Suchergebnisse

Intro -- contents -- acronyms -- Introduction -- Trends in Criminality -- Regional Homicide Patterns in Brazil -- Citizen (In)Security in Chile, 1980-2007 -- Rising Crime in Mexico and Buenos Aires -- Police and Criminal Justice Reform -- La Mano Dura -- Public Opinion and the Police in Chile -- The Weaknesses of Public Security Forces in Mexico City -- The Pursuit of Efficiency and the Colombian Criminal Justice System -- Criminal Process Reform and Citizen Security -- Latin America's Prisons -- Citizen Security, Democratization, and the Rule of Law -- "Security Traps" and Democratic Governability in Latin America -- Citizen Insecurity and Democracy -- bibliography -- contributors -- index.

Decentralization and the subnational state / Peter K. Spink, Victoria E. Rodríguez, Peter M. Ward, and Robert H. Wilson -- Two centuries of federalism in Brazil, Mexico, and the USA / Lawrence S. Graham and Allison M. Rowland -- The changing institutional capacity of subnational government: toward effective co-governance / Victoria E. Rodríguez, Peter K. Spink, and Peter M. Ward -- Intergovernmental relations and the subnational state: the decentralization of public policy making / Marta Ferreira Santos Farah, Pedro Jacobi, Victoria E. Rodríguez, Peter M. Ward, and Robert H. Wilson -- Government and citizens: the changing nature of civil society / Peter K. Spink, Victoria E. Rodríguez, Peter M. Ward, and Robert H. Wilson -- The past, present, and future of subnational governments and federalism / Peter K. Spink, Peter M. Ward, and Robert H. Wilson -- Notes -- Bibliography -- About the authors and collaborators -- Index.