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    Information and empire : mechanisms of communication in Russia, 1600-1850 (2017)
    Cambridge : Open Book Publishers
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    ISBN: 9781783743766 , 178374376X , 9781783743773 , 1783743778 , 9781783744527 , 1783744529 , 9781783743759 , 1783743751
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (444 pages)
    DDC: 302.230947
    Keywords: Postal service ; Written communication ; Communication in politics ; Press ; Communication ; Russia ; Russia ; Aufsatzsammlung ; History ; Electronic book
    Abstract: Acknowledgments -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction / Simon Franklin -- I. MAP-MAKING. 1. Early Mapping: The Tsardom in Manuscript / Valerie Kivelson -- 2. New Technology and the Mapping of Empire: The Adoption of the Astrolabe / Aleksei Golubinskii -- II. INTERNATIONAL NEWS AND POST. 3. Muscovy and the European Information Revolution: Creating the Mechanisms for Obtaining Foreign News / Daniel C. Waugh and Ingrid Maier -- 4. How Was Western Europe Informed about Muscovy? The Razin Rebellion in Focus / Ingrid Maier -- III. NEWS AND POST IN RUSSIA. 5. Communication and Obligation: The Postal System of the Russian Empire, 1700-1850 / John Randolph -- 6. Information and Efficiency: Russian Newspapers, ca.1700-1850 / Alison K. Smith -- 7. What Was News and How Was It Communicated in Pre-Modern Russia? / Daniel C. Waugh -- IV. INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND COMMUNICATION. 8. Bureaucracy and Knowledge Creation: The Apothecary Chancery / Clare Griffin -- 9. What Could the Empress Know About Her Money? Russian Poll Tax Revenues in the Eighteenth Century / Elena Korchmina -- 10. Communication and Official Enlightenment: The Journal of the Ministry of Public Education, 1834-1855 / Ekaterina Basargina -- V. INFORMATION AND PUBLIC DISPLAY. 11. Information in Plain Sight: The Formation of the Public Graphosphere / Simon Franklin -- 12. Experiencing Information: An Early Nineteenth-Century Stroll Along Nevskii Prospekt / Katherine Bowers -- Selected Further Reading -- List of Figures -- Index
    Abstract: "From the mid-sixteenth to the mid-nineteenth century Russia was transformed from a moderate-sized, land-locked principality into the largest empire on earth. How did systems of information and communication shape and reflect this extraordinary change? Information and Empire brings together a range of contributions to shed some light on this complex question. Communication networks such as the postal service and the gathering and circulation of news are examined alongside the growth of a bureaucratic apparatus that informed the government about its country and its people. The inscription of space is considered from the point of view of mapping and the changing public 'graphosphere' of signs and monuments. More than a series of institutional histories, this book is concerned with the way Russia discovered itself, envisioned itself and represented itself to its people. Innovative and scholarly, this collection breaks new ground in its approach to communication and information as a field of study in Russia. More broadly, it is an accessible contribution to pre-modern information studies, taking as its basis a country whose history often serves to challenge habitual Western models of development. It is important reading not only for specialists in Russian Studies, but also for students and non-Russianists who are interested in the history of information and communications. "--Publisher's website
    Note: Available through Open Book Publishers. - Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-416) and index. - Owing to Legal Deposit regulations this resource may only be accessed from within National Library of Scotland on library computers. For more information contact enquiries@nls.uk StEdNL.
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    The idea of Europe : Enlightenment perspectives (2017)
    Cambridge : Open Book Publishers
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    ISBN: 9781783743810 , 1783743816 , 9781783743827 , 1783743824 , 9781783743803 , 1783743808 , 9781783743780 , 9781783743797
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (178 pages)
    Series Statement: Open Book classics series v. 7
    Keywords: Enlightenment ; Political culture ; Enlightenment ; Enlightenment ; Enlightenment ; Influence ; Intellectual life ; Political culture ; Politics and government ; Society and social sciences Society and social sciences ; Europe ; HISTORY ; Europe ; Western ; Civilization ; History ; Europe ; Europe ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Jean-Charles-Léonard Simonde de Sismondi, Historical View of the Literature of the South of Europe Multiple Influences -- 76. Jean de Müller, 'Letter 80' (January 1778) What Future for Europe? -- 77. Benjamin Constant, The Liberty of the Ancients Compared with that of the Moderns The Character of Modern Exchanges -- 78. Pierre-Simon Laplace, An Exposition of the System of the World Unity through Measures -- 79. Victor Hugo, The Rhine The Franco-German Couple as the Pillars of Peace in Europe -- Bibliography
    Abstract: Preface -- 1. Friedrich Schiller, 'Ode to Joy' A Hymn for Europe -- 2. Maximilien de Béthune, duc de Sully, Memoirs Henry IV of France's Great Design -- 3. Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint Pierre, Project for Perpetual Peace in Europe Europe: A Project for Peace -- 4. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, A Lasting Peace through the Federation of Europe A Study of Abbé de Saint-Pierre's Suggestions -- 5. Immanuel Kant, Perpetual Peace Universal Peace -- 6. Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint Pierre, Project for Perpetual Peace in Europe What Size should Europe Be? -- 7. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Judgment on Perpetual Peace The European Union: An Unrealistic Project? -- 8. Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Seeing Beyond Borders -- 9. Louis de Jaucourt, 'Europe' in Diderot and D'Alembert's Encyclopédie Europe in the Encyclopédie -- 10. Diego de Torres Villarroel, The Fantastic Voyage of the Great Piscátor of Salamanca The Geography of Europe -- 11. Anonymous, 'Academy of History' in Supplement to the Encyclopédie History and Political Interests -- 12. Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, Memoirs A Prototype for the European Parliament? -- 13. Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint Pierre, Project for Perpetual Peace in Europe Europe and Islam -- 14. Voltaire, Essay on the Mores and the Spirit of the Nations Europe's True Wealth is its Cultural Heritage -- 15. Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat de Condorcet, Outlines of an Historical View of the Progress of the Human Mind Making Rules to Bring About Peace -- 16. Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint Pierre, Project for Perpetual Peace in Europe Our Russian Neighbour -- 17. Voltaire, The Century of Louis XIV Christian Europe as a Great Republic? -- 18. Louis-Antoine Caraccioli, Paris, the Model of Foreign Nations, or French Europe Unity in Diversity -- 19. Montesquieu, The Spirit of Laws European Commerce -- 20. Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint Pierre, Project for Perpetual Peace in Europe Religious Toleration -- 21. Louis-Antoine Caraccioli, Paris, the Model of Foreign Nations, or French Europe The Riches of European Cuisine -- 22. Montesquieu, Persian Letters Europe through Persian Eyes -- 23. Germaine de Staël, On Literature Considered in Relation to Social Institutions Literature from the North to the South -- 24. François-Ignace d'Espiard de La Borde, The Spirit of Nations Of National Characters -- 25. Louis-Antoine Caraccioli, Paris, the Model of Foreign Nations, or French Europe Linguistic Diversity in Europe -- 26. August Wilhem Schlegel, Outline of the European Conditions of German Literature The Role of Germany in European Culture -- 27. Gabriel-François Coyer, Voyage Through Italy and Holland The Rape of Europa -- 28. Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint Pierre, Project for Perpetual Peace in Europe An Economic Union -- 29. Charles de Villers, Constitutions of the Three Free-Hanseatic Towns, Lubeck, Bremen and Hambourg, with a Memorandum on the Rank these Towns should Occupy in Europe's Commercial Organisation A Common European Market -- 30. Stanislas Leszczynski, Conversation Between a European and an Islander from the Kingdom of Dumocala The Empire of Reason -- 31. Tomás de Iriarte, Literary Fables The Circulation of Riches -- 32. Louis-Antoine Caraccioli, Paris, the Model of Foreign Nations, or French Europe European Sociability -- 33. Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint Pierre, Project for Perpetual Peace in Europe The Safety of Europe's Borders -- 34. Marie Leprince de Beaumont, The Young Ladies' Magazine, Or Dialogues Between a Discreet Governess and Several Young Ladies of the First Rank Under Her Education Colonial Europe -- 35. Louis-Jules Barbon Mancini-Mazarini-Nivernois, Duke of Nevers, Fables Another Vision of Education -- 36. Louis-Antoine Caraccioli, Paris, the Model of Foreign Nations, or French Europe The Importance of Trade -- 37. Johann Gottfried Herder, Ideas on the Philosophy of the History of Humanity The Diversity and Unity of Europe -- 38. Françoise de Graffigny, Letters of a Peruvian Princess A Critique of European Mores -- 39. David Hume, Political Discourses European Civilisation -- 40. Louis-Antoine Muratori, Treatise on Public Happiness The Progress of Justice in Europe -- 41. Louis-Antoine Caraccioli, Paris, the Model of Foreign Nations, or French Europe Bringing Europeans together -- 42. Germaine de Staël, Corinne, or Italy Italy and the Origins of European Culture -- 43. Marie-Anne du Boccage, Letters about England, Holland and Italy Europe and French Fashion -- 44. Friedrich Schlegel, Journey to France Europe Between Decline and Renewal -- 45. Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint Pierre, Project for Perpetual Peace in Europe The Linguistic Wealth of Europe -- 46. Novalis, Christianity, or Europe Spiritual Advent -- 47. Louis-Antoine Caraccioli, Paris, the Model of Foreign Nations, or French Europe The Café: The European Place for Socialising -- 48. Johann Gottfried Herder, Ideas on the Philosophy of the History of Humanity Happiness in Europe -- 49. Germaine de Staël, Germany The Origins of European Unity -- 50. José Cadalso, Moroccan Letters European Diversity Through the Foreign Gaze -- 51. William Robertson, The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V. With a View of the Progress of Society in Europe, from the Subversion of the Roman Empire, to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century Navigation and Commercial Exchanges -- 52. Johann Gottfried Herder, Ideas on the Philosophy of the History of Humanity Europe and its Long History of Migration -- 53. William Robertson, The History of the Reign of Emperor Charles V Union in Diversity -- 54. Diego de Torres Villarroel, 'Sonnet', in The Muse's Distractions Europe, A Political Whole -- 55. Louis-Antoine Caraccioli, Amusing and Moral Letters What are Europeans like? -- 56. James Boswell, Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides To Be Cosmopolitan -- 57. Louis-Antoine Caraccioli, Paris, the Model of Foreign Nations, or French Europe French Style in Europe -- 58. David Hume, 'Essay VII. Of the Balance of Power' The Balance of Power and Future Peace -- 59. José Cadalso, Moroccan Letters A Republic of the Wise -- 60. Jean-Charles-Léonard Simonde de Sismondi, Historical View of the Literature of the South of Europe Europe's Future in the Slow Lane -- 61. Germaine de Staël, Germany The Union of Philosophers -- 62. Louis-Antoine-Léon de Saint-Just, Speech, 3 March 1794 A New Idea in Europe -- 63. Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat de Condorcet, Outlines of an Historical View of the Progress of the Human Mind A Humanitarian Vision -- 64. Jean-François Melon, Political Essay on Commerce Towards the Balance of Powers -- 65. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Considerations on the Government of Poland Towards Cultural Uniformity -- 66. José Cadalso, Moroccan Letters Europe and Africa -- 67. Emmanuel Kant, Idea for a Universal History from a Cosmopolitan Point of View Fulfilling Nature's Aims -- 68. Napoleon Bonaparte, quoted by Emmanuel-Auguste-Dieudonné-Marius de Las Cases, Memorial of Saint-Helena Governing Europe? -- 69. Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat de Condorcet, Outlines of an Historical View of the Progress of the Human Mind Know the World and Make it a Better Place -- 70. Benjamin Constant, On the Spirit of Conquest and Usurpation in Respect of European Civilisation An End to Wars in Europe? -- 71. Napoleon Bonaparte, quoted by Emmanuel-Auguste-Dieudonné-Marius de Las Cases, Memorial of Saint-Helena Visions of the Future -- 72. José Cadalso, Letter from José Cadalso to Tomás de Iriarte A Critique of Eurocentrism -- 73. Napoleon Bonaparte, quoted by Emmanuel-Auguste-Dieudonné-Marius de Las Cases, Memorial of Saint Helena Political Hegemony and European Union -- 74. Alexandre-Frédéric-Jacques de Masson de Pezay, Helvetic, Alsatian and Franc-Comtois Vigils Europe without Frontiers -- 75
    Abstract: "In view of the challenges--many of which are political--that different European countries are currently facing, scholars who work on the eighteenth century have compiled this anthology which includes earlier recognitions of common values and past considerations of questions which often remain pertinent nowadays. During the Enlightenment, many men and women of letters envisaged the continent's future in particular when stressing their hope that peace could be secured in Europe. The texts gathered here, and signed by major thinkers of the time (Rousseau, Montesquieu, Voltaire, Kant, Hume or Staël for instance), as well as by writers history has forgotten, present the reflections, with a couple of chronological extensions (from Sully to Victor Hugo) of authors from the long eighteenth century--the French Empire and the fall of Napoleon generated numerous upheavals--on Europe, its history, its diversity, but also on what the nations, which, in all their diversity, make up a geographical unit, have in common. They show the historical origins of the project of a European union, the desire to consolidate the continent's ties to the Maghreb or to Turkey, the importance granted to commerce and the worries engendered by history's convulsions, but also the hope vested in future generations."--Publisher's website
