“…La literatura chilena actual, una de las más exitosas de América Latina, sobre todo en el género de la novela, se analiza en este libro desde diferentes perspectivas, ofreciendo una visión plural de sus autores y tendencias…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “….) -- CONCLUSIÓN: DERECHO AMBIENTAL COMO DERECHO PLURAL -- BIBLIOGRAFÍA -- CAPÍTULO 6 PRINCIPIO DE PARTICIPACIÓN EN ASUNTOS AMBIENTALES EL PRINCIPIO 10 -- INTRODUCCIÓN -- 1. …”

“…Inserta en una línea plural de investigación en la que se concitan la fraseología histórica, la literatura medieval y la crítica textual, esta obra rescata un fondo fraseológico común de gran importancia en el desarrollo de las formas narrativas de signo historiográfico en la Edad Media hispánica, el de las versiones peninsulares de materia troyana. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- Chapter 2: Playing with Grammar -- Technical requirements -- Counting nouns - plural and singular nouns -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Getting the dependency parse -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- See also -- Extracting noun chunks -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- See also -- Extracting subjects and objects of the sentence -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Finding patterns in text using grammatical information -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- See also -- Chapter 3: Representing Text - Capturing Semantics -- Technical requirements -- Creating a simple classifier -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Putting documents into a bag of words -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- Constructing an N-gram model -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Representing texts with TF-IDF -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Using word embeddings -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- See also -- Training your own embeddings model -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- See also -- Using BERT and OpenAI embeddings instead of word embeddings…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction -- Related Literature -- Demonstrations during Malawi's Democratic Dispensation -- Data and Variable Definitions -- Estimation strategy -- Empirical Findings -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 - Impunity versus Constitutional Legality in Malawi's 2019-20 Presidential Election Case -- Introduction -- The Stand against Impunity and Mediocrity -- The Conceptual Stand for Constitutional Legality -- The Stand for Transformational Constitutional Legality -- The Approach in the Proceedings -- Expedition versus Attempts to End or Delay the Case -- Conventional Burden and Standard of Proof versus Accountability -- Self Interest v Duty-based Civic and Ethical Professionalism -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 - Legal Responses to Electoral Violence and Democratic Governance in Malawi: The Case of the 2019 and 2020 Elections -- Introduction -- Electoral Violence and Democratic Governance -- Violence in the 2019 and 2020 Elections -- Legal Responses to Election Violence 2019-2020 -- Legal Responses and Democratic Governance -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6 - Violence against Women in Elections in Malawi: The Role of Women Leaders as Game Changers -- Introduction -- Violence against Women in Elections (VAWE) -- Game-Changers -- Survey of Incidents of Violence against Women in the 2019 Elections -- Analysis of Responses of Women Leaders to VAWE in the 2019 Elections -- Pre-election and During Election Violence Response -- Women Leaders' Post-election Violence Response Analysis -- Game-Changers -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7 - Malawi's Choice of Electoral System and Reform Agenda Quandary -- Introduction -- Literature Survey -- Rationale for Electoral Choice in Malawi -- Effects of Plurality Electoral System on Regime Legitimacy in Malawi -- The Rationale for Electoral Reforms in Malawi -- Drivers of Electoral Reforms in Malawi -- Prospects for Electoral Reforms…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Preface -- Contents -- Table of Cases -- Introduction -- 1 Deconstructing Positive Obligations -- Introduction -- 1.1 The State as an Institutional Mediator -- 1.2 Justifications for Positive Obligations -- 1.3 Plurality of Obligations Owed by the State -- 1.4 Priority of Rights as Organizational Principles -- 1.5 Trigger, Scope, Content, and Types of Positive Obligations -- Conclusion -- 2 State Knowledge -- Introduction -- 2.1 The Role of