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The state on the streets : police and politics in Argentina and Brazil / Mercedes S. Hinton.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hinton, Mercedes S., 1977-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Police--Argentina.
- Police.
- Civil society.
- Crime.
- Argentina.
- Crime--Argentina.
- Civil society--Argentina.
- Police--Brazil.
- Brazil.
- Crime--Brazil.
- Civil society--Brazil.
- Democratization--Latin America.
- Democratization.
- Latin America.
- Physical Description:
- x, 235 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2006.
- Contents:
- Introduction: policing in Latin America
- The rise of insecurity
- Policing in the seat of power
- Reform the Argentine way
- Overriding threats and priorities?
- The Argentine political game
- The spillover of crime
- Policing the marvelous city
- Reform the Brazilian way
- Threats and priorities
- The Brazilian political game
- Democratic policing: a distant reality?
- Methodological appendix
- List of acronyms and abbreviations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-226) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1588263746
- OCLC:
- 62281490
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