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    Woodstock scholarship : an interdisciplinary annotated bibliography (2016)
    Cambridge : Open Book Publishers
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    ISBN: 9781783742912 , 1783742909
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (194 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Woodstock Festival ; Popular music ; Popular culture ; Rock music ; Encyclopaedias and reference works ; Music ; Reference works ; Reference, information and interdisciplinary subjects ; The arts ; REFERENCE ; Bibliographies & Indexes ; HISTORY ; Social History ; Popular culture ; Popular music ; Rock music ; Social conditions ; United States ; Woodstock Festival ; Bibliographies, catalogues Mod Bibliographies, catalogues ; Bibliography ; Criticism, interpretation, etc ; History ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Preface -- Introduction -- Culture & society -- History -- Biography -- Music -- Film -- Arts & literature -- Authors, editors and directors index -- Subject index
    Abstract: "Since August 1969, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair looms large when recounting the history and impact of the baby boom generation and the societal upheavals of the Sixties. Scholars study the sociological, political, musical, and artistic impact of the event and use it as a cultural touchstone when exploring alternative perspectives or seeking clarity. This interdisciplinary annotated bibliography records the details of over 400 English-language resources on the Festival, including books, chapters, articles, websites, transcriptions and videos. Divided into six main subsections--Culture & Society, History, Biography, Music, Film, Arts & Literature--for ease of consultation Woodstock Scholarship sheds light on all facets of a key happening in our collective history. Throughout the 1960s, popular music became increasingly reflective and suggestive of the rising political and social consciousness of the youth culture. Examples can be seen in the development of the protest song genre within the folk music boom of the early Sixties and the marriage of lifestyle to music first reflected by The Beatles with fashion, followed by psychedelic music with the emerging drug culture. Woodstock was where these themes coalesced, thus becoming the defining and last great moment of the 1960s. However, Woodstock also represented an abundant amount of experiences and ideas and moments. Thus, when exploring the complicated accounts and numerous facets of America during the turbulent Sixties one discovers scholarship on the key subjects, such as the Vietnam War or the Civil Rights Movement, often considering and debating the importance, relevance, and epic nature of Woodstock. Multiple narratives emerge: a radical engagement of the hippie movement, an overt commercial exploitation of youth culture, a political statement. Woodstock scholarship does not stand alone as field of study, but it is at the cross-road of a number of disciplines--music history, cultural studies, sociology, arts and literature, media studies, politics and economics. Providing full bibliographical details and concise, informative annotation for each entry, Woodstock Scholarship is an essential tool for students, scholars, teachers, and librarians in all these areas, as well as for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of both the Woodstock Music and Art Fair phenomenon and of the confluence of music, commerce and politics."--Publisher's website
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    Foundations of the Islamic State : management, money, and terror in Iraq, 2005-2010 (2016)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833091789 , 0833091816 , 0833091786 , 9780833091819
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxx, 317 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation research report series RR-1192-DARPA
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Johnston, Patrick B Foundations of the Islamic State
    Keywords: IS (Organization) History ; IS (Organization) Management ; IS (Organization) Organization ; IS (Organization) Finance ; IS (Organization) ; IS (Organization) ; IS (Organization) ; IS (Organization) ; Armies ; Organization ; Finance ; Management ; IS (Organization) ; History ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Infrastructure ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General ; Electronic book
    Abstract: "Foundations of the Islamic State: Management, Money, and Terror in Iraq, 2005-2010 draws from more than 140 recently declassified documents to present a comprehensive examination of the organization, territorial designs, management, personnel policies, and finances of the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) and al-Qa'ida in Iraq (AQI), both predecessors of the Islamic State. These records paint a clear picture of ISI practices and standard operating procedures. Leadership consciously designed the organization not just to fight but also to build an Islamic state governed by the laws dictated by its strict Islamist ideology. ISI was a vertically integrated organization with a central management structure and functional bureaus. It sought to replicate these structures at multiple lower geographic levels across territory. Each geographic unit had substantial autonomy to pursue the group's strategic objectives but was required to send frequent reports to the group's leadership; the central organization used these reports to inform decisions and provide strategic guidance. ISI paid its personnel a wage that would draw true believers rather than opportunists; trained and allocated its membership with an eye toward group effectiveness; raised revenues locally through diversified sources; and was able to maintain itself, albeit at much reduced strength, in the face of a withering counterterrorism and counterinsurgency strategy put in place by its opponents, starting in late 2006. An analysis of the Islamic State predecessor groups is more than a historical recounting. The lessons from examining the group's history are useful for setting expectations about the strengths and vulnerabilities of the Islamic State and its ability to combat its opponents, designing a coordinated and effective campaign against it, and understanding why it might be able to survive such an effort and sustain itself in the future, albeit perhaps at a lower level of threat. Defeating the Islamic State will require persistence. The record of counter-ISI operations from 2006 through 2010 shows that military action and political accommodation can work together to degrade the group substantially, if not defeat it"--Publisher's web site
