Tough on Crime: The Rise of Punitive Populism in Latin America (Pitt Latin American) - Hardcover

Buch 50 von 76: Pitt Latin American Series

Bonner, Michelle D.

 
9780822945826: Tough on Crime: The Rise of Punitive Populism in Latin America (Pitt Latin American)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0822945827 ISBN 13: 9780822945826
Verlag: UNIV OF PITTSBURGH PR, 2019

Inhaltsangabe

Crime and insecurity are top public policy concerns in Latin America. Political leaders offer tough-on-crime solutions that include increased policing and punishments, and decreased civilian oversight. These solutions, while apparently supported by public opinion, sit in opposition to both criminological research on crime control and human rights commitments. Moreover, many political and civil society actors disagree with such rhetoric and policies. In Tough on Crime, Bonner explores why some voices and some constructions of public opinion come to dominate public debate. Drawing on a comparative analysis of Argentina and Chile, based on over 190 in-depth interviews, and engaging the Euro-American literature on punitive populism, this book argues that a neoliberal media system and the resulting everyday practices used by journalists, state, and civil actors are central to explaining the dominance of tough-on-crime discourse.
 

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Michelle D. Bonner is professor of political science at the University of Victoria. Her research examines questions of democratization and human rights through the lens of policing, media, and social movements.


 

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Verlag
UNIV OF PITTSBURGH PR
Erscheinungsdatum
2019
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0822945827
ISBN 13 
9780822945826
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
208
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