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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822679503321

Autore

Policzer Pablo

Titolo

The Rise and Fall of Repression in Chile / / Pablo Policzer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame Press, c2009

ISBN

0-268-08973-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xviii, 242 p. : ill

Disciplina

983.06/5

Soggetti

Dictatorship - Chile - History - 20th century

Political persecution - Chile - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Chile Politics and government 1973-1988

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Recent titles from the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies"--P. facing t.p.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-232) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Half title -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acronyms -- Note on Translations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- PART I -- 1. The Dark Spaces of Politics -- 2. The Coercion Problem -- PART II -- 3. The Overthrow and Turmoil -- 4. The Rise of the DINA (1973-74) -- 5. The DINA in Action (1974-77) -- 6. The Fall of the DINA (1977-78) -- 7. Options and Shifts -- PART III -- 8. The Politics of Organizing Coercion -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- Appendix D -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Policzer offers an original argument about the nature of authoritarian coercion while also changing our perception of the dynamics of the Pinochet regime in Chile.