Enforcing the rule of law
Subtitle: social accountability in the new Latin American democracies
By: edited by Enrique Peruzzotti and Catalina Smulovitz.
Contributors: Peruzzotti, Enrique.; Smulovitz, Catalina.
Series: Pitt Latin American series
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Pittsburgh PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 362
Subjects: Public administration -- Latin America.; Rule of law -- Latin America.; Government liability -- Latin America.; Democratization -- Latin America.; Civil society -- Latin America.; Political culture -- Latin America.; Latin America -- Politics and government -- 1980-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Civil society and the control of political power; title: Social accountability: an introduction / Enrique Peruzzotti and Catalina Smulovitz; title: The effectiveness of law: civil society and the public prosecution in Brazil / Rosangela Batista Calvancanti; title: Judicialization of protest in Argentina: the case of Corralito / Catalina Smulovitz; title: Multiple activation as a strategy of citizen accountability and the role of the investigating legislative commissions / Ana Tereza Lemos-Nelson and Jorge Zaverucha; title: Critical junctures of social accountability: lessons from Latin America / Nuria Cunill Grau; title: Violent police, passive citizens: the failure of social accountability in Chile / Claudio A. Fuentes; title: Social accountability in Mexico: the civic alliance experience / Alberto J. Olvera Rivera; title: Mobilization and accountability: a study of social control in the "Cabezas" case in Argentina / Jacqueline Behrend; title: Watchdog journalism and social accountability; title: Media scandals and social accountability: assessing the role of the senate scandal in Argentina / Enrique Peruzzotti; title: Reading scandals: scandals, media, and citizenship in contemporary Argentina / Silvio R. Waisbord; title: Some theoretical issues; title: Accountability and civil society / Andrew Arato; title: Social accountability in Latin America and beyond / Adam Przeworski; title: Notes on various accountabilities and their interrelations / Guillermo O'Donnell; title: Concluding remarks / Enrique Peruzzotti and Catalina Smulovitz.