TY - BOOK AU - Peruzzotti,Enrique AU - Smulovitz,Catalina TI - Enforcing the rule of law: social accountability in the new Latin American democracies SN - 0822958961 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - JL 960 E54.2006 PY - 2006/// CY - Pittsburgh, Pa. PB - University of Pittsburgh KW - Public administration KW - Latin America KW - Administración pública KW - América Latina KW - Rule of law KW - Régimen de derecho KW - Government liability KW - Responsabilidad del Estado KW - Democratization KW - Democratización KW - Sociedad civil KW - Political culture KW - Cultura política KW - Politics and government KW - 1980- KW - América Latina - KW - Política y gobierno - N1 - Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice; 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 ER -