Fault in State Responsibility -- 2.2 Triggering and Breach of Positive Obligations under ECHR -- 2.3 Actual Knowledge versus Putative Knowledge -- 2.3.1 Different Possible Ways of Assessing Putative Knowledge -- 2.3.2 State Knowledge Necessarily Implies Normative Assessment -- 2.4 Assessment of Knowledge -- 2.5 No Benefit of Hindsight -- 2.6 Burden of Proof -- 2.7 The Nature and the Level of Risk -- 2.7.1 The 'Real and Immediate Risk' Standard -- 2.7.2 Man-made versus Natural Harms -- 2.8 Contributory Fault of the Victim -- Conclusion -- 3 Causation -- Introduction -- 3.1 The Role and the Standard of Causation -- 3.2 Control and Causation -- 3.2.1 The Rules on Attribution -- 3.2.2 The Role of Control and the Extension of the Logic of the Rules on Attribution -- 3.2.3 Control and Prevention of State-inflicted Harm -- 3.2.4 Assumption of Control in the Area of Public Services -- 3.2.5 Source of the Harm and the Related Level of Control -- 3.2.6 Assumption of Control over the Victim -- 3.3 Techniques for Avoiding Causation -- 3.3.1 Domestic Legality -- 3.3.2 Procedural Protection -- 3.4 Technique for Limiting Responsibility when Causation is Present -- Conclusion -- 4 Reasonableness -- Introduction -- 4.1 Intertwinement with Knowledge and Causation -- 4.1.1 Weak Causation Counterbalanced by the Reasonableness Standard…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Theoretical Perspectives 6.Pluralizing Possibilities for Global Learning in Western Higher Education Sharon Stein (Idaho State University, USA) 7. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Going live -- Exporting orders to CSV files -- Adding custom actions to the administration site -- Extending the admin site with custom views -- Generating PDF invoices dynamically -- Installing WeasyPrint -- Creating a PDF template -- Rendering PDF files -- Sending PDF files by email -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Extending Your Shop -- Creating a coupon system -- Building the coupon models -- Applying a coupon to the shopping cart -- Applying coupons to orders -- Adding internationalization and localization -- Internationalization with Django -- Internationalization and localization settings -- Internationalization management commands -- How to add translations to a Django project -- How Django determines the current language -- Preparing our project for internationalization -- Translating Python code -- Standard translations -- Lazy translations -- Translations including variables -- Plural forms in translations -- Translating your own code -- Translating templates -- The {% trans %} template tag -- The {% blocktrans %} template tag -- Translating the shop templates -- Using the Rosetta translation interface -- Fuzzy translations -- URL patterns for internationalization -- Adding a language prefix to URL patterns -- Translating URL patterns -- Allowing users to switch language -- Translating models with django-parler -- Installing django-parler -- Translating model fields -- Integrating translations in the administration site -- Creating migrations for model translations -- Adapting views for translations -- Format localization -- Using django-localflavor to validate form fields -- Building a recommendation engine -- Recommending products based on previous purchases -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Building an E-Learning Platform -- Setting up the e-learning project -- Building the course models -- Registering the models in the administration site…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…From first person singular to first person plural -- 4. Concluding remarks -- Notes -- References -- Temporality, reification and subjectivity -- 1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 1.2 The worries of the sceptics -- 1.3 A yardstick for the evaluation of prosperity and progress -- 1.4 Scope and development of the capability approach -- 1.5 A guide for the reader. 