Política y violencia en la Democracia Argentina: la democratización sub-nacional a la luz de las prácticas partidarias y los usos de la policía durante el Juarismo en Santiago del Estero
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2011
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[es] Esta tesis analiza la relación entre política y violencia en democracia y la contrasta
con los usos y sentidos particulares de la violencia institucional presentes en las prácticas
políticas de un régimen político: el Juarismo en Santiago del Estero entre 1995 y 2004.
Consideramos que el sentido que el pensamiento democrático-liberal, construido en
la segunda mitad de SXX, por el cual la violencia se opone a la política democrática, ha
supuesto que ésta no fuera tenida en cuenta en los análisis en torno a la democracia. Esa
concepción de la política, básicamente edificada en la búsqueda de consenso, ha descuidado
el análisis de la violencia como uno de los componentes de las relaciones de poder.
Siguiendo esta dirección, los estudios relativos a los problemas de democratización en el
nivel sub-nacional quedaron subsumidos en las categorías producidas para pensar el
régimen político nacional, y estuvieron (siguen estando) centrados en aspectos clásicos de
la sociología política como el liderazgo o el carisma de los gobernantes. El caso
santiagueño indica que las prácticas de violencia institucional han sido uno de los
elementos que contribuyeron a estructurar el lazo político. Por eso sostenemos que el
funcionamiento del régimen político democrático no excluye que actores políticos y
policiales puedan articular, a través del Estado, prácticas de violencia que desafían la
legalidad y la legitimidad.
Estudiamos las prácticas de violencia institucional a través del análisis del Estado y
su poder de policía sobre la sociedad civil. Para ello analizamos las facultades formales de
la policía y su órgano de inteligencia, el DIP. Además abordamos el papel desempeñado
por el partido de gobierno en relación a la burocracia del Estado y, en particular, a la
policía. Esto dio lugar a la formación de vínculos informales y ocultos entre dirigentes del
PJ-Juarista y la policía. Dichos vínculos posibilitaron el uso del DIP para ejercer prácticas
de vigilancia y disciplinamiento político sobre la sociedad civil y al interior de sus redes
partidarias
[en] This thesis analyzes the relationship between politics and violence in democracy and compares with the particular uses and meanings of institutional violence within the political practices of a political regime: the Juarismo in Santiago del Estero between 1995 and 2004. We believe that the sense that the liberal - democratic thinking, built in the second half ofXX century, by which violence is opposed to democratic politics, has meant that it was not taken into account in the analysis on democracy. This conception of politics, basically built on consensus, has neglected the analysis of violence as a component of power relations. Following this direction, studies on the problems of democratization in sub-national level were subsumed in the categories produced to think the national political regime, and were (still are) focused on classical aspects of political sociology as leadership or rulers charisma. Santiago del Estero´s case indicates that the practices of institutional violence have been one of the elements that helped to structure the political bond. Therefore we argue that the functioning of democratic political regime does not mean that politicians and police to articulate, through the state, violent practices that challenge the legality and legitimacy. We studied the practices of institutional violence through the analysis of the state and police power over civil society. We analyze the formal powers of the police and intelligence agency, the Department of Policial Information (DIP). In addition we facethe role of the government party in relation to the state bureaucracy and, in particular the police. This led to the formation of informal and hidden links between PJ-Juarista leaders and police. These links enable the use of DIP to carry out surveillance practices and political discipline on civil society and within their party networks.
[en] This thesis analyzes the relationship between politics and violence in democracy and compares with the particular uses and meanings of institutional violence within the political practices of a political regime: the Juarismo in Santiago del Estero between 1995 and 2004. We believe that the sense that the liberal - democratic thinking, built in the second half ofXX century, by which violence is opposed to democratic politics, has meant that it was not taken into account in the analysis on democracy. This conception of politics, basically built on consensus, has neglected the analysis of violence as a component of power relations. Following this direction, studies on the problems of democratization in sub-national level were subsumed in the categories produced to think the national political regime, and were (still are) focused on classical aspects of political sociology as leadership or rulers charisma. Santiago del Estero´s case indicates that the practices of institutional violence have been one of the elements that helped to structure the political bond. Therefore we argue that the functioning of democratic political regime does not mean that politicians and police to articulate, through the state, violent practices that challenge the legality and legitimacy. We studied the practices of institutional violence through the analysis of the state and police power over civil society. We analyze the formal powers of the police and intelligence agency, the Department of Policial Information (DIP). In addition we facethe role of the government party in relation to the state bureaucracy and, in particular the police. This led to the formation of informal and hidden links between PJ-Juarista leaders and police. These links enable the use of DIP to carry out surveillance practices and political discipline on civil society and within their party networks.
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Violencia, Política, Democracia, Santiago del Estero, Argentina, 1995-2004, Violence, Policy, Democracy