The state on the streets
Subtitle: police and politics in Argentina and Brazil
By: Mercedes S. Hinton.
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
Subjects: Police -- Argentina; Crime -- Argentina; Civil society -- Argentina; Police -- Brazil; Crime -- Brazil; Civil society -- Brazil; Democratization -- Latin America
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: policing in Latin America; title: Argentina; title: The rise of insecurity; title: Policing in the seat of power; title: Reform the Argentine way; title: Overriding threats and priorities?; title: The Argentine political game; title: Brazil; title: The spillover of crime; title: Policing the marvelous city; title: Reform the Brazilian way; title: Threats and priorities; title: The Brazilian political game; title: Conclusion; title: Democratic policing: a distant reality?; title: Methodological appendix; title: List of acronyms and abbreviations.