    Abstract: "Foundations of the Islamic State: Management, Money, and Terror in Iraq, 2005-2010 draws from more than 140 recently declassified documents to present a comprehensive examination of the organization, territorial designs, management, personnel policies, and finances of the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) and al-Qa'ida in Iraq (AQI), both predecessors of the Islamic State. These records paint a clear picture of ISI practices and standard operating procedures. Leadership consciously designed the organization not just to fight but also to build an Islamic state governed by the laws dictated by its strict Islamist ideology. ISI was a vertically integrated organization with a central management structure and functional bureaus. It sought to replicate these structures at multiple lower geographic levels across territory. Each geographic unit had substantial autonomy to pursue the group's strategic objectives but was required to send frequent reports to the group's leadership; the central organization used these reports to inform decisions and provide strategic guidance. ISI paid its personnel a wage that would draw true believers rather than opportunists; trained and allocated its membership with an eye toward group effectiveness; raised revenues locally through diversified sources; and was able to maintain itself, albeit at much reduced strength, in the face of a withering counterterrorism and counterinsurgency strategy put in place by its opponents, starting in late 2006. An analysis of the Islamic State predecessor groups is more than a historical recounting. The lessons from examining the group's history are useful for setting expectations about the strengths and vulnerabilities of the Islamic State and its ability to combat its opponents, designing a coordinated and effective campaign against it, and understanding why it might be able to survive such an effort and sustain itself in the future, albeit perhaps at a lower level of threat. Defeating the Islamic State will require persistence. The record of counter-ISI operations from 2006 through 2010 shows that military action and political accommodation can work together to degrade the group substantially, if not defeat it"--Publisher's web site
    Note: "May 18, 2016"--Table of contents page , "National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-317) , Series from web site
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    The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the 21st century, a living document in a changing world (2016)
    Cambridge : Open Book Publishers | [New York] : NYU Global Institute for Advanced Study
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    ISBN: 9781783742219 , 1783742216 , 9781783742226 , 1783742224 , 9781783742196 , 1783742208
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 130 pages)
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    Series Statement: Open reports series vol. 2
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Global Citizenship Commission Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the 21st century, a living document in a changing world
    Keywords: United Nations ; Human rights ; Humanities ; Social and cultural history ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Political Freedom & Security ; Civil Rights ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Political Freedom & Security ; Human Rights ; Human rights ; History ; History: specific events and topics ; Universal Declaration of Human Rights (United Nations. General Assembly) ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Introduction / by Gordon Brown -- Preface / by Paul Boghossian -- The long and influential life of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- The evolving understanding of rights -- Limitations and derogations -- Social and economic rights -- Responsibility for human rights -- Implementation of human rights -- Human rights and a global ethic -- Appendix A. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- Appendix B. Members of the Commission -- Appendix C. Members of the Philosophers' Committee
    Abstract: "The Global Citizenship Commission was convened, under the leadership of former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the auspices of NYU's Global Institute for Advanced Study, to re-examine the spirit and stirring words of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The result - this volume - offers a 21st-century commentary on the original document, furthering the work of human rights and illuminating the ideal of global citizenship. What does it mean for each of us to be members of a global community? Since 1948, the Declaration has stood as a beacon and a standard for a better world. Yet the work of making its ideals real is far from over. Hideous and systemic human rights abuses continue to be perpetrated at an alarming rate around the world. Too many people, particularly those in power, are hostile to human rights or indifferent to their claims. Meanwhile, our global interdependence deepens. Bringing together world leaders and thinkers in the fields of politics, ethics, and philosophy, the Commission set out to develop a common understanding of the meaning of global citizenship - one that arises from basic human rights and empowers every individual in the world. This landmark report affirms the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and seeks to renew the 1948 enterprise, and the very ideal of the human family, for our day and generation. Members of the Global Citizenship Commission include: K. Anthony Appiah, Laurel Bellows, Nicolas Berggruen, Paul Boghossian, Gordon Brown (Chair), Craig Calhoun, Wang Chenguang, Mohamed ElBaradei, Fonna Forman, Andrew Forrest, Ronald M. George, Asma Jahangir, John Kufuor, Graça Machel, Catherine O'Regan, Ricken Patel, Emma Rothschild, Robert Rubin, Jonathan Sacks, Kailash Satyarthi, Klaus Schwab, Amartya Sen, John Sexton, Robert Shrum, Jeremy Waldron, Joseph Weiler, Rowan Williams, Diane C. Yu (Executive Director)."--Publisher's website
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    Counterinsurgency scorecard update : Afghanistan in early 2015 relative to insurgencies since World War II (2016)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833092625 , 0833093835 , 0833092626 , 9780833093837
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 38 pages)
    Series Statement: Research report RR-1273-OSD
