landscape of national conservative organizations -- How conservatives think about campus: the effects of college reputations, social scenes, and academics on student experience -- Provoking liberals and campaigning for republicans: two conservative styles at the Western public universities -- Civilized discourse, highbrow provocation, and a fuller embrace of campaigning: three conservative styles at Eastern elite university -- Conservative femininity -- The theory behind the findings: how studying college conservatives extends our understanding of higher education, politics, and culture. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465625603321 |
Binder Amy J. <1964->
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| Princeton : , : Princeton University Press, , [2013] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Becoming right : how campuses shape young conservatives / / Amy J. Binder and Kate Wood
| Becoming right : how campuses shape young conservatives / / Amy J. Binder and Kate Wood |
| Autore | Binder Amy J. <1964-> |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton : , : Princeton University Press, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (423 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 320.52084/20973 |
| Collana | Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology |
| Soggetto topico |
Conservatism - United States
College students - Political activity - United States Education, Higher - Political aspects - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
American politics
College Republicans Eastern Elite University Higher Education Research Institute Intercollegiate Studies Institute Leadership Institute Western Flagship University Western Public system Young America's Foundation campaigning style campaigning career plans civilized discourse college conservatism college life colleges conservatism conservative femininity conservative students conservative style conservative women cultural capital cultural sociology demographics feminism gender highbrow provocation higher education ideological orientation institutional dynamics liberalism liberals national conservative organizations organizational culture organizational structures political activism political culture political expression political identification political style politics populist activism provocative style religious affiliation social capital social class student conservatism student experience undergraduates universities young conservatives |
| ISBN |
1-283-80425-5
1-4008-4487-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Who are conservative students? -- Sponsored conservatism: the landscape of national conservative organizations -- How conservatives think about campus: the effects of college reputations, social scenes, and academics on student experience -- Provoking liberals and campaigning for republicans: two conservative styles at the Western public universities -- Civilized discourse, highbrow provocation, and a fuller embrace of campaigning: three conservative styles at Eastern elite university -- Conservative femininity -- The theory behind the findings: how studying college conservatives extends our understanding of higher education, politics, and culture. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792155003321 |
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Binder Amy J. <1964->
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| Princeton : , : Princeton University Press, , [2013] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Becoming right : how campuses shape young conservatives / / Amy J. Binder and Kate Wood
| Becoming right : how campuses shape young conservatives / / Amy J. Binder and Kate Wood |
| Autore | Binder Amy J. <1964-> |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton : , : Princeton University Press, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (423 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 320.52084/20973 |
| Collana | Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology |
| Soggetto topico |
Conservatism - United States
College students - Political activity - United States Education, Higher - Political aspects - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
American politics
College Republicans Eastern Elite University Higher Education Research Institute Intercollegiate Studies Institute Leadership Institute Western Flagship University Western Public system Young America's Foundation campaigning style campaigning career plans civilized discourse college conservatism college life colleges conservatism conservative femininity conservative students conservative style conservative women cultural capital cultural sociology demographics feminism gender highbrow provocation higher education ideological orientation institutional dynamics liberalism liberals national conservative organizations organizational culture organizational structures political activism political culture political expression political identification political style politics populist activism provocative style religious affiliation social capital social class student conservatism student experience undergraduates universities young conservatives |
| ISBN |
1-283-80425-5
1-4008-4487-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Who are conservative students? -- Sponsored conservatism: the landscape of national conservative organizations -- How conservatives think about campus: the effects of college reputations, social scenes, and academics on student experience -- Provoking liberals and campaigning for republicans: two conservative styles at the Western public universities -- Civilized discourse, highbrow provocation, and a fuller embrace of campaigning: three conservative styles at Eastern elite university -- Conservative femininity -- The theory behind the findings: how studying college conservatives extends our understanding of higher education, politics, and culture. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821116503321 |
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Binder Amy J. <1964->
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| Princeton : , : Princeton University Press, , [2013] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Catholic Activism Today : Individual Transformation and the Struggle for Social Justice / / Maureen K. Day
| Catholic Activism Today : Individual Transformation and the Struggle for Social Justice / / Maureen K. Day |
| Autore | Day Maureen K. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : New York University Press, , [2020] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (vii, 311 pages) |
| Disciplina | 303.372 |
| Collana | Religion and Social Transformation |
| Soggetto topico |
RELIGION / Christian Life / Social Issues
Social justice - Religious aspects - Catholic Church Church and social problems - Catholic Church Church and social problems Christian sociology - Catholic Church Christian sociology Christian sociology - United States Church and social problems - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
American life
Catholic Church hierarchy Catholic history Catholic identity Catholic social teaching Catholicism Christianity Second Vatican Council authority civic engagement civic organizations community compassion core values demographics dialogue dilemma of resistance discipleship style engagement immersion experiences individual-level solutions individualist lay-centered theology moral authority religion religious meaning small groups social justice solidarity theology of pragmatic reverence transformation volunteer |
| ISBN | 1-4798-2141-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | JustFaith ministries and the discipleship style: a sociohistorical context -- The culture of Catholic civic engagement: catholicity and core values -- From private belief to public call: transforming American Catholics -- Christ-centered discipleship: a theology of pragmatic reverence -- Transforming community: gathering and sending American Catholics -- The state, the market, and poverty: seeking justice -- Compassion: knowledge through stories -- Conclusion: JustFaith ministries and the American Catholic landscape. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910903999903321 |
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Day Maureen K.
