Members of the Executive Committee

Jose Vicente Tavares dos Santos BRAZIL

Professor of Sociology, Institute of Philosophy and Human Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre 1978-. Senior Research Fellow, Council of National Research, 1988-. PhD. Program on Sociology. Chairman of the Research Group Violence and Citizenship. President, Latin American Sociological Association. Editor: Journal Sociologias. Areas of academic interest: Sociology of Deviance and Social Control; Sociology of Policing; Social Sciences Computers Methodologies; Sociology of Social Conflict; Citizenship participation on public policies. Latest publications: América Latina: hacia uma nueva alternativa de desarrollo. Peru, ALAS Universidad San Agostín. 2005. Contribuições da Sociologia na América Latina à imaginação sociológica: análise, crítica e compromisso social. (Em colaboração com Maira Baumgarten. In: Revista Sociologias. Porto Alegre, Sociologia do IFCH - UFRGS, Ano 7, Número 14, 2005. The World Police Crisis and the Construction of Democratic Policing. In: International Review of Sociology. Taylor & Francis, vol. 14, n 1, 2004.

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