    Keywords: Counterinsurgency ; Asymmetric warfare ; Low-intensity conflicts (Military science) ; Peacekeeping forces ; Insurgency History 21st century ; Counterinsurgency Case studies ; Counterinsurgency ; Asymmetric warfare ; Low-intensity conflicts (Military science) ; Peacekeeping forces ; Insurgency ; Counterinsurgency ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Security (National & International) ; Asymmetric warfare ; Counterinsurgency ; Insurgency ; Low-intensity conflicts (Military science) ; Peacekeeping forces ; Afghanistan ; Case studies ; History ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "Previous RAND research examined 71 insurgencies begun and completed worldwide between World War II and 2010 to analyze correlates of success in counterinsurgency (COIN). A key finding was that a case's score on a scorecard of 15 equally weighted good and 11 equally weighted bad COIN factors and practices corresponded perfectly with the outcomes of the cases analyzed. That is, the balance of good and bad factors and practices was always positive when the outcome was a COIN win (insurgent loss) and always negative when the outcome was a COIN loss (insurgent win). Using the scorecard approach as its foundation, a RAND study sought to apply the findings to the case of Afghanistan in 2015. The effort involved an expert elicitation in which experts were asked to make "worst-case" assessments of the factors to complete the scorecard for ongoing operations in Afghanistan. It was the third Afghanistan-focused exercise conducted with the scorecard, allowing rough comparisons with scores assigned by expert panels in 2011 and 2013. The 2015 consensus results indicated that Afghanistan continues to have a positive score, though its score is tied with the lowest-scoring historical wins. Two factors remained absent in Afghanistan in 2015 but essential to success in historical COIN campaigns: disrupting flows of tangible support to the insurgents and a demonstration (and improvement) of commitment and motivation on the part of the Afghan National Security Forces, the primary COIN force since the coalition drawdown. Despite some potentially positive developments resulting from the 2014 election of a new government in Afghanistan, it appears that the most promising end to the conflict will be a negotiated settlement in which the Afghan government makes some concessions to the insurgents and in which external powers, including the United States and Pakistan, help broker a satisfactory power-sharing agreement that brings greater stability to the country"--Publisher's description
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Figure and Tables -- Summary -- Counterinsurgency Scorecard Update: Afghanistan in Early 2015 Relative to Insurgencies Since World War II -- Findings from Previous Research on Insurgency: Findings from Previous Research on Insurgency -- The Counterinsurgency Scorecard -- Endgames for Insurgencies: Getting to Negotiated Settlements -- Scoring the Ongoing Conflict in Afghanistan: Using the Delphi Method -- Building on Previous Scorecards -- 2015 Scorecard Results: Specific Factors in the Current Case -- Notes on Factors Present or Absent in 2015 but Tenuous in the Future -- 2015 Results Compared with Previous Results and Analyses: What Improved? -- What Declined? -- What Stayed the Same? -- Scorecard and Duration of Conflict -- Summary of Scorecard Analyses -- Prospects for a Negotiated Settlement -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- APPENDIX -- References.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 37-38)
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    Enhancing space resilience through non-materiel means (2016)
    Santa Monica, California : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833093134 , 0833093134 , 0833093134 , 9780833093134
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 70 pages)
    Series Statement: Research report RR-1067-AF
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als McLeod, Gary, 1948- Enhancing space resilience through non-materiel means
    DDC: 358/.84
    Keywords: United States Operational readiness ; United States ; Astronautics, Military History 21st century ; Space security History 21st century ; Organizational resilience History 21st century ; Astronautics, Military ; Space security ; Organizational resilience ; Organizational resilience ; Air Forces ; Astronautics, Military ; Space security ; United States ; United States ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; History ; Armed Forces ; Operational readiness ; Electronic book
    Abstract: "Space is now a congested, contested, and competitive environment. Space systems must become more resilient to potential adversary actions and system failures, but changes to space systems are costly. To provide a complete look at resilience and possibly realize some benefit at lower cost, the Air Force asked RAND to identify non-materiel means--doctrine, organization, training, leadership and education, personnel, facilities, and policy--to enhance space resilience over the near and far terms.The authors developed implementation options to improve resilience based on a notional space protection operational concept: enhancing the capability of space operators to respond, in a timely and effective manner, to adversary counterspace actions. Operators need actionable information, appropriate organization and tactics, and dynamic command and control, supported by appropriate tools and decision aids, relevant training and exercises, and qualified personnel brought into the career field. The authors also recommend that Air Force Space Command develop a formal, end-to-end, space protection concept of operations (CONOPS) that captures all elements needed to improve resilience. In addition, the CONOPS could potentially follow the tenet of centralized control and decentralized execution in certain situations, such as when responding to adversary counterspace actions. For the near-term options, the rough order of magnitude (ROM) nonrecurring engineering (NRE) cost of implementation is estimated to be between 2.5 million dollars and 3.6 million dollars. For the far-term options, the ROM NRE cost is estimated to be between 109 million dollars and 166 million dollars, with the ROM recurring cost between 4 million dollars and 5.4 million dollars per year"--Publisher's description
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Figures -- Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction: Background -- Objectives -- Scope -- Space resilience -- Approach -- Report structure -- 2. Resilience and civil institutions: General approaches for building resilient operations: Impact avoidance -- Adaptation and flexibility -- Recovery and restoration -- Potential applications to the space operations community -- Summary -- 3. Resilience and U.S. government civil space agencies: Civil policy considerations: Full and open access -- Rapid delivery -- Continuity of operations -- Security classification -- Civil practices: Information -- Organization and tactics -- Command and control -- Training -- Personnel -- Summary -- 4. Resilience and Air Force space operations: Operational concept -- Findings: information: Space order of battle -- Limited intelligence at SOPS/SWS -- Space knowledge of intelligence personnel -- Space Weather effects -- Summary -- Findings: organization and tactics: Space protection lead -- Space protection tactics -- Tactics-sharing -- Summary -- Findings: command and control: Satellite C2 contacts -- Responsibilities and authorities -- Anomaly resolution -- Summary -- Findings: training: Space protection training -- Exercises -- Multiple satellite C2 systems -- Summary -- Findings: personnel: Initial qualifications -- Career progression -- Trained operators -- Summary -- Cost of implementation options -- Detailed recommendations -- 5. Resilience and a world with international and commercial partners: Information -- Organization and tactics -- Command and control -- 6. Recommendations: Overarching recommendations: Resilience as a priority -- Space protection CONOPS -- Detailed recommendations: Near-term recommendations -- Far-term recommendations -- ROM costs -- Appendix A: Space resilience cost analysis.
