This book analyses the crucial role that guns play in the dynamics of extreme violence engulfing Latin America and the policies that are being implemented to confront it. Gun control is surprisingly not a prominent issue in most countries of the region, but this situation is rapidly changing as proliferation and violence dramatically increase. The book adopts an extended version of John Kingdon's influential Multiple Streams Framework to explore how gun control enters political agendas and why some countries act to end gun violence and others do not. In this effort, the Brazilian Disarmament Statute and the Uruguayan Responsible Firearm Ownership Law serve as in-depth case studies that exhibit the region's heterogeneity and put Kingdon's policy theory to the test. Gun Control Policies in Latin America is an essential reading for anyone interested in Latin American security and public policies.

This book analyses the crucial role that guns play in the dynamics of extreme violence engulfing Latin America and the policies that are being implemented to confront it. Gun control is surprisingly not a prominent issue in most countries of the region, but this situation is rapidly changing as proliferation and violence dramatically increase. The book adopts an extended version of John Kingdon's influential Multiple Streams Framework to explore how gun control enters political agendas and why some countries act to end gun violence and others do not. In this effort, the Brazilian Disarmament Statute and the Uruguayan Responsible Firearm Ownership Law serve as in-depth case studies that exhibit the region's heterogeneity and put Kingdon's policy theory to the test. Gun Control Policies in Latin America is an essential reading for anyone interested in Latin American security and public policies.

El presente libro se centra en la importancia de los contaminantes superficiales sobre el proceso de absorcion gas-liquido fisica y quimica. Para ello se ha analizado la influencia de las propiedades fisicas sobre el proceso de absorcion mediante la adicion de solutos, modificando la viscosidad y la tension superficial respectivamente. Tambien se ha tenido en cuenta la naturaleza del agente de superficie con la misma zona hidrofilica pero distinta zona hidrofobica (con cadena hidrocarbonada de distinta longitud). La influencia de este tipo de compuestos ha sido analizada desde el punto de vista de la hidrodinamica y de la transferencia de materia. La evaluacion de los efectos Marangoni y barrera, y la informacion que esta evaluacion previa aporta sobre el proceso de transferencia de materia (en base al coeficiente de transferencia de materia) indica que el tamano de la cola hidrocarbonada del agente de superficie presente en la fase liquida tiene una gran importancia sobre el proceso global de absorcion."