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Smulovitz, Catalina Silvia
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Peruzzotti, Carlos Enrique
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2019-03-18T22:17:29Z
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2000-10
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Smulovitz, Catalina Silvia; Peruzzotti, Carlos Enrique; Societal Accountability in Latin America; Johns Hopkins University Press; Journal of Democracy; 11; 4; 10-2000; 147-158
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1045-5736
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http://hdl.handle.net/11336/71975
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In Argentina, the unsolved murder of a teenager triggered social protests that eventually led to the trial and indictment of her assailants and the resignation of a provincial governor. In Brazil, press reports of governmental corruption and public demands for due process led to the 1992 impeachment of President Fernando Collor de Mello. In Colombia, the introduction of a constitutional mechanism for the protection of fundamental rights resulted in more than 200,000 legal actions, including indictments for malfeasance in office and for violations of due process. Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) like Alianza Cívica in Mexico and Poder Ciudadano in Argentina organized campaigns to monitor elections and the financial assets of elective officials. These cases show new ways in which citizens are exercising control of government in many of Latin America's democracies.
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application/pdf
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eng
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Johns Hopkins University Press
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/
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Societal
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Accountability
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Latin
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America
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Ciencia Política
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Ciencia Política
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CIENCIAS SOCIALES
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Tópicos Sociales
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Sociología
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CIENCIAS SOCIALES
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Societal Accountability in Latin America
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo
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info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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2019-03-14T14:12:05Z
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1086-3214
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11
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4
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147-158
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Estados Unidos
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Washington DC
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Fil: Smulovitz, Catalina Silvia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Torcuato Di Tella; Argentina
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Fil: Peruzzotti, Carlos Enrique. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. Departamento de Ciencia Política y Estudios Internacionales; Argentina
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Journal of Democracy
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info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://muse.jhu.edu/article/17084
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info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/jod.2000.0087
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info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/article/societal-accountability-latin-america
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