Industrial waste treatment process engineering

• Record Nr.: UNISA990000338080203316
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lancaster : Technomic, 199-
• Descrizione fisica: v. ; 29 cm
• Disciplina: 628.4
• Soggetti: Acque di scarico industriali
• Collocazione: 628.4 CEL
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

Contesting the iron fist : advocacy networks and police violence in democratic Argentina and Chile / / laudio A. Fuentes

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910450066303321
• Autore: Fuentes Claudio
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Routledge, , 2005
• ISBN: 1-135-87446-8; 1-280-30257-7; 9786610302574; 0-203-31299-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (196 p.)
• Collana: Latin American studies : social sciences and law
• Disciplina: 363.2/32
• Soggetti: Human rights advocacy - Chile; Police brutality - Chile; Human rights advocacy - Argentina; Police brutality - Argentina; Electronic books.
• 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. 193-218) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Guarding the guardians -- Chile: the denial of police violence -- Explaining an unexpected legal reform in Chile -- Argentina: strong advocacy groups, fluctuating influence -- Dealing with a corporate police force in Argentina -- Contesting the iron fist.
• Sommario/riassunto: This work analyzes the interactions and international connections of the ""civil rights"" and ""pro-order"" coalitions of state and societal actors in the two countries. The author demonstrates that in democratizing contexts, protecting citizens from police abuse and becomes part of a debate about how to deal with issues of public safety and social control and of perceived trade-offs between liberty and security.