Ambiguous Transitions

Author : Jill Massino
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781785335990

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Ambiguous Transitions by Jill Massino Pdf

Focusing on youth, family, work, and consumption, Ambiguous Transitions analyzes the interplay between gender and citizenship postwar Romania. By juxtaposing official sources with oral histories and socialist policies with everyday practices, Jill Massino illuminates the gendered dimensions of socialist modernization and its complex effects on women’s roles, relationships, and identities. Analyzing women as subjects and agents, the book examines how they negotiated the challenges that arose as Romanian society modernized, even as it clung to traditional ideas about gender. Massino concludes by exploring the ambiguities of postsocialism, highlighting how the legacies of the past have shaped politics and women’s lived experiences since 1989.

Author : Ksenia Robbe
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2023-10-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783110707793

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Remembering Transitions by Ksenia Robbe Pdf

This volume offers critical perspectives on memories of political and socioeconomic ‘transitions’ that took place between the 1970s and 1990s across the globe and that inaugurated the end of the Cold War. The essays respond to a wealth of recent works of literature, film, theatre, and other media in different languages that rethink the transformations of those decades in light of present-day crises. The authors scrutinize the enduring silences produced by established frameworks of memory and time and explore the mnemonic practices that challenge these frameworks by positing radical ambivalence or by articulating new perspectives and subjectivities. As a whole, the volume contributes to current debates and theory-making in critical memory studies by reflecting on how the changing recollection of transitions constitutes a response to the crisis of memory and time regimes, and how remembering these times as crises renders visible continuities between this past and the present. It is a valuable resource for academics, students, practitioners, and general readers interested in exploring the dynamics of memory in post-authoritarian societies.

Author : Pauline Boss
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-28
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780393713398

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Loss, Trauma, and Resilience: Therapeutic Work With Ambiguous Loss by Pauline Boss Pdf

All losses are touched with ambiguity. Yet those who suffer losses without finality bear a particular burden. Pauline Boss, the principal theorist of the concept of ambiguous loss, guides clinicians in the task of building resilience in clients who face the trauma of loss without resolution. Boss describes a concrete therapeutic approach that is at once directive and open to the complex contexts in which people find meaning and discover hope in the face of ambiguous losses. In Part I readers are introduced to the concept of ambiguous loss and shown how such losses relate to concepts of the family, definitions of trauma, and capacities for resilience. In Part II Boss leads readers through the various aspects of and target points for working with those suffering ambiguous loss. From meaning to mastery, identity to ambivalence, attachment to hope–these chapters cover key states of mind for those undergoing ambiguous loss. The Epilogue addresses the therapist directly and his or her own ambiguous losses. Closing the circle of the therapeutic process, Boss shows therapists how fundamental their own experiences of loss are to their own clinical work. In Loss, Trauma, and Resilience, Boss provides the therapeutic insight and wisdom that aids mental health professionals in not "going for closure," but rather building strength and acceptance of ambiguity. What readers will find is a concrete therapeutic approach that is at once directive and open to the complex contexts in which people find meaning and discover hope in the face of ambiguous losses.

Author : Srečko Brlek,Christophe Reutenauer
Publisher : Springer
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-20
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783662531327

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Developments in Language Theory by Srečko Brlek,Christophe Reutenauer Pdf

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Developments in Language Theory, DLT 2016, held in Montreal, QC, Canada, in July 2016. The 32 full papers and 4 abstracts of invited papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 48 submissions. This volume presents current developments in formal languages and automata, especially from the following topics and areas: combinatorial and algebraic properties of words and languages; grammars, acceptors and transducers for strings, trees, graphs, arrays; algebraic theories for automata and languages; codes; efficient text algorithms; symbolic dynamics; decision problems; relationships to complexity theory and logic; picture description and analysis; polyominoes and bidimentional patterns; cryptography; concurrency; cellular automata; bio-inspried computing; quantum computing.

