The State on the Streets : : Police and Politics in Argentina and Brazil / / Mercedes S. Hinton.
How Latin American governments will respond to popular outcry against unprecedented levels of both corruption and crime ranks among the principal political questions of this decade. The State on the Streets focuses on the tense interplay of police, democracy, state, and civil society in the region,...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022] ©2006 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Tables and Figures
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction: Policing in Latin America
- Part 1. Argentina
- 2. The Rise of Insecurity
- 3. Policing in the Seat of Power
- 4. Reform the Argentine Way
- 5. Overriding Threats and Priorities?
- 6. The Argentine Political Game
- Part 2. Brazil
- 7. The Spillover of Crime
- 8. Policing the Marvelous City
- 9. Reform the Brazilian Way
- 10. Threats and Priorities
- 11. The Brazilian Political Game
- Part 3. Conclusion
- 12. Democratic Policing: A Distant Reality?
- Methodological Appendix
- Acronyms and Abbreviations
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Book