State, Market and Administration of Territories in the City of Rio De Janeiro

Bibliographic Data

ID2489124
AuthorsMárcia Pereira Leite, Márcia Da Silva Pereira Leite (0000-0001-6279-4692, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume14
Issue3
Publication date2018-04-23
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueVibrant Virtual Brazilian Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1809-4341 • E-ISSN: 1809-4341
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/1809-43412017v14n3p149
OpenAlexW2802860177
SCIELO_PIDS1809-43412017000300504
LanguageEN
Citations received16
References cited16

This article discusses the new modality of governance of the poor in border territories of Brazilian cities, specifically in their favelas and peripheries. We analyze, based on research carried out in Rio de Janeiro, dynamics that, at first glance, could appear to be local: the disciplinarization of inhabitants, the commodification of their territories and the militarization of their lives through the Pacifying Police Units. We argue that these units' local implementation is an experiment in the production of order without democratic mediations for the management of social conflicts, which has the potential to be replicated in other territories and situations, as well as in relation to other populations under the logic of "urban militarism" (Graham

Administration (probate law · Commodification · Corporate governance · Democracy · Economics · Economy · Geography · Militarism · Militarization · Political science · Politics · State (computer science · Migration, Racism, and Human Rights · Urban and sociocultural dynamics · Urban Development and Societal Issues

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