Drugs & Democracy in Rio de Janeiro

Drugs & Democracy in Rio de Janeiro
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Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages : 303
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ISBN-10 : 9780807830604
ISBN-13 : 0807830607
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Book Synopsis Drugs & Democracy in Rio de Janeiro by : Enrique Desmond Arias

Download or read book Drugs & Democracy in Rio de Janeiro written by Enrique Desmond Arias and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking an ethnographic approach to understanding urban violence, Enrique Desmond Arias examines the ongoing problems of crime and police corruption that have led to widespread misery and human rights violations in many of Latin America's new democracies.


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