Fighting for a Democratic Police
Politics, Experts and Bureaucrats in the Transformation of the Police in Post-Authoritarian Chile and Argentina
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2298960 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul Hathazy (0000-0002-2254-8232, University of California, Berkeley, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 505-547 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comparative Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1569-1322 • E-ISSN: 1569-1330 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15691330-12341271 |
| OpenAlex | W2074631129 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 15 |
Through a comparative field analysis, I explain why, after being subjected to the same reform projects and rationalities in the democratic period, police bureaucracies changed in Chile but remained unchanged in Argentina. In doing so I advance a field theory account of police bureaucratic change that (a) overcomes the limitations of Late-modern, Post-modern and Governmentality theories of police change, and (b) emphasizes positionality, agency and a plurality of interests in processes of administrative change. I demonstrate that the proliferation of new experts and their reconversion strategies within the field led to the emergence of specific demands for reform while the historical structures and location of the policing field and the outcomes of struggles within them determined the differential evolution of police organizations in democratic times
Agency (philosophy · Authoritarianism · Bureaucracy · Democracy · Field (mathematics · Governmentality · Modernization theory · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Law · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Politics and Society in Latin America · Public Administration
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,1 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |