Contesting the Iron Fist: Advocacy Networks and Police Violence in Democratic Argentina and ChileThis 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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Contents
Chapter | 15 |
Chapter | 49 |
1 | 63 |
1 | 80 |
Explaining an Unexpected Legal Reform in Chile | 85 |
1 | 105 |
Chapter Five | 111 |
Chapter | 135 |
Appendix | 151 |
Appendix Three | 165 |
Public Opinion and Levels of Crime | 170 |
108 | 183 |
| 193 | |
126 | 206 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Contesting the Iron Fist: Advocacy Networks and Police Violence in Democratic Argentina and Chile Latin American studies : social sciences and law Latin American studies |
| Author | Claudio Fuentes |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Psychology Press, 2005 |
| ISBN | 0415971691, 9780415971690 |
| Length | 221 pages |
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