Author : Jacques-Eric Bergez,Elise Audouin,Olivier Therond
Publisher : Springer
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2019-02-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030019532

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Agroecological Transitions: From Theory to Practice in Local Participatory Design by Jacques-Eric Bergez,Elise Audouin,Olivier Therond Pdf

This Open Access book presents feedback from the ‘Territorial Agroecological Transition in Action’- TATA-BOX research project, which was devoted to these specific issues. The multidisciplinary and multi-organisation research team steered a four-year action-research process in two territories of France. It also presents: i) the key dimensions to be considered when dealing with agroecological transition: diversity of agriculture models, management of uncertainties, polycentric governance, autonomies, and role of actors’ networks; ii) an operational and original participatory process and associated boundary tools to support local stakeholders in shifting from a shared diagnosis to a shared action plan for transition, and in so doing developing mutual understanding and involvement; iii) an analysis of the main effects of the methodology on research organisation and on stakeholders’ development and application; iv) critical analysis and foresights on the main outcomes of TATA-BOX, provided by external researchers.

Author : Stephan Haggard,Robert R. Kaufman
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780691172156

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Dictators and Democrats by Stephan Haggard,Robert R. Kaufman Pdf

A rigorous and comprehensive account of recent democratic transitions around the world From the 1980s through the first decade of the twenty-first century, the spread of democracy across the developing and post-Communist worlds transformed the global political landscape. What drove these changes and what determined whether the emerging democracies would stabilize or revert to authoritarian rule? Dictators and Democrats takes a comprehensive look at the transitions to and from democracy in recent decades. Deploying both statistical and qualitative analysis, Stephen Haggard and Robert Kaufman engage with theories of democratic change and advocate approaches that emphasize political and institutional factors. While inequality has been a prominent explanation for democratic transitions, the authors argue that its role has been limited, and elites as well as masses can drive regime change. Examining seventy-eight cases of democratic transition and twenty-five reversions since 1980, Haggard and Kaufman show how differences in authoritarian regimes and organizational capabilities shape popular protest and elite initiatives in transitions to democracy, and how institutional weaknesses cause some democracies to fail. The determinants of democracy lie in the strength of existing institutions and the public's capacity to engage in collective action. There are multiple routes to democracy, but those growing out of mass mobilization may provide more checks on incumbents than those emerging from intra-elite bargains. Moving beyond well-known beliefs regarding regime changes, Dictators and Democrats explores the conditions under which transitions to democracy are likely to arise.

Author : Laurence T. Yang
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 804 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2005-12-05
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783540308812

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Embedded Software and Systems by Laurence T. Yang Pdf

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems, ICESS 2005, held in Xi'an, China, in December 2005. The 63 revised full papers presented together with the abstracts of 3 keynote speeches were thoroughly reviewed and selected from 361 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on embedded hardware, embedded software, real-time systems, power aware computing, hardware/software co-design and system-on-chip, testing and verification, reconfigurable computing, agent and distributed computing, wireless communications, mobile computing, pervasive/ubiquitous computing and intelligence, multimedia and human-computer interaction, network protocol, security and fault-tolerance, and abstracts of eight selected workshop papers.

Author : Alfred John Cole
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Biology
ISBN : UCSD:31822031444474

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Numerical Taxonomy by Alfred John Cole Pdf

Author : Martha Craft-Rosenberg,Shelley-Rae Pehler
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 1144 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-20
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781506338231

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Encyclopedia of Family Health by Martha Craft-Rosenberg,Shelley-Rae Pehler Pdf

