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Caribbean Transnationalism
Exploring the old and new forms of transnationalism stemming from the Caribbean, Caribbean Transnationalism challenges present concepts about diaspora, brings into perspective new forms of transnationalism, and offers new perspectives on social cohesion in plural societies. The novelty of this collection of essays by experts from a wide range of disciplines consists not only of the theoretical clarity it offers with regard to issues related to diaspora, transnationalism, and social cohesion, but also of the ample attention given to the intra-regional transnational communities and the discussion of ethnification for social cohesion. Caribbean Transnationalism calls into question traditional views held in the expanding fields of migration, transnationalism, and social cohesion, making this an important book for scholars and students interested in the study of the social sciences and Caribbean studies.
The Informal Regulation of Criminal Markets in Latin America
This book explains how states informally regulate drug markets in Latin America. It shows how and why state actors, specifically police and politicians, confront, negotiate with, or protect drug dealers to extract illicit rents or prevent criminal violence. The book highlights how, in countries with weak institutions, police act as interlocutors between criminals and politicians. It shows that whether and how politicians control their police forces explains the prevalence of different informal regulatory arrangements to control drug markets. Using detailed case studies built on 180 interviews in four cities in Argentina and Brazil, the book reconstructs how these informal regulatory arrangements emerged and changed over time.
Laws of Chance
Chronicles the first decades of an informal lottery called the jogo do bicho, or animal game, which originated in Rio de Janeiro in 1892, and remains popular in Brazil today.
The Spectacular Favela
"This book examines the political economy of violence in the Rio de Janeiro favela of Rocinha. Based on over two years of research and residence in the community, it offers an ethnographic account of how entangled forms of violence become essential forces shaping everyday social relations in the favela. The first part of the book shows how armed actors--drug traffickers and police--use spectacle to perform power. Yet despite the prevalence of physical violence, the favela has itself become a valuable global brand, consumed in disembodied fashion through media and in embodied fashion through tourism. Exploring media and favela tourism, the second part of the book demonstrates how the social relationships that arise from ongoing favela violence have a direct relationship to the market economy"--Provided by publisher.
Aspectos históricos da geografia brasileira
Aspectos históricos da geografia brasileira - o Brasil, ao tempo das Capitanias Hereditárias, era desenhado num território de cerca de três milhões de quilômetros quadrados. Porém, ele alcançou 8,5 milhões de quilômetros quadrados! Quando comparamos esta situação com a chamada América Espanhola, verificamos o quão esta foi parcelada, ao contrário da chamada América Portuguesa, por que? O que carece de heróis em nossa história, em contrapartida, há um abundância de geografia. A geografia aqui tratada em - Aspectos históricos da geografia brasileira - tem tanto o lado histórico do país, quanto o lado disciplinar, a geografia enquanto campo de conhecimento. Há uma mescla...
RIO DE JANEIRO: transformações na ordem urbana
"Esta publicação sobre as transformações urbanas na metrópole do Rio de Janeiro, onde residem 12 milhões de pessoas, reúne o trabalho de 24 pesquisadores dedicados àqueles temas no IPPUR, sob coordenação do prof. Luiz Cesar de Queiroz Ribeiro. Nele são sucessivamente analisadas as transformações demográficas, sociais, laborais e escolares da metrópole sob a dupla perspectiva que, segundo os autores, marca a Região do Rio de Janeiro, a saber: a segregação residencial e a cultura política de uma urbe sem civilidade (urbs sem civitas)... Em suma, uma obra que ficará como modelo para as décadas vindouras – no Brasil e em qualquer outro país."
Placing Internationalism
Exploring how modern internationalism emerged as a negotiated process through international conferences, this edited collection studies the spaces and networks through which states, civil society institutions and anti-colonial political networks used these events to realise their visions of the international. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, contributors explore the spatial paradox of two fundamental features of modern internationalism. First, internationalism demanded the overcoming of space, transcending the nation-state in search of the shared interests of humankind. Second, internationalism was geographically contingent on the places in which people came together to conceive and ena...
