Barrio rising : urban popular politics and the making of modern Venezuela / / Alejandro Velasco |
Autore | Velasco Alejandro <1978-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (343 p.) |
Disciplina | 987.06/3 |
Soggetto topico |
Political participation - Venezuela - Caracas
City planning - Political aspects - Venezuela - Caracas Squatters - Political activity - Venezuela - Caracas |
Soggetto non controllato |
1950s
1958 20th century barrios bolivarian revolution caracas democracy ethnographers ethnographic research historians housing hugo chavez illegal occupation latin america scholars latin america latin american studies military government modern venezuela modernization political leaders popular politics protests public housing community slums state violence urban landscape urban politics urbanization venezuelan history violent history working poor |
ISBN | 0-520-95918-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction: A History of Place and Nation -- 1. Dictatorship's Blocks: The Battle for the New Urban Venezuela -- 2. Democracy's Projects: Occupying the Spaces of Revolution -- 3. From Ballots to Bullets: The Rise of Urban Insurgency, 1958-1963 -- 4. "The Fight Was Fierce": Uncertain Victories in the Streets and the Polls, 1963-1969 -- 5. Water, Women, and Protest: The Return of Local Activism, 1969-1977 -- 6. "A Weapon as Powerful as the Vote": Seizing the Promise of Participation, 1979-1988 -- 7. Killing Democracy's Promise: A Massacre of People and Expectations -- Conclusion: Revolutionary Projects -- APPENDIX -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797240703321 |
Velasco Alejandro <1978-> | ||
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Barrio rising : urban popular politics and the making of modern Venezuela / / Alejandro Velasco |
Autore | Velasco Alejandro <1978-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (343 p.) |
Disciplina | 987.06/3 |
Soggetto topico |
Political participation - Venezuela - Caracas
City planning - Political aspects - Venezuela - Caracas Squatters - Political activity - Venezuela - Caracas |
Soggetto non controllato |
1950s
1958 20th century barrios bolivarian revolution caracas democracy ethnographers ethnographic research historians housing hugo chavez illegal occupation latin america scholars latin america latin american studies military government modern venezuela modernization political leaders popular politics protests public housing community slums state violence urban landscape urban politics urbanization venezuelan history violent history working poor |
ISBN | 0-520-95918-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction: A History of Place and Nation -- 1. Dictatorship's Blocks: The Battle for the New Urban Venezuela -- 2. Democracy's Projects: Occupying the Spaces of Revolution -- 3. From Ballots to Bullets: The Rise of Urban Insurgency, 1958-1963 -- 4. "The Fight Was Fierce": Uncertain Victories in the Streets and the Polls, 1963-1969 -- 5. Water, Women, and Protest: The Return of Local Activism, 1969-1977 -- 6. "A Weapon as Powerful as the Vote": Seizing the Promise of Participation, 1979-1988 -- 7. Killing Democracy's Promise: A Massacre of People and Expectations -- Conclusion: Revolutionary Projects -- APPENDIX -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824514903321 |
Velasco Alejandro <1978-> | ||
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Democratic legitimacy [[electronic resource] ] : impartiality, reflexivity, proximity / / Pierre Rosanvallon ; translated by Arthur Goldhammer |
Autore | Rosanvallon Pierre <1948-> |
Edizione | [Core Textbook] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (244 p.) |
Disciplina | 321.8 |
Altri autori (Persone) | GoldhammerArthur |
Soggetto topico |
Democracy
Legitimacy of governments |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
Soggetto non controllato |
Western democracy
administration administrative-executive power appropriation bureaucracies bureaucracy care citizens civic life constitution constitutional courts constitutional judges constitutional oversight constitutional review constitutional thought corporatism countermajoritarian difficulty democracy democratic authority democratic ideals democratic impartiality democratic institution democratic institutions democratic legitimacy democratic systems derivative legitimacy direct relations dual legitimacy elections electoral legitimation electoral politics executive functions flexible relations general interest generality government initiatives government intervention government identification identity politics immediate democracy impartiality independent authorities independent commissions indirect democracy informal relations interactive democracy judicial power judicial powers legitimacy majority rule modern individualistic states multiplication new democratic institutions numerical unanimity oversight function participatory democracy particularity pluralization political community political investment political leaders political legitimacy political obligation political representatives presence proximity rational administration reflexive democracy reflexivity regulatory function representation social existence social expectations social gaze substantive unanimity unanimity unelected judges unpolitical democracy |
ISBN |
1-283-10031-2
9786613100313 1-4008-3874-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Dual legitimacy -- pt. 2. The legitimacy of impartiality -- pt. 3. Relexive legitimacy -- pt. 4. The legitimacy of proximity. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460126203321 |