    Note: "RAND Project Air Force" --Title page , "RR-1067-AF"--Cover page 4 , Includes bibliographical references (pages 63-70)
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    Precision and purpose : airpower in the Libyan Civil War (2015)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833088079 , 0833088076 , 9780833088086 , 0833088092 , 0833088084 , 0833087932 , 9780833087935 , 9780833088093
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 447 pages)
    Series Statement: Research report RR-676-AF
    Parallel Title: Print version Mueller, Karl P Precision and purpose
    Keywords: Air power History 21st century ; Air power ; HISTORY ; Africa ; North ; Air power ; Military campaigns ; Military operations, Aerial ; Civil War (Libya : 2011- ) ; Libya ; HISTORY ; Military ; Aviation ; History ; Libya History Civil War, 2011- ; Aerial operations ; Libya History Civil War, 2011- ; Campaigns ; Libya ; Libya ; Electronic book
    Abstract: Preface -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Examining the Air Campaign in Libya / Karl P. Mueller -- Chapter 2: Strategic and Political Overview of the Intervention Christopher / S. Chivvis -- Chapter 3: The Libyan Experience / Frederic Wehrey -- Chapter 4: The U.S. Experience: National Strategy and Campaign Support / Robert C. Owen -- Chapter 5: The U.S. Experience: Operational / Deborah C. Kidwell -- Chapter 6: The British Experience: Operation Ellamy / Christina Goulter -- Chapter 7: The French Experience: Sarkozy's War? / Camille Grand -- Chapter 8: The Italian Experience: Pivotal and Underestimated / Gregory Alegi -- Chapter 9: The Canadian Experience: Operation Mobile / Richard O. Mayne -- Chapter 10: The Belgian, Danish, Dutch, and Norwegian Experiences / Christian F. Anrig -- Chapter 11: The Swedish Experience: Overcoming the Non-NATO-Member Conundrum / Robert Egnell -- Chapter 12: The Arab States' Experiences / Bruce R. Nardulli -- Chapter 13: Victory Through (Not By) Airpower / Karl P. Mueller -- Appendixes -- About the Authors -- Bibliography
    Abstract: Preface -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Examining the Air Campaign in Libya / Karl P. Mueller -- Chapter 2: Strategic and Political Overview of the Intervention Christopher / S. Chivvis -- Chapter 3: The Libyan Experience / Frederic Wehrey -- Chapter 4: The U.S. Experience: National Strategy and Campaign Support / Robert C. Owen -- Chapter 5: The U.S. Experience: Operational / Deborah C. Kidwell -- Chapter 6: The British Experience: Operation Ellamy / Christina Goulter -- Chapter 7: The French Experience: Sarkozy's War? / Camille Grand -- Chapter 8: The Italian Experience: Pivotal and Underestimated / Gregory Alegi -- Chapter 9: The Canadian Experience: Operation Mobile / Richard O. Mayne -- Chapter 10: The Belgian, Danish, Dutch, and Norwegian Experiences / Christian F. Anrig -- Chapter 11: The Swedish Experience: Overcoming the Non-NATO-Member Conundrum / Robert Egnell -- Chapter 12: The Arab States' Experiences / Bruce R. Nardulli -- Chapter 13: Victory Through (Not By) Airpower / Karl P. Mueller -- Appendixes -- About the Authors -- Bibliography
    Note: "July 8, 2015"--Table of contents page , Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-447)
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    From Negative to Positive Stability : How the Syrian Refugee Crisis Can Improve Jordan's Outlook (2015)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833090874 , 0833093479 , 0833090879 , 9780833093479
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 60 pages)
    Series Statement: Research Report RR-1069-MCIA
    Parallel Title: Print version Connable, Ben From negative to positive stability
    Keywords: Forced migration ; Humanitarian assistance ; National security 21st century ; International relief ; Emigration and immigration law ; Refugees ; Forced migration ; Humanitarian assistance ; National security ; International relief ; Emigration and immigration law ; Refugees ; Economic history ; Emigration and immigration law ; Forced migration ; Humanitarian assistance ; International relief ; National security ; Refugees ; Social conditions ; Civil War (Syria : 2011- ) ; Jordan ; Syria ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Human Rights ; History ; Jordan Economic conditions 21st century ; Jordan Social conditions 21st century ; Syria History Civil War, 2011- ; Jordan ; Jordan ; Syria ; Electronic book
    Abstract: "As of late 2014, many American and Jordanian experts believe Jordan to be stable. Yet while Jordan is stable, it faces a range of existing and emerging challenges. These include chronic unemployment, sporadic political unrest, budget deficits, a water shortage, and geographically isolated yet troubling internal security concerns. The Syrian refugee crisis both exacerbates these challenges and offers opportunities to the government of Jordan. If the Syrian refugees remain relatively content and continue to assimilate into northern and central Jordan, they might directly benefit the Jordanian economy by stimulating growth. Donors and lenders have increased their support to Jordan, in turn offering the government an opportunity to improve the lives of both Syrian refugees and Jordanian citizens. Most important, Jordan benefits from what one expert terms negative stability: Jordanian citizens might be dissatisfied with many aspects of their government, but the chaos in neighboring states has thus far dissuaded Jordanians from pursuing civil or violent actions that might destabilize Jordan. Jordanians do not want their country to look like Syria, Iraq, or Egypt. Jordan is likely to undergo further and perhaps unforeseen challenges in 2015 and 2016, but it has the opportunity to alleviate many of its enduring challenges. If Jordan wisely invests forthcoming international refugee support, it has the opportunity to shift popular outlook from negative to positive--and more optimistic--stability. This report's analytic forecasts should help the United States determine how to support Jordan as it faces the Syrian refugee crisis"--Publisher's description
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Figures and Table -- Summary -- Chapter One: Introduction to the Status of Syrian Refugees as of Late 2014: Geographic Orientation and Syrian Refugees as of Late 2014 -- Syrian Refugees in Jordan: Late 2014 -- Methodology -- Organization of This Report -- Chapter Two: Assessment of Stability and Strategic Challenges: Late 2014: Jordan's Stability as of Late 2014 -- Security from External and Internal Threats -- Political Turmoil and the Impact of the Arab Spring -- Water Shortages Contribute to Economic and Social Unease -- Economic and Financial Dependencies -- Existing Refugee and Nonnational Worker Populations -- Summary of Stability Issues as of Late 2014 -- Chapter Three: Economic Factors and Forecasted Impact: Current Economic Status and Economic Integration of Syrian Refugees -- Forecast: The Impact of Syrian Refugees on Jordan's Economic Stability -- Chapter Four: Social Factors and Forecasted Impact: Assessing Late-2014 Social Integration and Social Impacts of Syrian Refugees -- Forecast: Impact of Syrian Refugees on Jordan's Social Stability -- Chapter Five: Security Assessment and Forecasted Impact: Impact of Syrian Refugees on Jordanian Security as of Late 2014 -- Forecast: The Impact of Syrian Refugees on Jordan's Security -- Chapter Six: Conclusion, Summary Forecast, and Black Swan Warnings: Black Swans -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography.
