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Media type:
E-Book
Title:
Policing Protest in Argentina and Chile
Contains:
Frontmatter
Contents
Tables
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
1. Policing Protest
2. Rethinking Accountability
3. Police and Protest in Argentina: A History
4. Discourses on Protest Policing in Argentina
5. Media and Protest Policing in Argentina
6. Case Study: The Pueyrredón Bridge Protest
7. Police and Protest in Chile: A History
8. Discourses on Protest Policing in Chile
9. Media and Protest Policing in Chile
10. Case Study: The 2006 Student Protest
11. Comparing Argentina and Chile
Appendix 1: Repressive Protest Policing in Post-Authoritarian Latin America
Appendix 2: Interviews
Bibliography
Index
About the Book
Description:
Despite the pervasiveness of electoral democracy in Latin America, the police continue to repress political protests. Why? Does the majority of the public support the repression of protests? If not, whom do they hold accountable, and how? Michelle Bonner offers a new perspective on police reform and democratic accountability by analyzing how people talk about the policing of protests in Argentina and Chile. Tracing the history of policing protests in the two countries and exploring current discourses, practices, and media coverage, she finds that talk most definitely does matter