Contesting the Iron Fist

Name: Contesting the Iron Fist
Author: Claudio Fuentes

Advocacy Networks and Police Violence in Democratic Argentina and Chile

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Paperback, 236 blz. | Engels

Taylor & Francis | 1e druk, 2012

ISBN13: 9780415646970

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Taylor & Francis 1e druk, 2012 9780415646970

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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.