PACifying Alemão : articulations of public security, market formalization, and autoconstruction in Rio de Janeiro

The complex of favelas known as Complexo do Alemão in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil has recently been targeted by two large-scale state projects: infrastructural upgrading via the country’s Growth Acceleration Program (PAC, or “urbanization”) and military police occupation via the Police Pacifying Unit pro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Prouse, Valerie Carolyn
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/63462