The Conundrum of Violence and Insecurity in the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro

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  • Kees Koonings University of Amsterdam

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18352/erlacs.9801

Abstract

Favela. Four Decades of Living on the Edge in Rio de Janeiro, by Janice Perlman. Oxford University Press, 2010.

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Todo Dia É Segunda Feira, by José Mariano Beltrame (with Sérgio Garcia and Eliane Azevedo). Sextante, 2014.

Unidades de Polícia Pacificadora: Debate e Reflexões, edited by André Rodrigues, Raíza Siqueira, and Mauricio Lissovski. ISER – Comunicações do ISER 31(67) (December), 2012.

Author Biography

Kees Koonings, University of Amsterdam

Kees Koonings <c.g.koonings@cedla.nl> is professor of Brazilian studies at the University of Amsterdam, a member of the research and teaching staff of Cedla, and associate professor of Anthropology and Development Studies at Utrecht University.

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Published

09-10-2014

Issue

No. 97: October 2014

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Review Essays | Ensayos de reseña

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