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



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Autore: Fuentes Claudio Visualizza persona
Titolo: Contesting the iron fist : advocacy networks and police violence in democratic Argentina and Chile / / Claudio A. Fuentes Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
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
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Serie: Latin American studies (Routledge (Firm))