i have them fully identified". internal security and social control in chile, 1918-1925

This article assesses the re-structuring of the Chilean State's repressive policies during the 1920s, especially in matters of citizen rights and social control. Our hypothesis is that State coercion was reformulated beginning in 1918, as social laws were deemed insufficient as a device for res...

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Autor: Valdivia-Ortiz de Zarate, Verónica
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Chile
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.anid.cl:10533/214757
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10533/214757
Access Level:acceso abierto
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Sumario:This article assesses the re-structuring of the Chilean State's repressive policies during the 1920s, especially in matters of citizen rights and social control. Our hypothesis is that State coercion was reformulated beginning in 1918, as social laws were deemed insufficient as a device for restoring domination. Coercion was seen as an instrument for disciplining the working class, punishing the more disruptive political elements, and broadening the State's socio-political control, since social reforms did not truly elicit elite consensus