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| New York : , : New York University Press, , [2020] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The China mystique [[electronic resource] ] : Pearl S. Buck, Anna May Wong, Mayling Soong, and the transformation of American Orientalism / / Karen J. Leong
| The China mystique [[electronic resource] ] : Pearl S. Buck, Anna May Wong, Mayling Soong, and the transformation of American Orientalism / / Karen J. Leong |
| Autore | Leong Karen J. <1968-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (263 p.) |
| Disciplina | 305.48/8951073/0922 |
| Soggetto topico | International relations |
| Soggetto non controllato |
20th century
america american culture american history american perspective anna may wong anthropology asian nationalism china chinese americans consumer culture demographics ethnographers gender issues globalism globalization historians history of orientalism international relations mass culture mayling soong modern history nonfiction study orientalism othering pearl s buck transnationalism united states women in america |
| ISBN |
0-520-93863-1
1-59875-544-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- 1. Gendering American Orientalism -- 2. Pearl Sydenstricker Buck -- 3. Anna May Wong -- 4. Mayling Soong -- 5. Transforming American National Identity- The China Mystique -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
| Altri titoli varianti | Pearl S. Buck, Anna May Wong, Mayling Soong, and the transformation of American Orientalism |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783311503321 |
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Leong Karen J. <1968->
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| Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2005 | ||
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Consumer Preferences and Acceptance of Meat Products
| Consumer Preferences and Acceptance of Meat Products |
| Autore | Garmyn Andrea |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (222 p.) |
| Soggetto topico |
Research & information: general
Biology, life sciences Food & society |
| Soggetto non controllato |
actinidin
consumer acceptance consumer sensory testing eating quality grass-fed beef Meat Standards Australia (MSA) proteolysis sensory testing quality tenderness oxidation colour sensory acceptability beef consumer perceptions patties tempeh consumers attitude sheepmeat premium holistic product development consumer enhancement fajita muscle phosphate sodium bicarbonate lamb age sensory evaluation flavor meat purchase decision-making meat buying criteria extended postmortem aging demographics satisfaction focus group meat products qualitative multivariate analysis conjoint analysis older adults consumer sensory pork lamb juiciness demographic yearling longissimus semimembranosus cross-cultural |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910557669503321 |
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Garmyn Andrea
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| Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Disease change and the role of medicine : the Navajo experience / / Stephen J. Kunitz
| Disease change and the role of medicine : the Navajo experience / / Stephen J. Kunitz |
| Autore | Kunitz Stephen J |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1983 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (238 pages) |
| Disciplina | 362.1/08997 |
| Collana | Comparative studies of health systems and medical care |
| Soggetto topico |
Navajo Indians - Diseases
Navajo Indians - Mortality Navajo Indians - Medical care Navajo Indians - Medicine Indians of North America - Diseases - Southwest, New Indians of North America - Mortality - Southwest, New Indians of North America - Medical care - Southwest, New Indians of North America - Medicine - Southwest, New |
| Soggetto non controllato |
academic
american indian career demographics disease doctors economy fertility health and wellness health care health issues health professionals indian reservation indigenous people life and death medical experts medical field medical medicinal mortality native american navajo reservation navajo physicians policy making public policy reservation life reservation scholarly social science social scientists social studies |
| ISBN |
1-282-35559-7
