Claudio Fuentes

Contesting the Iron Fist (eBook, PDF)

Advocacy Networks and Police Violence in Democratic Argentina and Chile

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135874469
• Artikelnr.: 43073591

Autorenporträt

Claudio Fuentes is the Academic Coordinator at the Latin American Faculty of Social Science (FLACSO-Chile).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. 1. Guarding the Guardians. 2. Chile: The Denial of Police
Violence 3. Explaining an "Unexpected" Legal Reform in Chile 4. Argentina:
Strong Advocacy Groups, Fluctuating Influence 5. Dealing with a Corporate
Police Force in Argentina. 6. Contesting the Iron Fist. Appendix One:
Chile: Government's Reactions Toward International and Local Reports.
Appendix Two: Testing Social Groups' Responsiveness. Appendix Three:
Argentina: Selected Cases of Corruption.