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.

Public administration > Latin America.

Rule of law > Latin America.

Government liability > Latin America.

Democratization > Latin America.

Civil society > Latin America.

Political culture > Latin America.

Latin America > Politics and government > 1980-