The Rational Spirit in Modern Continuum Mechanics

The Rational Spirit in Modern Continuum Mechanics
Author: Chi-Sing Man,Roger L. Fosdick
Publsiher: Springer
Total Pages: 918
Release: 2004-07-06
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1402018282

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Through his voluminous and in?uential writings, editorial activities, organi- tional leadership, intellectual acumen, and strong sense of history, Clifford - brose Truesdell III (1919–2000) was the main architect for the renaissance of - tional continuum mechanics since the middle of the twentieth century. The present collection of 42 essays and research papers pays tribute to this man of mathematics, science, and natural philosophy as well as to his legacy. The ?rst ?ve essays by B. D. Coleman, E. Giusti, W. Noll, J. Serrin, and D. Speiser were texts of addresses given by their authors at the Meeting in memory of Clifford Truesdell, which was held in Pisa in November 2000. In these essays the reader will ?nd personal reminiscences of Clifford Truesdell the man and of some of his activities as scientist, author, editor, historian of exact sciences, and principal founding member of the Society for Natural Philosophy. The bulk of the collection comprises 37 research papers which bear witness to the Truesdellian legacy. These papers cover a wide range of topics; what ties them together is the rational spirit. Clifford Truesdell, in his address upon receipt of a Birkhoff Prize in 1978, put the essence of modern continuum mechanics succinctly as “conceptual analysis, analysis not in the sense of the technical term but in the root meaning: logical criticism, dissection, and creative scrutiny.

Mexico and the Post 2015 Development Agenda

Mexico and the Post 2015 Development Agenda
Author: Rebecka Villanueva Ulfgard
Publsiher: Springer
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2017-03-03
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781137585820

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This interdisciplinary edited collection presents original analysis on Mexico's transition from the Millennium to the Sustainable Development Goals, departing from three main perspectives. In what areas did Mexico gain leverage and actually contribute to the debate around the proposed SDGs? What are the challenges for Mexico with regard to the SDGs? How to handle the issue of congruence/dissonance in Mexico's accomplishment of the MDGs in relation to the socioeconomic realities on the ground? The contributing authors examine what kind of state is needed to strengthen democratic politics and social justice, but also to improve the economic effectiveness of the state and thereby prospects for development. For Mexico, what is missing is a clear vision for creating a progressive, truly modern society where the notion of a social contract between the government and citizens could be established along the lines of a welfare state that is inclusive, sustainable, and transformative enough to tackle seriously the fundamental socioeconomic injustices dividing Mexicans.

Mexico s Democracy at Work

Mexico s Democracy at Work
Author: Russell Crandall,Guadalupe Paz,Riordan Roett
Publsiher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2005
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1588263258

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A concise overview of political and economic developments in Mexico, highlighting the challenges posed by the county's recent democratic breakthrough.

Agricultural and Fisheries Policies in Mexico Recent Achievements Continuing the Reform Agenda

Agricultural and Fisheries Policies in Mexico Recent Achievements  Continuing the Reform Agenda
Author: OECD
Publsiher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2006-12-01
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: 9789264030251

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This report analyses the effects of Mexico’s ambitious reforms to agricultural and fisheries policies since 1990 and makes recommendations for further reforms.

Encyclopedia of Social Welfare History in North America

Encyclopedia of Social Welfare History in North America
Author: John M. Herrick,Paul H. Stuart
Publsiher: SAGE
Total Pages: 574
Release: 2005
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0761925848

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This encyclopedia provides readers with basic information about the history of social welfare in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. The intent of the encyclopedia is to provide readers with information about how these three nations have dealt with social welfare issues, some similar across borders, others unique, as well as to describe important events, developments, and the lives and work of some key contributors to social welfare developments.

Good Governance in the Era of Global Neoliberalism

Good Governance in the Era of Global Neoliberalism
Author: Jolle Demmers,Alex E. Fernández Jilberto,Barbara Hogenboom
Publsiher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2004
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0415341167

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"By making use of a wide range of in-depth case studies from various developing countries and post-communist states, this book analyzes the causes and effects of neoliberal restructuring and the process of depolitization that went with it. The contributors critically examine the contradictory nature of good governance and the consequences that have been seen to go with it." "This important book provides a contribution to the literature on good governance. It will provide and interesting read for those with an interest in economics and development studies as well as being useful to policy makers and non-governmental organizations."--BOOK JACKET.

Environment and Development in Mexico

Environment and Development in Mexico
Author: Jan Gilbreath Rich
Publsiher: CSIS
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2003
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0892064234

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Development and Growth in the Mexican Economy

Development and Growth in the Mexican Economy
Author: Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid,Jaime Ros
Publsiher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2009-04-23
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780195371161

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This book provides an overview of Mexico's economic development since Independence identifying its binding constraints in different periods and the ways in which they have been tried to be removed by economic policies. It gives special attention to developments since 1940 and presents a re-evaluation, critical of the dominant trend in the economic literature, of Mexico's development policies during the State-led industrialization period from 1940 to 1982 and during the more recent market reform process.