Contesting the iron fist : advocacy networks and police violence in democratic Argentina and Chile / / Claudio A. Fuentes
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| Autore: |
Fuentes Claudio
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| Titolo: |
Contesting the iron fist : advocacy networks and police violence in democratic Argentina and Chile / / Claudio A. Fuentes
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Routledge, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (196 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 363.2/32 |
| Soggetto topico: | Human rights advocacy - Chile |
| Police brutality - Chile | |
| Human rights advocacy - Argentina | |
| Police brutality - Argentina | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Contesting the iron fist |
| ISBN: | 1-135-87445-X |
| 1-135-87446-8 | |
| 1-280-30257-7 | |
| 9786610302574 | |
| 0-203-31299-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910821329703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Latin American studies (Routledge (Firm))