«Human Rights Under Democracy

Holston and Caldeira Study Questions

1. What do the authors mean by "disjunctive democratization"?
2. What is the status of civil rights in Brazil? How do we know?
3. What do you think is behind this disjunctive democratization? What explains the weakness of civil rights?
4. Note some of the evidence of police violence. How are these killings understood? How do people react to police violence?
5. What is the public perception of the effectiveness of the courts?
6. What are the consequences for democracy?