    Note: "November 30, 2015"--Table of contents page , Includes bibliographical references (pages 39-60)
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    Demystifying the citizen soldier (2015)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833091635 , 0833093592 , 0833091638 , 9780833093592
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 39 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation research report series RR-1141-AF
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Cohen, Raphael S Demystifying the citizen soldier
    Keywords: Civil-military relations ; Civil-military relations ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; United States ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Armed Forces ; Armed Forces ; Reserves ; Civil-military relations ; History ; Armies ; United States National Guard ; United States National Guard ; History ; United States Armed Forces ; Reserves ; United States ; United States ; United States ; Electronic book
    Abstract: "The National Guard is often portrayed as the modern heir to the colonial militia and retaining at least three of the latter's defining attributes -- a key instrument of American national security, a check on federal power, and home of today's 'citizen soldiers.' This report explores how the term citizen soldier has been defined in academic literature -- as compulsory, universal, legitimate service by civilians -- and then looks at how the National Guard has evinced these attributes at various periods in its history. Since the United States' founding, the militia -- and later, the National Guard -- slowly evolved into an increasingly formidable warfighting force and increasingly important tool for national security. This evolution, however, has come at the expense of two other attributes of the colonial militia -- serving as a check on federal power and filling its ranks with citizen soldiers. The report concludes that there are inherent and increasing tensions among being a warfighting force, serving as a check on federal power, and embodying the ideals of a citizen soldier, and it is not clear that the Guard -- or any other force for that matter -- can fully reconcile them. Ultimately, the Guard's transformation from citizen soldiers to a professional force may very well be inevitable and is likely a positive development for American national security. It is, however, important to realize that this trend is occurring, to demystify the citizen soldier, and to see the force for what it is"--Publisher's web site
    Abstract: "The National Guard is often portrayed as the modern heir to the colonial militia and retaining at least three of the latter's defining attributes -- a key instrument of American national security, a check on federal power, and home of today's 'citizen soldiers.' This report explores how the term citizen soldier has been defined in academic literature -- as compulsory, universal, legitimate service by civilians -- and then looks at how the National Guard has evinced these attributes at various periods in its history. Since the United States' founding, the militia -- and later, the National Guard -- slowly evolved into an increasingly formidable warfighting force and increasingly important tool for national security. This evolution, however, has come at the expense of two other attributes of the colonial militia -- serving as a check on federal power and filling its ranks with citizen soldiers. The report concludes that there are inherent and increasing tensions among being a warfighting force, serving as a check on federal power, and embodying the ideals of a citizen soldier, and it is not clear that the Guard -- or any other force for that matter -- can fully reconcile them. Ultimately, the Guard's transformation from citizen soldiers to a professional force may very well be inevitable and is likely a positive development for American national security. It is, however, important to realize that this trend is occurring, to demystify the citizen soldier, and to see the force for what it is"--Publisher's web site
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    Animals and medicine : the contribution of animal experiments to the control of disease (2015)
    Cambridge : Open Book Publishers
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    ISBN: 1783741198 , 1783741201 , 178374121X , 178374118X , 1783741171 , 9781783741205 , 9781783741199 , 9781783741182 , 9781783741212 , 9781783741175 , 9781783741182 , 9781783741175
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 224 pages) , illustrations (some color)
    Uniform Title: Research Defence Society News
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Botting, Jack H. Animals and medicine Contribution of animal experiments to the control of disease
    Keywords: Laboratory animals ; Medicine Research ; History ; Animal experimentation History ; Animal experimentation ; Laboratory animals ; Medicine ; Research ; Medicine ; History ; Medicine: general issues ; Public health and preventive medicine ; History of medicine ; MEDICAL ; Laboratory Medicine ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "Animals and Medicine: The Contribution of Animal Experiments to the Control of Disease offers a detailed, scholarly historical review of the critical role animal experiments have played in advancing medical knowledge. Laboratory animals have been essential to this progress, and the knowledge gained has saved countless lives--both human and animal. Unfortunately, those opposed to using animals in research have often employed doctored evidence to suggest that the practice has impeded medical progress. This volume presents the articles Jack Botting wrote for the Research Defence Society News from 1991 to 1996, papers which provided scientists with the information needed to rebut such claims. Collected, they can now reach a wider readership interested in understanding the part of animal experiments in the history of medicine--from the discovery of key vaccines to the advancement of research on a range of diseases, among them hypertension, kidney failure and cancer."--Publisher's website
    Abstract: List of illustrations -- Foreword / Adrian R. Morrison -- Introduction / Regina Botting -- I. Treatment of infectious diseases -- 1. Smallpox and After: An Early History of the Treatment and Prevention of Infections -- 2. Rabies -- 3. Lockjaw: Prevalent but Preventable -- 4. Pertussis Vaccine, Unfairly Maligned -- At What Cost? -- 5. Vaccination: The Present and Future -- 6. The Conquest of Polio and the Contribution of Animal Experiments -- 7. Diphtheria: Understanding, Treatment and Prevention -- II. Development of Life-saving Procedures -- 8. Development of Dialysis to Treat Loss of Kidney Function -- 9. The Contribution of Animal Experiments to Kidney Transplantation -- 10. Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Making Surgery on the Heart Possibe -- 11. Artificial Heart Valves: From Caged Ball to Bioprosthesis -- 12. Animals and Blood Transfusion -- III. Drugs for Organic Diseases -- 13. Animal Experiments and the Production of Insulin -- 14. Animals and Humans: Remarkably Similar -- 15. Early Animal Experiments in Anaesthesia -- 16. The Control of Malignant Hypertension -- 17. Penicillin and Laboratory Animals: The Animal Rights Myth -- 18. The History of Thalidomide -- 19. Misleading Research or Misleading Statistics: Animal Experiments and Cancer Research -- Index.
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    The scientific revolution revisited (2015)
    Cambridge : Open Book Publishers
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    ISBN: 1783741244 , 1783741252 , 1783741260 , 9781783741229 , 9781783741250 , 9781783741243 , 9781783741267 , 9781783741236
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 146 pages) , color illustrations
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Teich, Mikulás. Scientific revolution revisited
    Keywords: Science History ; Technology History ; World history ; History of science ; History ; History: specific events and topics ; Humanities ; Mathematics and science ; Regional and national history ; Science: general issues ; Social and cultural history ; HISTORY ; Europe ; General ; Science ; Technology ; World history ; European history ; History ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "The Scientific Revolution Revisited brings Mikuláš Teich back to the great movement of thought and action that transformed European science and society in the seventeenth century. Drawing on a lifetime of scholarly experience in six penetrating chapters, Teich examines the ways of investigating and understanding nature that matured during the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance, charting their progress towards science as we now know it and insisting on the essential interpenetration of such inquiry with its changing social environment. The Scientific Revolution was marked by the global expansion of trade by European powers and by interstate rivalries for a stake in the developing world market, in which advanced medieval China, remarkably, did not participate. It is in the wake of these happenings, in Teich's original retelling, that the Thirty Years War and the Scientific Revolution emerge as products of and factors in an uneven transition in European and world history: from natural philosophy to modern science, feudalism to capitalism, the late medieval to the early modern period. With a narrative that moves from pre-classical thought to the European institutionalisation of science - and a scope that embraces figures both lionised and neglected, such as Nicole Oresme, Francis Bacon, Thomas Hobbes, Isaac Newton, René Descartes, Thaddeus Hagecius, Johann Joachim Becher - The Scientific Revolution Revisited illuminates the social and intellectual sea changes that shaped the modern world."--Publisher's website
    Abstract: List of illustrations -- Note on terminology and acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. From pre-classical to classical pursuits -- 2. Experimentation and quantification -- 3. Institutionalisation of science -- 4. Truth(s) -- 5. The scientific revolution: the big picture -- 6. West and East European contexts -- Epilogue -- References -- Index.
