Contesting the iron fist : advocacy networks and police violence in democratic Argentina and 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 ab...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge,
2005.
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| Series: | Latin American studies (Routledge (Firm))
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=115417 |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 221 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-218) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203312996 9780203312995 9780415971690 0415971691 9781135874469 1135874468 9781135874414 1135874417 9781135874452 113587445X 9780415646970 0415646979 |