0-520-90964-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Mortality, Fertility and Social Organization -- 2. Economic and Demographic Change on the Navajo Reservation -- 3. Disease Patterns on the Navajo Reservation -- 4. Traditional Navajo Health Beliefs and Practices (by Jerrold E. Levy) -- 5. Health Care Utilization (with Helena Temkin-Greener) -- 6. Changing Mortality and the Role of Medicine -- Appendix I: Data and Methods -- APPENDIX II -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777954703321 |
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Kunitz Stephen J
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1983 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The future of Africa : challenges and opportunities / / Jakkie Cilliers
| The future of Africa : challenges and opportunities / / Jakkie Cilliers |
| Autore | Cilliers Jakkie |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Springer Nature, 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XVII, 421 pages) : 57 illustrations, 55 illustrations in color |
| Disciplina | 330.9600112 |
| Soggetto topico | Economic development - Africa |
| Soggetto non controllato |
African Politics
Development Studies Political Economy/Economic Systems Political Economy and Economic Systems Africa demographics population development development in Africa African Union China political economy in Africa Open access Politics & government Political economy |
| ISBN | 3-030-46590-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 The Growing Gap -- The Growing Income Divergence -- South Korea and Ghana -- The Importance of Labour and Demographics -- Productivity and Economic Structure -- The Global Context -- Dealing with Africa's Diversity-Using Country Income Groups -- Previous Studies and the International Futures Forecasting Platform -- Structure of the Book -- Further Reading -- 2 Africa's Current Path -- From Brundtland to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) -- The Impact of the Structural Adjustment Programmes -- Africa's Growing Dependence on Commodities -- The Challenges of Commodities-Dependent Growth -- Rising Debt Levels -- The Third Wave of Democratisation in Africa -- Africa's Slow Pace of Urbanisation -- The Current Path Scenario -- 3 Health -- The Impact of HIV and AIDS -- Africa's Approaching Health Transition -- Urbanisation and Health Services -- Current Path: Access to Basic Infrastructure -- Modelling the Impact of Better Health and WASH Infrastructure: The Improved Health Scenario -- Impact on Disability Adjusted Life Years -- Conclusion: Planning Comprehensively and Long-Term -- Further Reading -- 4 Getting to Africa's Demographic Dividend -- What History Reveals -- The Impact of the Demographic Dividend -- Comparing Niger, Egypt, Japan and Sweden -- Africa's Slow Demographic Transition -- The Peak and Length of the Demographic Dividend -- The Potential Benefits of Reducing Fertility Rates -- The Components of the Demographic Dividend Scenario -- Scenario Impact on Global Population -- Impact of the Demographic Dividend on Africa -- Conclusion: Reducing Fertility Rates and Working Towards Africa's Demographic Dividend -- Further Reading -- 5 Wanted: A Revolution in Agriculture -- After Independence -- Agriculture Today.
Obstacles to a Revolution in Agriculture -- Achieving Food Security -- The Challenge for the Future -- Lessons from Elsewhere -- Modelling a Coordinated Push on Africa's Agricultural Sector: The African Agriculture Revolution Scenario -- The Contributions from Technology and Innovation -- Conclusion: Aiming at Food Security and Growth -- Further Reading -- 6 Boosting Education -- Recent Education Trends in Africa -- Comparing Education in Africa with Other Regions -- The Low Quality of Education in Africa -- Rates of Gender Exclusion -- Africa's Future Education Requirements -- Modelling the Impact of Improved Quality, Quantity and Nature of Education Across Gender: The Boosting Education Scenario -- From Basics to Technology -- Conclusion: Prioritising Education Outcomes -- Further Reading -- 7 Poverty, Inequality and Growth -- Globalisation and the Sense of Relative Deprivation -- The Interplay Between Inequality and Growth -- The SDGs and Measuring Extreme Poverty -- The Impact of the Additional Poverty Lines -- The Current Situation in Africa -- The Potential of Social Grants to Reduce Poverty -- The Promise of an African Welfare State? -- Modelling the Impact of Using Tax Revenues for Social Grants: The Social Grants for Africa Scenario -- Conclusion: Reducing Poverty Through Rapid and Inclusive Economic Growth -- Further Reading -- 8 Changing Productive Structures -- The Contribution of Services to Growth -- The