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Faith in Our Neighbors: Networks and Social Order in Three Brazilian Favelas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Enrique Desmond Arias
Enrique Desmond Arias*
Affiliation:
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center
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Abstract

After nearly 20 years of democratization, residents of Rio's favelas suffer high levels of civil and human rights abuse at the hands of both police and drug traffickers. The government is generally unable to guarantee the political order necessary to protect the rights of residents in these communities. Existing theories of democratization and advocacy networks offer little to explain how the types of endemic violence that affect poor neighborhoods in the developing world can be brought under control. Based on more than two years of participant observation and interviews in Rio de Janeiro, this article examines how democratic order can be extended to favelas. It argues that networks can link favela residents to organizations in civil society, and state actors can play a critical role in reducing violence and establishing democratic order.

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Research Article
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Latin American Politics and Society , Volume 46 , Issue 1 , Spring 2004 , pp. 1 - 38
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Copyright © University of Miami 2004

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