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Pacification of Favelas, Mega Events, and the Creation of New Inequalities in the Global South: The Case of Rio de Janeiro

Authors : Sebastian Saborio, Giuliana Costa

Published in: Sustainable Urban Development and Globalization

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Since the 1980s in Rio de Janeiro, local authorities have conducted the so-called drug on war policy, which has fought mainly within the favelas between the police and drug gangs occupying these territories. Because of the high level of violence that characterized the city since that time, it has been perceived globally as a “city in war.” In recent years, with the aim of attracting investors and private capital within the city, Rio de Janeiro’s policymakers favored a global-scale urban competitiveness strategy aimed at organizing mega events. In fact, the city hosted the Football World Cup in 2014 and the Olympics Games in 2016 among others. However, in order to prove itself as a competitive city, Rio had to clean up its image as a “violent place.” For this reason in 2008, authorities created the “Pacifying Police Units,” a program to recover some of the favelas previously occupied by criminal groups. This policy created inequalities for the lower strata of the population.

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Metadata
Title
Pacification of Favelas, Mega Events, and the Creation of New Inequalities in the Global South: The Case of Rio de Janeiro
Authors
Sebastian Saborio
Giuliana Costa
Copyright Year
2018
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61988-0_6