Request a FREE 30-day online trial to this title at www.sagepub.com/freetrial What is unique about the process in the discussion of healthcare and interventions to use when working with families? What assessment tools provide guidance for healthcare providers as they determine interventions for families in their care? What are the changing dimensions of contemporary family life, and what impact do those dimensions have on health promotion for families? How is family healthcare changing in terms of practices, delivery systems, costs and insurance coverage? Students are able to explore these questions and more in the Encyclopedia of Family Health. Approximately 350 signed articles written by experts from such varied fields as health and nursing, social and behavioral sciences, and policy provide authoritative, cross-disciplinary coverage. Entries examine theory, research and policy as they relate to family practice in a manner that is accessible and jargon-free. From 'Adolescent Suicide' and 'Alternative Therapies' to 'Visitation during Hospitalization' and 'Weight Problems and Genetics', this work provides coverage of a variety of issues within a family context. The Encyclopedia of Family Health provides a comprehensive summary of theory, research, practice, and policy on family health and wellness promotion for students and researchers.

Author : DAVID D LI
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOMDLP:b1895850:0001.001

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A THEORY OF AMBIGUOUS PROPERTY RIGHTS IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES: THE CASE OF THE CHINESE NON-STATE SECTOR by DAVID D LI Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1991-06-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780080582146

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Advances in Protein Chemistry by Anonim Pdf

Volume 41 in a series intended for biochemists, molecular biologists, cell biologists, and biophysicists.

Author : Kathryn Ecclestone,Gert Biesta,Martin Hughes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2009-10-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135270995

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Transitions and Learning Through the Lifecourse by Kathryn Ecclestone,Gert Biesta,Martin Hughes Pdf

‘Transition’ has numerous everyday and conceptual meanings yet, while certain transitions are unsettling and difficult for some people, risk, challenge and even difficulty might also be important factors in successful transitions for others.

Author : Frank Chouraqui
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780823254125

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Ambiguity and the Absolute by Frank Chouraqui Pdf

Friedrich Nietzsche and Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Chouraqui argues, are linked by how they conceive the question of truth. Although both thinkers criticize the traditional concept of truth as objectivity, they both find that rejecting it does not solve the problem. What is it in our natural existence that gave rise to the notion of truth? The answer to that question is threefold. First, Nietzsche and Merleau-Ponty both propose a genealogy of “truth” in which to exist means to make implicit truth claims. Second, both seek to recover the preobjective ground from which truth as an erroneous concept arose. Finally, this attempt at recovery leads both thinkers to ontological considerations regarding how we must conceive of a being whose structure allows for the existence of the belief in truth. In conclusion, Chouraqui suggests that both thinkers’ investigations of the question of truth lead them to conceive of being as the process of self-falsification by which indeterminate being presents itself as determinate.

Author : Geert Verbong,Derk Loorbach
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136456626

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Governing the Energy Transition by Geert Verbong,Derk Loorbach Pdf

The Energy Transition, the inevitable shift away from cheap, centralized, largely fossil-based energy systems, is one of the core challenges of our time. This book provides a coherent and novel insight into the nature of this challenge and possible strategies to accelerate and guide such transitions. It brings together prominent European scholars and practitioners from the fields of energy transition research and governance to draw attention to the current complex dynamics in the energy domain, and offer elegant and provocative explanations for current crises and lock-ins. They identify multiple energy transition pathways that emerge and increasingly compete, and emphasize the need and possibilities for novel governance. By analysing the complexity of energy transition processes and the difficulties in shifting to sustainable pathways, this text questions the extent to which actually governing energy transitions is already reality, just an illusion, or a bare necessity.

Author : Zoltán Ésik,Zoltán Fülöp
Publisher : Springer
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2003-08-03
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9783540450078

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Developments in Language Theory by Zoltán Ésik,Zoltán Fülöp Pdf

The refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Developments in Language Theory, DLT 2003, held in Szeged, Hungary, in July 2003. The 27 revised full papers presented together with 7 invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 57 submissions. All current aspects in language theory are addressed, in particular grammars, acceptors, and transducers for strings, trees, graphs, arrays, etc; algebraic theories for automata and languages; combinatorial properties of words and languages; formal power series; decision problems; efficient algorithms for automata and languages; and relations to complexity theory and logic, picture description and analysis, DNA computing, quantum computing, cryptography, and concurrency.