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9780415971690

Contesting the Iron Fist: Advocacy Networks and Police Violence in Democratic Argentina and Chile

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415971690

  • ISBN10:

    0415971691

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2004-12-26
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

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.

Table of Contents

List of Tables, Graphs, and Figures ix
Glossary of Abbreviations xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 1(18)
Chapter One Guarding the Guardians 19(30)
Chapter Two Chile: The Denial of Police Violence 49(36)
Chapter Three Explaining an "Unexpected" Legal Reform in Chile 85(8)
Chapter Four Argentina: Strong Advocacy Groups, Fluctuating Influence 93(30)
Chapter Five Dealing with a Corporate Police Force in Argentina 123(12)
Chapter Six Contesting the Iron Fist 135(16)
Appendix One Chile: Government's Reactions toward International and Local Reports 151(4)
Appendix Two Testing Social Groups' Responsiveness 155(10)
Appendix Three Argentina: Selected Cases of Corruption 165(4)
Notes 169(24)
Bibliography 193(26)
Index 219

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