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 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.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Fuentes, Claudio
Published: 12/26/2004
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9780415971690
Pages: 236
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 9.28h x 6.28w x 0.77d