ISBN:
9781439900031
Language:
Undetermined
Pages:
X, 240 S.
,
Ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. [S.l.] eblib Online-Ressource
Series Statement:
Voices of Latin American life
Series Statement:
Voices of Latin American Life Ser
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. Alves, Maria Helena Moreira, 1944 - Living in the crossfire
DDC:
303.62086942098153
Keywords:
Squatter settlements - Brazil - Rio de Janeiro
;
Electronic books
;
Rio de Janeiro
;
Slum
;
Gewalt
;
Violence
;
Brazil
;
Rio de Janeiro
;
Drug traffic
;
Brazil
;
Rio de Janeiro
;
Slums
;
Brazil
;
Rio de Janeiro
;
Squatter settlements
;
Brazil
;
Rio de Janeiro
;
Rio de Janeiro
;
Slum
;
Gewalt
;
Rio de Janeiro
;
Drogenhandel
;
Polizeieinsatz
;
Brutalität
Abstract:
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.
Abstract:
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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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