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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787801903321

Titolo

Enforcing the rule of law : social accountability in the new Latin American democracies / / edited by Enrique Peruzzotti and Catalina Smulovitz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , 2006

©2006

ISBN

0-8229-7288-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (377 p.)

Collana

Pitt Latin American Series

Classificazione

86.50

Disciplina

320.6098

Soggetti

Public administration - Latin America

Rule of law - Latin America

Government liability - Latin America

Latin America Politics and government 1980-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.