Who Guards the Guardians? Democracy, Power, Dependency and Institutional Crisis in Brazil
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Authors
- Hugo dos Santos Silva
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-09-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22795659
- Primary Topic
- Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance
- Type
- preprint