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    Achieving peace in northern Mali : past agreements, local conflicts, and the prospects for a durable settlement (2015)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833088444 , 0833088440 , 9780833088451 , 0833088459 , 9780833088239 , 0833088432
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    DDC: 303.6/9096623
    Keywords: Mali ; Mali ; Mali ; History ; Electronic book
    Abstract: Introduction -- A brief history of Mali's rebellions and the implementation of peace accords -- Explaining the failure of past peace accords -- Moving forward -- Is there a Nigerien model of resilience? -- Conclusion
    Abstract: This report examines the prospects for stabilization in Mali following the political and military crisis that began in 2012. To this end, it examines Mali's peace settlements since the early 1990s to identify flaws and successes. The authors find that five recurrent issues have impeded the implementation of successive accords: the lack of representativeness of the peace-accord signatories; a flawed understanding of decentralization and democracy; the limited perceived legitimacy, in the north, of Bamako; persistent insecurity; and an absence of transitional justice and reconciliation. The report recommends building representativeness through a variety of measures to simultaneously address these issues and help craft a peaceful way forward for Mali. The report also explores whether Mali's neighbor Niger owes its current stability to a more favorable context, shrewd policies, or sheer luck and whether it might offer a model of resilience for Mali. The authors recommend emulating some of the policies that could account for Niger's sustained stability, such as better integration of Tuareg populations and a focus on development programs in addition to security, while recognizing that these do not make Niger impervious to a resurgence of the political turmoil it experienced in the past
    DOI: 10.7249/j.ctt15zc57q
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    Thomas Annan of Glasgow : pioneer of the documentary photograph (2015)
    Cambridge : Open Book Publishers
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    ISBN: 1783741295 , 1783741287 , 1783741279 , 1783741309 , 1783741317 , 9781783741274 , 9781783741281 , 9781783741274 , 9781783741304 , 9781783741281 , 9781783741311 , 9781783741298
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 182 pages) , color illustrations
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Gossman, Lionel Thomas Annan of Glasgow : pioneer of the documentary photograph
    Keywords: Annan, Thomas ; Photographers History ; Streets Pictorial works ; Photography History ; Documentary photography History ; Individual photographers ; Photography and photographs ; The arts ; PHOTOGRAPHY ; Subjects & Themes ; Landscapes ; Documentary photography ; Photographers ; Photography ; Streets ; Scotland ; Scotland ; Glasgow ; History ; Pictorial works ; Glasgow (Scotland) Pictorial works History ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "In the wake of Glasgow's transformation in the nineteenth-century into an industrial powerhouse -- the "Second City of the Empire"--A substantial part of the old town of Adam Smith degenerated into an overcrowded and disease-ridden slum. The Old Closes and Streets of Glasgow, Thomas Annan's photographic record of this central section of the city prior to its demolition in accordance with the City of Glasgow Improvements Act of 1866, is widely recognized as a classic of nineteenth-century documentary photography. Annan's achievement as a photographer of paintings, portraits and landscapes is less widely known. Thomas Annan of Glasgow: Pioneer of the Documentary Photograph offers a handy, comprehensive and copiously illustrated overview of the full range of the photographer's work. The book opens with a brief account of the immediate context of Annan's career as a photographer: the astonishing florescence of photography in Victorian Scotland. Successive chapters deal with each of the main fields of his activity, touching along the way on issues such as the nineteenth-century debate over the status of photography -- a mechanical practice or an artistic one? -- and the still ongoing controversies surrounding the documentary photograph in particular. While the text itself is intended for the general reader, extensive endnotes amplify particular themes and offer guidance to readers interested in pursuing them further."--Publisher's website
    Abstract: Prefatory Note and Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Paintings -- 3. Portraits -- 4. Landscapes -- 5. The Built Environment -- 6. The Old Closes and Streets of Glasgow -- 7. Epilogue -- Endnotes -- List of Illustrations -- Index of Names.
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    Achieving peace in northern Mali : past agreements, local conflicts, and the prospects for a durable settlement (2015)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833088437 , 0833088432 , 9780833088444 , 0833088440 , 9780833088451 , 0833088459
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Pézard, Stéphanie Achieving peace in northern Mali
    DDC: 303.69096623
    Keywords: Coup d'état (Mali : 2012) ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General ; History ; Politics and government ; Mali History ; Tuareg Rebellion, 2012- ; Mali History ; Coup d'état, 2012 ; Mali Politics and government ; 1991- ; Mali ; Mali Politics and government 1991- ; Mali History Tuareg Rebellion, 2012- ; Mali History Coup d'état, 2012 ; Mali ; Electronic books History
    Abstract: This report examines the prospects for stabilization in Mali following the political and military crisis that began in 2012. To this end, it examines Mali's peace settlements since the early 1990s to identify flaws and successes. The authors find that five recurrent issues have impeded the implementation of successive accords: the lack of representativeness of the peace-accord signatories; a flawed understanding of decentralization and democracy; the limited perceived legitimacy, in the north, of Bamako; persistent insecurity; and an absence of transitional justice and reconciliation. The report recommends building representativeness through a variety of measures to simultaneously address these issues and help craft a peaceful way forward for Mali. The report also explores whether Mali's neighbor Niger owes its current stability to a more favorable context, shrewd policies, or sheer luck and whether it might offer a model of resilience for Mali. The authors recommend emulating some of the policies that could account for Niger's sustained stability, such as better integration of Tuareg populations and a focus on development programs in addition to security, while recognizing that these do not make Niger impervious to a resurgence of the political turmoil it experienced in the past
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