International Law and Order Enforcement

Police Assistance Programs and Politics in US-Brazil Relations

Datos Bibliográficos

ID10439331
AutoresPriscila Villela (0000-0003-2432-8900, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, autor de correspondencia)
Año2022
Volumen65
Número2
Fecha de publicación2022-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaRevista Brasileira de Política Internacional (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0034-7329 • E-ISSN: 1983-3121
EditorialFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/0034-7329202200217
OpenAlexW4313018153
SCIELO_PIDS0034-73292022000200203
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas19

Police Assistance programs have been a permanent part of US foreign policy towards Latin America, with Brazil being one of the most important beneficiaries. Throughout their history, they have been oriented according to changing agendas, from anticommunism to the war on drugs. Based on documentary sources and specialized literature, we analyze the politics of US policing in Brazil, reconstituting agendas and interests that motivated police assistance programs through the lens of critical police studies in IR. In doing so, we demonstrate that police cooperation is historically a crucial part of US-Brazil bilateral relations, despite the unfrequent prominence in the literature

Business · Criminology · Enforcement · Latin Americans · Law enforcement · Order (exchange · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Brazilian cultural history and politics · Law · Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America · Politics and Society in Latin America · Public Administration