Pacification & Mega-events in Rio de Janeiro

Urbanization, Public Security & Accumulation by Dispossession

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12947951
AutoresLea Rekow (0000-0002-7690-4650, Griffith University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2016
Volumen12
Número1
Fecha de publicación2016-02-18
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Human Security (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1835-3800 • E-ISSN: 1835-3800
EditorialLibrelloph (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.12924/johs2016.12010004
OpenAlexW2287339055
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10
Referencias citadas14

This paper outlines how Brazil's latest public security initiative-its highly controversial Police Pacification Campaign (UPP)-is an integral component of a neoliberal political framework that is enacting rapid urbanization projects in and around strategically located favelas (informal settlements or slums) of Rio de Janeiro. Specifically, it evaluates what kinds of economic development initiatives are moving forward, how they are facilitated by the UPP, how they connect to the city's mega-events, and who is profiting from them. The article also examines how the pacification has affected residents in three favelas over a seven-year period from the inauguration of the UPP in 2008 through to mid-2015

Archaeology · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Human settlement · Mega · Political science · Politics · Project commissioning · Publishing · Urbanization · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Law · Public Administration · Urban and Rural Development Challenges · Urban Planning and Governance