Rosanvallon Pierre <1948-> | ||
Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Democratic legitimacy [[electronic resource] ] : impartiality, reflexivity, proximity / / Pierre Rosanvallon ; translated by Arthur Goldhammer |
Autore | Rosanvallon Pierre <1948-> |
Edizione | [Core Textbook] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (244 p.) |
Disciplina | 321.8 |
Altri autori (Persone) | GoldhammerArthur |
Soggetto topico |
Democracy
Legitimacy of governments |
Soggetto non controllato |
Western democracy
administration administrative-executive power appropriation bureaucracies bureaucracy care citizens civic life constitution constitutional courts constitutional judges constitutional oversight constitutional review constitutional thought corporatism countermajoritarian difficulty democracy democratic authority democratic ideals democratic impartiality democratic institution democratic institutions democratic legitimacy democratic systems derivative legitimacy direct relations dual legitimacy elections electoral legitimation electoral politics executive functions flexible relations general interest generality government initiatives government intervention government identification identity politics immediate democracy impartiality independent authorities independent commissions indirect democracy informal relations interactive democracy judicial power judicial powers legitimacy majority rule modern individualistic states multiplication new democratic institutions numerical unanimity oversight function participatory democracy particularity pluralization political community political investment political leaders political legitimacy political obligation political representatives presence proximity rational administration reflexive democracy reflexivity regulatory function representation social existence social expectations social gaze substantive unanimity unanimity unelected judges unpolitical democracy |
ISBN |
1-283-10031-2
9786613100313 1-4008-3874-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Dual legitimacy -- pt. 2. The legitimacy of impartiality -- pt. 3. Relexive legitimacy -- pt. 4. The legitimacy of proximity. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790047603321 |
Rosanvallon Pierre <1948-> | ||
Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Democratic legitimacy : impartiality, reflexivity, proximity / / Pierre Rosanvallon ; translated by Arthur Goldhammer |
Autore | Rosanvallon Pierre <1948-> |
Edizione | [Core Textbook] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (244 p.) |
Disciplina | 321.8 |
Altri autori (Persone) | GoldhammerArthur |
Soggetto topico |
Democracy
Legitimacy of governments |
Soggetto non controllato |
Western democracy
administration administrative-executive power appropriation bureaucracies bureaucracy care citizens civic life constitution constitutional courts constitutional judges constitutional oversight constitutional review constitutional thought corporatism countermajoritarian difficulty democracy democratic authority democratic ideals democratic impartiality democratic institution democratic institutions democratic legitimacy democratic systems derivative legitimacy direct relations dual legitimacy elections electoral legitimation electoral politics executive functions flexible relations general interest generality government initiatives government intervention government identification identity politics immediate democracy impartiality independent authorities independent commissions indirect democracy informal relations interactive democracy judicial power judicial powers legitimacy majority rule modern individualistic states multiplication new democratic institutions numerical unanimity oversight function participatory democracy particularity pluralization political community political investment political leaders political legitimacy political obligation political representatives presence proximity rational administration reflexive democracy reflexivity regulatory function representation social existence social expectations social gaze substantive unanimity unanimity unelected judges unpolitical democracy |
ISBN |
1-283-10031-2
9786613100313 1-4008-3874-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Dual legitimacy -- pt. 2. The legitimacy of impartiality -- pt. 3. Relexive legitimacy -- pt. 4. The legitimacy of proximity. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817319803321 |
Rosanvallon Pierre <1948-> | ||
Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Following the leader : ruling China, from Deng Xiaoping to Xi Jinping / / David M. Lampton |
Autore | Lampton David M |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (310 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.951 |
Soggetto topico |
Political leadership - China
Political culture - China |
Soggetto non controllato |
anthropology
asia scholars asian studies biographical china chinas rulers chinese communist party chinese government chinese history chinese leaders chinese politics chinese society deng xiaoping economic growth historians international politics modern history nonfiction political elites political history political leaders political party political processes political reform political strategies politics strategic influence xi jinping |
ISBN | 0-520-95739-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Evolution in the revolution -- China, a wide-angle view -- Governance and leadership -- Policy making -- The world -- China, an up-close view -- Nightmares -- Soldiers and civilians -- Negotiation Chinese style. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789201003321 |