2 Core ideas and the framework : 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 A preliminary definition of the capability approach -- 2.3 The capability approach versus capability theories -- 2.4 The many modes of capability analysis -- 2.5 The modular view of the capability approach -- 2.6 The A-module: the non-optional core of all capability theories -- 2.6.1 A1: Functionings and capabilities -- 2.6.2 A2: Functionings and capabilities are value-neutral categories -- 2.6.3 A3: Conversion factors -- 2.6.4 A4: The means-ends distinction -- 2.6.5 A5: Functionings and capabilities as the evaluative space -- 2.6.6 A6: Other dimensions of ultimate value -- 2.6.7 A7: Value pluralism -- 2.6.8 A8: The principle of each person as an end -- 2.7 The B-modules: non-optional modules with optional content -- 2.7.1 B1: The purpose of the capability theory -- 2.7.2 B2: The selection of dimensions -- 2.7.3 B3: Human diversity -- 2.7.4 B4: Agency -- 2.7.5 B5: Structural constraints -- 2.7.6 B6: The choice between functionings, capabilities, or both -- 2.7.7 B7: Meta-theoretical commitments -- 2.8 The C-modules: contingent modules -- 2.8.1 C1: Additional ontological and explanatory theories -- 2.8.2 C2: Weighing dimensions -- 2.8.3 C3: Methods for empirical analysis -- 2.8.4 C4: Additional normative principles and concerns -- 2.9 The modular view of the capability account: a summary -- 2.10 Hybrid theories -- 2.11 The relevance and implications of the modular view -- 2.12 A visualisation of the core conceptual elements -- 2.13 The narrow and broad uses of the capability approach -- 2.14 Conclusion. 3 Clarifications : 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Refining the notions of 'capability' and 'functioning' -- 3.2.1 Capability as an opportunity versus capability as an opportunity set -- 3.2.2 Nussbaum's terminology -- 3.2.3 What are 'basic capabilities'? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Emancipatory methods to co-produce knowledge with marginalised communities -- Co-producing a comic book with older refugees -- Co-producing films with older people about the impact of gentrification -- Conclusion -- References -- 11 Dismantling and rebuilding praxis for Age-Friendly Cities and Communities: towards an emancipatory approach -- Introduction -- Guiding documents for the WHO's 'Age-Friendly World' -- Critical analysis -- Beyond social planning towards a plurality of approaches to community change -- Beyond quantitative metrics towards other ways to characterise communities -- Beyond older adults' participation and involvement towards co-production and allyship -- Towards an emancipatory AFCC approach and a 'different suite of tools' -- Conclusion -- Note -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 12 Conclusion: reimagining age-friendly cities and communities -- Introduction -- Urban ageing and spatial justice -- Incorporating diversity, equity and co-production in urban ageing research -- Embracing diversity -- A focus on equity -- Centring older people -- Reimagining age-friendly cities and communities -- References -- Afterword -- Principles and practices for work with older people -- References -- Index…”

“…El primer descentramiento que proponemos, pone de relieve a las experiencias políticas concretas a la hora de hablar de los populismos (en plural) y toma distancia de los modelos arquetípicos en clave anómala producidos a propósito de dos de ellas. …”

“…Aborda los elementos clave que dan sentido a la resiliencia y aquellos que la pueden promover. Ofrece una mirada plural, a través de personas que aportan su reflexión teórica, junto a su experiencia y buenas prácticas que han implementado con éxito para el desarrollo de la resiliencia en diferentes entornos socioeducativos. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Best practices for designing REST APIs -- Using nouns and not verbs when naming a resource in the endpoint path -- Using the plural form for naming the collection resource in the endpoint path -- Using hypermedia (HATEOAS) -- Versioning your APIs -- Nesting resources -- Securing APIs -- Maintaining documentation -- Complying with recommended status codes -- Ensuring caching -- Maintaining the rate limit -- Introducing our e-commerce app -- Summary -- Questions -- Answers -- Further reading -- Chapter 2: Spring Concepts and REST APIs -- Technical requirements -- Understanding the patterns and paradigms of Spring -- What is IoC? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acronyms -- Introduction -- Reference -- Part 1 The Emergence of Critical Systems Thinking -- Chapter 1 The Scientific Method -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Early Systems Thinking -- 1.3 The Ascendancy of the Scientific Method -- 1.4 Romanticism and Disquiet -- 1.5 The Challenge of Complexity -- 1.6 Science and the Scientific Method in the Spotlight -- 1.7 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 Systems Thinking -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Challenge Confronting Systems Thinking -- 2.3 Complexity and Wicked Problems -- 2.4 The Search for General Systems Laws -- 2.4.1 Bogdanov and Tektology -- 2.4.2 Von Bertalanffy and General Systems Theory -- 2.4.3 Wiener and Cybernetics -- 2.4.4 Complexity Theory -- 2.5 The 'Problem' of Emergence -- 2.6 A Pluralistic Approach to the Use of Systems Thinking -- 2.7 The Development of Systems Methodologies -- 2.8 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 Critical Systems Thinking -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The Origins and Early Development of Critical Systems Thinking -- 3.3 Systemic Critique -- 3.4 Systemic Pluralism -- 3.5 Systemic Improvement -- 3.6 The Argument for Systemic Pragmatism -- 3.6.1 From Paradigms to Pragmatism -- 3.6.2 What Is Pragmatism? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Bubeck -- 38. Killing in plural? On animal life assessments by veterinarians and the role of euthanasia -- E. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Concept of Organisational Effectiveness -- References -- Chapter 3: Principles of Organisation -- The Hierarchy or the Scalar Process -- Merits of the Scalar Principle -- Demerits of Scalar System -- Unity of Command -- Authority and Responsibility -- Sources of Authority -- Kinds of Authority -- Authority and Responsibility -- Coordination -- Definition of Coordination -- Need for Coordination -- Types of Coordination -- Methods of Coordination -- How to Achieve Effective Coordination -- Hindrances to Effective Coordination -- Span of Control -- Supupervision -- Meaning and Definitions -- Functions of a Supervisor -- Methods or Techniques of Supervision -- Qualities of Good Supervisors -- Importance of Human Characteristics of Supervision -- Training of Supervisors -- Centralisation and Decentralisation -- Meaning -- Merits and Demerits of Centralisation and Decentralisation -- Merits and Demerits of Centralisation -- Merits and Demerits of Decentralisation -- Delegation -- Type of Delegation -- Hindrance to Delegation -- General Principles of Delegation -- Refernces -- Chapter 4: Administrative Behaviour -- Decision Making -- Factors in Decision Making -- Decision Making is a Plural Activity -- Bases of Decision Making -- Techniques of Decision Making -- Types of Management Decisions -- Problems of Decision Making -- The Problem of Bias in Decision Making -- Herbert Simon's Contribution to Decision Making -- Criticism -- Conclusion -- Theories of Leadership -- Definitions of Leadership -- Leadership and Power -- Leadership and Authority -- Theories of Leadership -- Types of Leadership -- Functions of Leadership -- Qualities of a Good Administrative Leader -- Communication -- Definition of Communication -- Types of Communication -- Internal and External Communication -- Means of Communication -- Hindrance to Effective Communication -- Morale…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Chapter 1: The Evolution of Public Administration in India -- Ancient Indian Administration -- The Vedic Period -- The Post-Vedic Period -- Administrative Structures -- Medieval Administration -- Rajput Period Administration -- Sultanate Period Administration -- Mughal Period Administration -- British Period Administration -- Portfolio System -- Introduction of Local Self-Government -- Administrative Reforms of 1919 -- Administrative Reforms of 1935 -- Legacies of the British Administration -- Notes -- Chapter 2: Constitution and Administration -- Constitutional Safeguards for Public Servants -- Reservation and Administration -- Constitutional Amendments and Administration -- Federal System and Administration -- Parliamentary Democracy and Administration -- Generalist Administration and Developmental Orientation -- Autonomous Bodies and Administration -- Chapter 3: Parliamentary Democracy -- Introduction -- Characteristics of the Parliamentary Form of Government -- Constitutional or Nominal and Real Executive -- Plural Executive -- Ministerial Responsibility and Collective Responsibility -- Parliamentary Sovereignty -- Parliamentary Control Over Administration -- Indian Federalism: Nature And Problems -- Written Constitution -- Supremacy of the Constitution -- Rigid Constitution -- Division of Powers -- Independent Judiciary -- Bicameral Legislature -- Unitary Features of the Indian Constitution -- A Strong Centre -- Single Citizenship -- Single Constitution for Union and State -- Centre Can Change the Name and Boundaries of States -- Single Unified Judiciary -- Unequal Representation of States In the Rajya Sabha -- Common All-India Services -- Emergency Provisions -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 4: Political Executive at the Union Level -- The President of India -- Power of the President…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…El problema de la redundancia de la marca de plural -- 4.1.4. Factores sociales (III.1.1) -- 4.1.5. …”