Guillermo Trejo on Accountability, Impunity, and the Fate of New Democracies
About this episode
Guillermo Trejo discusses the survival of authoritarian security forces into democratic transitions and the importance of accountability measures.
What happens when the violent state forged under autocracy survives into democracy? Guillermo Trejo In this episode of The Democracy Paradox, Kellogg faculty fellow Guillermo Trejo discusses his new book, Accountability Shock, coauthored with Lucía Tiscornia and Juan Albarracín. Trejo explains how authoritarian security forces can survive democratic transitions and fuel organized crime, and why truth commissions, prosecutions, and institutional reforms are essential tools for preventing viole...
People in this episode
Host: Justin Kempf
Guest: Guillermo Trejo
Topics covered
- accountability
- impunity
- democracy
- authoritarianism
- organized crime
- truth commissions
Keywords
- accountability
- impunity
- democracy
- organized crime
- truth commissions
- prosecutions
- institutional reforms
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Organizations: Kellogg
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