Lampton David M | ||
Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2014] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Following the leader : ruling China, from Deng Xiaoping to Xi Jinping / / David M. Lampton |
Autore | Lampton David M |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (310 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.951 |
Soggetto topico |
Political leadership - China
Political culture - China |
Soggetto non controllato |
anthropology
asia scholars asian studies biographical china chinas rulers chinese communist party chinese government chinese history chinese leaders chinese politics chinese society deng xiaoping economic growth historians international politics modern history nonfiction political elites political history political leaders political party political processes political reform political strategies politics strategic influence xi jinping |
ISBN | 0-520-95739-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Evolution in the revolution -- China, a wide-angle view -- Governance and leadership -- Policy making -- The world -- China, an up-close view -- Nightmares -- Soldiers and civilians -- Negotiation Chinese style. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823554003321 |
Lampton David M | ||
Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2014] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Mexican New York [[electronic resource] ] : transnational lives of new immigrants / / Robert Courtney Smith |
Autore | Smith Robert C. <1964-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (388 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.8/7471072/090511 |
Soggetto topico |
Mexican Americans - New York (State) - New York - Social conditions
Immigrants - New York (State) - New York - Social conditions Transnationalism |
Soggetto non controllato |
america
american children anthropology sociology assimilation chicano studies demographic studies egalitarianism first generation immigrants gender roles globalization home villages immigrant experience mexican american communities mexican americans mexican gangs mexican immigrants mexico modern history new york nonfiction political leaders political lives race issues social history social mobility transnational lives transnationalism |
ISBN |
0-520-93860-7
1-59875-804-7 1-282-76320-2 9786612763205 1-4237-3145-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Transnational Life in Ethnographic Perspective -- 2. Dual Contexts for Transnational Life -- 3. "Los Ausentes Siempre Presentes" -- 4. The Defeat of Don Victorio -- 5. Gender Strategies, Settlement, and Transnational Life in the First Generation -- 6. "In Ticuani, He Goes Crazy" -- 7. "Padre Jesús, Protect Me" -- 8. "I'll Go Back Next Year" -- 9. Defending Your Name -- 10. Returning to a Changed Ticuani -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- Coda: The Mexican Educational Foundation of New York -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Methodological Appendix -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777562203321 |
Smith Robert C. <1964-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Mexican New York : transnational lives of new immigrants / / Robert Courtney Smith |
Autore | Smith Robert C. <1964-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (388 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.8/7471072/090511 |
Soggetto topico |
Mexican Americans - New York (State) - New York - Social conditions
Immigrants - New York (State) - New York - Social conditions Transnationalism |
Soggetto non controllato |
america
american children anthropology sociology assimilation chicano studies demographic studies egalitarianism first generation immigrants gender roles globalization home villages immigrant experience mexican american communities mexican americans mexican gangs mexican immigrants mexico modern history new york nonfiction political leaders political lives race issues social history social mobility transnational lives transnationalism |
ISBN |
0-520-93860-7
1-59875-804-7 1-282-76320-2 9786612763205 1-4237-3145-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Transnational Life in Ethnographic Perspective -- 2. Dual Contexts for Transnational Life -- 3. "Los Ausentes Siempre Presentes" -- 4. The Defeat of Don Victorio -- 5. Gender Strategies, Settlement, and Transnational Life in the First Generation -- 6. "In Ticuani, He Goes Crazy" -- 7. "Padre Jesús, Protect Me" -- 8. "I'll Go Back Next Year" -- 9. Defending Your Name -- 10. Returning to a Changed Ticuani -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- Coda: The Mexican Educational Foundation of New York -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Methodological Appendix -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996247978703316 |
Smith Robert C. <1964-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Transforming Terror : Remembering the Soul of the World / / Karin Lofthus Carrington, Susan Griffin |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (390 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.325 |
Soggetto topico |
Violence -- Prevention
Terrorism - Psychological aspects Terror - Prevention Terrorism Violence Emotional intelligence |
Soggetto non controllato |
activist
amos oz bombing civilians comparative religion compassion conflict crusade daniel ellsberg desmond tutu fatema mernissi forgiveness fritjof capra george lakoff healing holy war huston smith islam jack kornfield jihad mahmoud darwish nonfiction pacifism peace political leaders redemption religious war riane eisler sociology terrorism terrorist violence terrorist terry tempest williams violence war on terror world peace |
