Hard Times in the Marvelous City: From Dictatorship to Democracy in the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro
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Beginning in the late 1970s, activists from the favelas of Rio de Janeiro challenged the conditions-such as limited access to security, sanitation, public education, and formal employment-that separated favela residents from Rio's other citizens. The activists built a movement that helped to push the nation toward redemocratization. They joined with political allies in an effort to institute an ambitious slate of municipal reforms. Those measures...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0822355388
ISBN13:9780822355380
Release Date:January 2014
Publisher:Duke University Press
Length:256 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"
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