Il "Decameron" : saggio / Umberto Bosco

• Record Nr.: UNINA990006982770403321
• Autore: Bosco, Umberto <1900-1987>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Rieti : Biblioteca editrice, 1929
• Descrizione fisica: 210 p. ; 20 cm
• Collana: Quaderni critici ; 14
• Locazione: BAT
• Collocazione: BIB. BAT.4174
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Italiano
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910970111703321
• Autore: Fuentes Claudio
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Routledge, 2005
• ISBN: 1-135-87445-X; 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
• 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.