Contesting the Iron Fist : Advocacy Networks and Police Violence in Democratic Argentina and Chile.

By: Fuentes, ClaudioMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Latin American Studies: Social Sciences and LawPublisher: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2004Copyright date: ©2005Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (196 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780203312995Subject(s): Human rights advocacy -- Argentina | Human rights advocacy -- Chile | Police brutality -- Argentina | Police brutality -- ChileGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Contesting the Iron Fist : Advocacy Networks and Police Violence in Democratic Argentina and ChileDDC classification: 363.2/32 LOC classification: JC599.C5 -- F84 2005ebOnline resources: Click to View
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BookCover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Tables, Graphs, and Figures -- Glossary of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One Guarding the Guardians -- Chapter Two Chile: The Denial of Police Violence -- Chapter Three Explaining an "Unexpected" Legal Reform in Chile -- Chapter Four Argentina: Strong Advocacy Groups, Fluctuating Influence -- Chapter Five Dealing with a Corporate Police Force in Argentina -- Chapter Six Contesting the Iron Fist -- Appendix One -- Appendix Two -- Appendix Three -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: 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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BookCover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Tables, Graphs, and Figures -- Glossary of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One Guarding the Guardians -- Chapter Two Chile: The Denial of Police Violence -- Chapter Three Explaining an "Unexpected" Legal Reform in Chile -- Chapter Four Argentina: Strong Advocacy Groups, Fluctuating Influence -- Chapter Five Dealing with a Corporate Police Force in Argentina -- Chapter Six Contesting the Iron Fist -- Appendix One -- Appendix Two -- Appendix Three -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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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