1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784826403321

Titolo

Democratic policing in transitional and developing countries [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Nathan W. Pino and Michael D. Wiatrowski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Aldershot, Hampshire ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate Pub. Co., 2006

ISBN

1-315-57645-7

1-317-15297-2

1-281-09691-1

9786611096915

0-7546-8068-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Collana

Interdisciplinary research series in ethnic, gender, and class relations

Altri autori (Persone)

PinoNathan

WiatrowskiMichael D

Disciplina

363.2/3091724

Soggetti

Police - Developing countries

Democratization - Developing countries

Community policing - Developing countries

Police-community relations - Developing countries

Crime prevention - Developing countries - Citizen participation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-245) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Assessing the obstacles / Nathan W. Pino and Michael D. Wiatrowski -- Policing and police reform in the U.S. : adequate for export? / Nathan W. Pino and Michael D. Wiatrowski -- The principles of democratic policing / Nathan W. Pino and Michael D. Wiatrowski -- Implementing democratic policing and related initiatives / Nathan W. Pino and Michael D. Wiatrowski -- Policing and institution building in Iraq / Rehan Mullick and Rabia Nusrat -- Crime, power, and policing in South Africa : beyond protected privilege and privileged protection / Robert Shanafelt -- Human rights and democratic police reform in Northern Ireland / Steven T. Engel -- Creating police partnerships with civil society in Kazakhstan through U.S.-funded domestic violence training : a step toward democratic policing / Edward Snajdr -- The role of the police in promoting the rule of law / Heath Grant, Jane Grabias, and Roy



Godson.

Sommario/riassunto

Is it possible to create democratic forms of policing in transitional and developing societies? This book expands the dialogue so that discussions of democratic policing are more realistic, comprehensive and sensitive to the local context. Detailed case studies on Iraq, South Africa, Northern Ireland and Kazakhstan provide a realistic assessment of the current state of policing.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910787522303321

Autore

Vettel Eric James

Titolo

Biotech [[electronic resource] ] : the countercultural origins of an industry / / Eric J. Vettel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2006

ISBN

0-8122-0362-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (290 p.)

Collana

Politics and Culture in Modern America

Politics and culture in modern America

Disciplina

338.4/76606

Soggetti

Biotechnology - History

Biotechnology industries - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-268) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The Setting, 1946 -- 2. Patronage and Policy -- 3 The Promise and Peril of the BVL -- 4. The Ascent of Pure Research -- 5. Research Life! -- 6. A Season of Policy Reform -- 7. Crossing the Threshold -- 8. Cetus: History's First Biotechnology Company -- Conclusion: An End . . . -- Notes -- Sources Consulted -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The seemingly unlimited reach of powerful biotechnologies and the attendant growth of the multibillion-dollar industry have raised difficult questions about the scientific discoveries, political assumptions, and cultural patterns that gave rise to for-profit biological research. Given such extraordinary stakes, a history of the commercial biotechnology industry must inquire far beyond the predictable attention to scientists,



discovery, and corporate sales. It must pursue how something so complex as the biotechnology industry was born, poised to become both a vanguard for contemporary world capitalism and a focal point for polemic ethical debate. In Biotech, Eric J. Vettel chronicles the story behind genetic engineering, recombinant DNA, cloning, and stem-cell research. It is a story about the meteoric rise of government support for scientific research during the Cold War, about activists and student protesters in the Vietnam era pressing for a new purpose in science, about politicians creating policy that alters the course of science, and also about the release of powerful entrepreneurial energies in universities and in venture capital that few realized existed. Most of all, it is a story about people-not just biologists but also followers and opponents who knew nothing about the biological sciences yet cared deeply about how biological research was done and how the resulting knowledge was used. Vettel weaves together these stories to illustrate how the biotechnology industry was born in the San Francisco Bay area, examining the anomalies, ironies, and paradoxes that contributed to its rise. Culled from oral histories, university records, and private corporate archives, including Cetus, the world's first biotechnology company, this compelling history shows how a cultural and political revolution in the 1960's resulted in a new scientific order: the practical application of biological knowledge supported by private investors expecting profitable returns eclipsed basic research supported by government agencies.