| Description |
1 online resource (xxvii, 192 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Latin American studies book series |
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Latin American studies book series.
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| Contents |
Part. I. Introduction -- Part II. Context -- Chapter 1. The sporting mega-events inside the neoliberal experiment of urban development -- Chapter 2. Rio de Janeiro economic crisis and austerity reponses -- Chapter 3. From the dream of "new middle class" to the new urban poverty -- Chapter 4. The political crisis: urban entrepreneurship without a leader class -- Part III. Facts and reasons of the failures -- Chapter 5. Decomposition of the public security system -- Chapter 6. De-gentrification, urban sprawl and social racism -- Chapter 7. Decomposition of the urban mobility system -- Chapter 8. From the promise of integration to the legacy of exclusion: Policies for favelas in Rio de Janeiro (2007 -- 2017) -- Chapter 9. Porto Maravilha: The defeat of the real estate-financial model -- Chapter 10. Porto Maravilha: Decomposition of the coalition and repositioning of public agents -- Part IV. Reconstruction of city project. Resistance and new ways -- Chapter 11. The experience of tenement houses as forms of resistance in Downtown -- Chapter 12. Experiments of counter-hegemonic coalitions -- Chapter 13. cultural policies in dispute; spaces of possibilities in front of Porto Maravilha -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
This edited volume offers a critical reflection on the failed experiment to redevelop the city of Rio de Janeiro according to the neoliberal strategy of entrepreneurial urban governance and mercantile regulatory transformations, which were leveraged by mega-sporting events. The case of Rio de Janeiro is presented as an example of a failing global strategy for urban redevelopment, entrepreneurial urban governance and the realization of mega-events. This book aims to present the real and critical state of the legacies of such mega-events. It shows how instead of the promised economic redemption, Rio is experiencing a severe economic, political and social crisis, handling three observation perspectives: the first is the description of urban transformations and mega events, assessing the contradictions in the model for the intended urban development and taking into account historical factors both at local and national level; the second restricts on neighborhoods as case studies representing an ensign of a neoliberal urban transformation results; the third links city and citizenship focusing tensions and inconsistencies and opening up a perspective on the importance of fostering the concept of citizenship, including actions, movements and initiatives that express the resistance and struggles around a possible new destination for Rio de Janeiro. Prof. Luiz Cesar de Quieroz Ribeiro and Dr. Filippo Bignami as General Editors thank Ana Paula Soares Carvalho, Humberto Meza, Niccoló Cuppini and Orlando dos Santos Junior for their contributions as co-editors of this book |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 24, 2021) |
| Subject |
Sociology, Urban -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro
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Urban geography.
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Sociology, Urban.
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Economic development.
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human geography.
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urban sociology.
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economic development.
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Geography
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Economic history -- Social aspects
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Economic history
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Economic development
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Sociology, Urban
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Urban geography
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| SUBJECT |
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) -- Economic conditions -- History
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Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) -- Economic conditions -- Political aspects
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Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) -- Economic conditions -- Social aspects
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Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) -- Geography
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| Subject |
Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ribeiro, Luiz Cesar de Queiroz, editor.
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Bignami, Filippo, editor
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| ISBN |
3030550532 |
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3030550524 |
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9783030550523 |
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9783030550530 |
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