Impact of the Diffusion of Knowledge -- Manufacturing in Africa -- Composition of African Economies -- Industrialisation and Growth in Africa -- Modelling the Impact of Industrialisation: The Made in Africa Scenario -- Costs and Benefits of a Manufacturing Pathway -- Conclusion: Promoting and Intensifying Local Production and Trade -- Further Reading -- 9 The Future of Work in Africa -- Trends in Employment. Automation and the Threat to Work -- The Impact of Digitisation in Ghana -- The Promise of Greater Economic Formalisation in Ghana -- Conclusion: Thinking Differently About the Future -- Further Reading -- 10 Technological Innovation and the Power of Leapfrogging -- The Shale and Tight Oil Revolution in the USA -- The Potential of Renewable Energy in Africa -- The Challenge of Energy Storage (Power-to-X) -- Mobile Phones and Access to the Internet-A Big Leap for Africa -- M-Pesa and Innovation in Mobile Banking -- Mobile Phones and Social Change -- Formalising the Informal Sector -- Modelling the Impact of Improved Electricity Access, ICT and Digitisation: The Leapfrogging Scenario -- Conclusion: Harnessing Technology for the Future -- Further Reading -- 11 Trade and Growth -- From GATT to the Decline of Multilateralism -- The Impact of Preferential Access: Everything But Arms and AGOA -- Africa's Shifting Trade Relations with the Rest of the World -- Intra-African Trade and Efforts at Advancing Regional Integration -- The Need for Connecting Infrastructure-And the Challenge of Non-Tariff Barriers -- Perspectives on the Promise of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) -- The Potential Impact of AfCFTA? -- Modelling the Impact of Regional Economic Integration: The Africa Free Trade Area Scenario -- Conclusion: Advancing Africa's Trade -- Further Reading -- 12 Prospects for Greater Peace -- Trends in Conflict -- Africa's Leadership in Conflict Prevention and Management -- Changing Characteristics of Organised Violence -- More Riots -- Structural Drivers of Violence -- Regime Capacity, Type and Regime Dissonance -- Youth and Unemployment -- Poor Governance and High Levels of Inequality -- Modelling the Prospects for Greater Peace: The Silencing the Guns Scenario -- Conclusion: Focusing on Conflict Prevention -- Further Reading. 13 Good Governance, Democracy and Development -- The State of Democracy in Africa -- Is Democracy Making a Difference to Development Prospects in Africa? -- The Realities of Neopatrimonialism in Africa -- The Role of Leadership in Development -- Modelling the Impact of More Democracy: The Fourth Wave of Democracy Scenario -- Conclusion: Promoting Democracy, State Capacity and Human Development -- Further Reading -- 14 Aid, Remittances and Foreign Direct Investment -- The Shifting Global Aid Landscape -- Leveraging Foreign Direct Investment for Africa -- China's Growing Footprint in Africa -- Remittance Flows to Africa -- Modelling Increased FDI, Aid and Remittances: The External Support Scenario -- The Impact of the Combined External Support Scenario -- Conclusion: Unlocking Foreign Assistance -- Further Reading -- 15 Climate Change -- Africa as a Climate Change Taker -- The Global Energy Transition -- Carbon Emissions and Energy in Africa -- The Impact of Climate Change -- Comparing Carbon Emissions in Different Scenarios -- Responding to Climate Change -- Development as a Coping and Planning Mechanism -- Conclusion: Finding an Environmentally Sustainable Pathway -- Further Reading -- 16 Closing the Gap -- Prospects in the Close the Gap Scenario -- GDP Per Capita in the Close the Gap Scenario -- Size of Economies in the Close the Gap Scenario -- Extreme Poverty in the Close the Gap Scenario -- Carbon Emissions in the Close the Gap Scenario -- Structural Change of Economies in the Close the Gap Scenario -- Comparing the Impact of Individual Scenarios Over Time -- Scenario Comparison Using Income Per Person as Key Indicator -- Scenario Comparison Using Progress with the Human Development Index, Inequality and Extreme Poverty -- What Is Possible? A Comparison with China -- A Passion for Knowledge and Development -- In Conclusion -- Further Reading. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Future of Africa |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910473454203321 |
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Cilliers Jakkie
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| Springer Nature, 2021 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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