The politics of police violence in democratic Brazil

Latin American Politics and Society

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 141-164

  Ahnen, Ronald E ^a  

^a SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; DEMOCRATIZATION; HUMAN RIGHTS; POLITICAL VIOLENCE; SOCIAL CONFLICT;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33947177168     PISSN: 1531426X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-2456.2007.tb00377.x     Document Type: Article

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