Contesting the iron fist : advocacy networks and police violence in democratic Argentina and Chile /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Fuentes, Claudio, author.
Imprint:	New York : Routledge, 2005.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 221 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Latin American studies : social sciences and law Latin American studies (Routledge (Firm))
Subject:	Human rights advocacy -- Chile. Police brutality -- Chile. Human rights advocacy -- Argentina. Police brutality -- Argentina. Human rights advocacy. Police brutality. Argentina. Chile. Electronic book.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11298448

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ISBN:	0203312996 9780203312995 9780415971690 0415971691 0415971691 9781135874469 1135874468 9781135874414 1135874417 9781135874452 113587445X 9780415646970 0415646979
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-218) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	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 form:	Print version: Fuentes, Claudio. Contesting the iron fist. New York : Routledge, 2005 0415971691

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