ISBN |
1-283-27811-1
9786613278111 0-520-94945-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Transforming Terror -- Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART ONE. A Deeper Look -- CHAPTER 1. Terror and Terrorism -- Civilian casualties: The New Frontline -- A Chorus of Stones: The Private Life of War -- Statement of the Under-Secretary-General at the Open Meeting of the Security Council on Protection Civilians in Armed Conflict, June 28, 2006 -- U.S. Nuclear Terrorism -- The Truth of War -- Afternoon -- A World Free of Nuclear Weapons -- The First Car Bomb -- Radiation and Children: The Ignored Victims -- Casida of the Lament -- An Injured Child -- Remarks at the Stockholm International Forum on Genocide Prevention -- Beyond the War on Terror: Understanding Reflexive Thought -- The American Psyche after September 11 -- On Religion and Terrorism -- The Spiritual Source of Islam -- Terrorism: Theirs and Ours -- Solidarity Against All Forms of Terrorism -- Lynched for No Offense -- Fatwa Issued on July 28, 2005; The Fiqh Council of North America -- Invocation for the National Day of Prayer and Remembrance for 9/11 -- I Have Come to This Earth -- CHAPTER 2. An Unbearable Heartache: Trauma, Violence, and Memory -- The Aftermath of Violence: Trauma and Recovery -- Writings for a Liberation Psychology -- Ghosts and Echoes: Reflections after 9/11 -- Be Ahead of All Parting -- The Deeper Wound -- The Key to My Neighbor's House: Seeking Justice in Bosnia and Rwanda -- Just One Story -- Unfolding -- The Hidden Damage of Nuclear Weapons -- The Diary of a Political Idiot: Normal Life in Belgrade -- Under Bombardment in Beirut -- I Just Missed the Bus and I'll Be Late for Work -- Interrupted Subjects -- Not a Pass -- Peace -- Shantideva's Prayer: Buddhist Traditional Prayer (translated by the Dalai Lama) -- We Are Fields before Each Other -- CHAPTER 3. Denial, Dogma, and the Heroic Myth -- How to Cure a Fanatic -- The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness -- A Ritual to Read to Each Other -- Terror Comes Full Circle -- He Would Need Some Shoes -- Thoughts for the Times on War and Death -- Our Culture's Divided Soul -- The Denial of Death -- The Verbal Weapon of Mass Destruction -- Speech Opposing the Post-9/11 Use of Force Pact, September 14, 2001 -- Against Certainty -- Another Kind of Heroism -- On Vulnerability and the Sukkah of Shalom -- PART TWO. Paths to Transformation0 -- CHAPTER 4. In a Dark Time: The Wisdom in Grief, Fear, and Despair -- Healing Through the Dark Emotions in an Age of Global Threat -- An Interview by David Montenegro -- In a Dark Time -- Thoughts in the Presence of Fear -- The Testing-Tree -- Seeing Red: In a Dark Night of The American Soul -- A Terrible Love of War -- Morphologies of Silence -- overcoming cruelty -- Eulogy for The Martyred Children -- CHAPTER 5. Truth Telling and Justice -- Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Adopted and proclaimed December 10, 1948, by the General Assembly of the United Nations, resolution 217 A (III) -- Naming the Perpetrator -- There Was no Farewell -- Facing the Inferno: Transforming Terror into Tenderness -- Half-life of a Despot -- Moby Dick -- Crises of the Republic -- A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers) -- The Tenacity of Memory (La Tenacidad de la Memoria) -- Miracle, a Universe: Settling Accounts with Torturers -- Rape as a War Crime -- The Key to My Neighbor's House: Seeking Justice in Bosnia and Rwanda -- Facing into Truth: The Most Reverend Frank T. Griswold, XXV Presiding Bishop and Primate, the Episcopal Church, USA -- Zoroastrian Prayer -- CHAPTER 6. Reclaiming Our Selves: Gender and Violence -- Terror, Domination, and Partnership -- The Crowned Cannibals -- The Mind as Erotic Weapon -- The Birth of Plea sure -- A Woman's Side of the Story -- Please Listen to the Women of Iraq -- Meena, Heroine of Afghanistan -- Behind Bars -- Boys Will Be Boys: Breaking the Link between Masculinity and Violence -- She Cannot Be Lost to Me -- Joining Prayers -- Serenity -- Acceptance Speech, Nobel Peace Prize -- Prayer of The Virgin of Guadalupe -- CHAPTER 7. Compassion and the Interdependence of Peace -- Compassion as the pillar of World Peace: His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama -- From Them to Us -- Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation -- Falling Bodies -- Forgive Us -- Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? -- Sustainability, Security, and Peace -- Wilenska -- On Forgiveness -- Good Friday World -- A Heart as Wide as the World -- A Task -- The Table of Peace -- The Courage to Wait -- Buddhist Meditation on Compassion -- In My Soul -- CHAPTER 8. Paths to Transformation -- Hope in The Dark -- Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Compassion -- Nonviolence: Weapon of the Brave, Weapon of the Future -- Ahimsa or the Way of Nonviolence -- Candles in Babylon -- On Citizen Diplomacy -- A New World Diplomacy -- On Courage and Resistance -- War Crimes Tribunal May End Impurity but They Can't Heal Hatred -- The Courage to Love -- At Hell's Gate: A Soldier's Journey from War to Peace -- The Greatest Danger -- Thanks but No Thanks -- The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty -- The Generation of Trust -- Contributor Biographies -- Credits |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789634503321 |
Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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