Urban borders, markets in dispute

Power games in the production of spaces

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ID16940431
AuthorsLarissa Gdynia Lacerda (0000-0002-4357-6988, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro), Vera Da Silva Telles (0000-0002-5201-8662, Universidade de São Paulo)
Year2024
Volume26
Issue61
Publication date2024-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCadernos Metrópole (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1517-2422 • E-ISSN: 2236-9996
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/2236-9996.2024-6164684-en
OpenAlexW4402964685
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited17

In this article, we view the expansion fronts of urban borders as privileged spaces to understand practical agencies, the network of actors, and the power games involved in the production of urban land and housing markets in São Paulo. An unavoidable presence in those places today, the men of Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC – First Capital Command), in interaction with this intricate network of actors, act as operators of these markets and the internal management of popular territories. The fact is that the PCC's businesses expand as occupations and precarious settlements expand. In the ambivalent game of protection and extortion, between acceptance and coercion, they mobilize power resources in agreements, disputes, conflicts, and accommodations that constitute the production and management of informal land and housing markets

Business · Economic geography · Economic system · Economics · Industrial organization · Microeconomics · Physics · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Urban and Rural Development Challenges · Urban Planning and Governance

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