About 'another' urban order control tools
Guards, filling agents and displacement
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Urban order, policing, filling agents, Rule of LawAbstract
This research aims to study the formal control of urban space in Santiago, Chile, through a socio-legal approach with a normative orientation (Lacey 1996). The article presents significant findings from fieldwork conducted in downtown Santiago during 2023–2024. It was observed that, alongside national police forces, public space is governed by municipal inspectors and the little-known figure of "copamiento" agents. Lacking legal power, these agents employ order control strategies known as "copamiento" (filling) and "desplazamiento" (displacement). This article questions the legality and the state's relationship with these phenomena. It concludes that the territorial control exercised by these agents represents an extension of the police state, characterized by a high degree of informality and opacity, and what I call here “alegality”, which challenges fundamental principles of the rule of law and reflects disdain toward certain social groups.
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