Contesting the Iron Fist
Advocacy Networks and Police Violence in Democratic Argentina and Chile| By: | Claudio Fuentes |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Print ISBN: | 9780415971690 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781135874452 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2005 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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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.