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

ISBN-13: 9780415971690 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 236 str.

Claudio Fuentes

Opis

This work analyses the interactions and international connections of the 'civil rights' and 'pro-order' coalitions of state and societal actors in Argentina and Chile.

Spis treści

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.

O autorze

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