Enforcing the rule of law social accountability in the new Latin American democracies

Civil society and the control of political power -- Social accountability: an introduction / Enrique Peruzzotti and Catalina Smulovitz -- The effectiveness of law: civil society and the public prosecution in Brazil / Rosangela Batista Calvancanti -- Judicialization of protest in Argentina: the case...

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Weitere Verfasser: Peruzzotti, Enrique (BerichterstatterIn), Smulovitz, Catalina (BerichterstatterIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Pittsburgh Pa. University of Pittsburgh Press c2006
Schriftenreihe:Pitt Latin American series
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Zusammenfassung:Civil society and the control of political power -- Social accountability: an introduction / Enrique Peruzzotti and Catalina Smulovitz -- The effectiveness of law: civil society and the public prosecution in Brazil / Rosangela Batista Calvancanti -- Judicialization of protest in Argentina: the case of Corralito / Catalina Smulovitz -- Multiple activation as a strategy of citizen accountability and the role of the investigating legislative commissions / Ana Tereza Lemos-Nelson and Jorge Zaverucha -- Critical junctures of social accountability: lessons from Latin America / Nuria Cunill Grau -- Violent police, passive citizens: the failure of social accountability in Chile / Claudio A. Fuentes -- Social accountability in Mexico: the civic alliance experience / Alberto J. Olvera Rivera -- Mobilization and accountability: a study of social control in the "Cabezas" case in Argentina / Jacqueline Behrend -- Watchdog journalism and social accountability -- Media scandals and social accountability: assessing the role of the senate scandal in Argentina / Enrique Peruzzotti -- Reading scandals: scandals, media, and citizenship in contemporary Argentina / Silvio R. Waisbord -- Some theoretical issues -- Accountability and civil society / Andrew Arato -- Social accountability in Latin America and beyond / Adam Przeworski -- Notes on various accountabilities and their interrelations / Guillermo O'Donnell -- Concluding remarks / Enrique Peruzzotti and Catalina Smulovitz
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:XIV, 362 S.
23cm.
ISBN:0822958961
0-8229-5896-1