advocacy networks and police violence in democratic Argentina and Chile /
First Statement of Responsibility
Claudio A. Fuentes.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Routledge,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2005.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xiv, 221 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations
SERIES
Series Title
Latin American studies : social sciences and law
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-218) and index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
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.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Contesting the iron fist.
International Standard Book Number
0415971691
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Human rights advocacy-- Argentina.
Human rights advocacy-- Chile.
Police brutality-- Argentina.
Police brutality-- Chile.
Human rights advocacy.
Police brutality.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Freedom & Security-- Law Enforcement.