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

by Claudio Fuentes

Overview

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

ISBN-13:	9780415971690
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/26/2004
Series:	Latin American Studies
Pages:	236
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

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

Table 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.