Policing following political and social transitions: Russia, Brazil, and China compared

摘要: This is a comparative analysis of policing in three countries that have experienced major political or social transition, Russia, Brazil, and China. We consider two related questions: (1) how has transition each country affected the deployment police against regime opponents (which we term “repression”)? And (2) other misconduct also victimizes citizens but not directly ordered by (“abuse”)? As expected, authoritarian regimes are more likely to perpetrate severe repression. However, most repressive such as China may contain oversight institutions limit abuse. assess relative importance both transitional outcomes processes post-transition evolution, arguing “abusiveness” contemporary Brazilian reflects failure create mechanisms during increasing “repressiveness” Chinese conscious ...