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Living in the crossfire : favela residents, drug dealers, and police violence in Rio de Janeiro / Maria Helena Moreira Alves and Philip Evanson

Alves, Maria Helena Moreira, 1944- ; Evanson, Philip

Philadelphia, Pa. : Temple University Press, 2011

X, 240 S. : Ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Druckausg.: Living in the crossfire / Alves, Maria Helena Moreira

978-1-4399-0003-1

978-1-4399-0003-1 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 801692523 (aus SWB)     

Online-Ausg.

[S.l.] : eblib

978-1-4399-0005-5

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Aggregator-Datenbank (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

NR 9240      Ähnliche Literatur

303.62086942098153 ; 303.6/2086942098153

Basisklassifikation: 71.65 (Kriminalität als soziales Problem) ; 74.26 (Mittelamerika; Südamerika) <Geographie> ; 74.12 (Stadtgeographie; Siedlungsgeographie)

*Rio de Janeiro ; Slum ; Gewalt      Zum Register

*Rio de Janeiro ; Drogenhandel ; Polizeieinsatz ; Brutalität      Zum Register

LOC-SH: Squatter settlements - Brazil - Rio de Janeiro

Violence / Brazil / Rio de Janeiro ; Drug traffic / Brazil / Rio de Janeiro ; Slums / Brazil / Rio de Janeiro ; Squatter settlements / Brazil / Rio de Janeiro ; Electronic books ; Rio de Janeiro ; Slum ; Gewalt

For all of Brazil's efforts to reduce poverty-and its progress-the favelas in Rio de Janeiro still house one-third of the city's poor, and violence permeates every aspect of the city. As urban drug gangs and police wage war in the streets, favela residents who are especially vulnerable live in fear of being caught in the crossfire. Politicians, human rights activists, and security authorities have been working to minimize the social and economic problems at the root of this "war." Living in the Crossfire presents impassioned testimony from officials, residents, and others in response to the ongoing crisis. Maria Helena Moreira Alves and Philip Evanson provide vivid accounts from grieving mothers and members of the police working to stop the war and, among officials, from Brazil's President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva, who discusses his efforts to improve public security.

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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Rio de Janeiro: The Marvelous City and Its Communities -- 1. The Decline of Poverty and the Rise of Violence -- 2. Living in the Favelas in the Twenty-first Century -- 3. Communities under Fire -- 4. Voices of Hope and Renewal -- 5. Voices of Community Leaders -- Part II: Voices of Public Security Officials -- 6. Security for Whom? -- 7. Voices of Police Officers -- 8. Voices of Government Officials -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index.