Orden público en Chile bajo la ‘lógica del conocido’: recomendaciones para cargos de la Guardia Nacional a mediados del siglo XIX

María Teresa Douzet Carafí

Public order under the “logic of the known”: recommendations for charges of the Chilean National Guard in the mid XIX century

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María Teresa Douzet Carafí Universidad Católica de Temuco https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5802-2849

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The purpose of this article is to explain the logic of the appointment process for officer and commander of the National Guard in Chile, in the mid-nineteenth century. The study of the recommendations for these civic positions, reviewed in the General Archive of the Army and in documents of the Ministry of War, indicates that public order would not reside as much in the imposition of the State as in the willingness of decent men to collaborate. In effect, local powers assume the positions and mobilize their social resources, recommending those who have the capacity to ensure tranquility in their territories. This ‘logic of the acquaintance’ would explain the functioning of the National Guard in the diffuse boundaries between State and society and would show that this is not a consolidated State but one in construction that, despite its precariousness, well uses the strengths of the local social fabric.

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María Teresa Douzet Carafí, Universidad Católica de Temuco

Licenciada en Sociología. Académica del Departamento de Sociología y Ciencia Política de la Universidad Católica de Temuco, Temuco, Chile, ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5802-2849. Correo electrónico: mdouzet@uct.cl.

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