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

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.

List of contents

Introduction.  1. Guarding the Guardians.  2. Chile: The Denial of Police Violence  3. Explaining an "Unexpected" Legal Reform in Chile  4. Argentina: Strong Advocacy Groups, Fluctuating Influence  5. Dealing with a Corporate Police Force in Argentina.  6. Contesting the Iron Fist.  Appendix One: Chile: Government's Reactions Toward International and Local Reports.  Appendix Two: Testing Social Groups' Responsiveness.  Appendix Three: Argentina: Selected Cases of Corruption.

About the author

Claudio Fuentes is the Academic Coordinator at the Latin American Faculty of Social Science (FLACSO-Chile).

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.

Product details

• Authors: Claudio Fuentes, Claudio (Flacso-Chile) Fuentes, Fuentes Claudio
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.07.2012
• EAN: 9780415646970
• ISBN: 978-0-415-64697-0
• No. of pages: 236
• Series: Latin American Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Politics & government, Politics and government