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Urban borders, markets in dispute: power games in the production of spaces

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: In this article, we view the expansion fronts of urban borders as privileged spaces to understand practical agencies, the network of actors, and the power games involved in the production of urban land and housing markets in São Paulo. An unavoidable presence in those places today, the men of Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC – First Capital Command), in interaction with this intricate network of actors, act as operators of these markets and the internal management of popular territories. The fact is that the PCC's businesses expand as occupations and precarious settlements expand. In the ambivalent game of protection and extortion, between acceptance and coercion, they mobilize power resources in agreements, disputes, conflicts, and accommodations that constitute the production and management of informal land and housing markets.

Source: Cadernos Metrópole

DOI: 10.1590/2236-9996.2024-6164684-en

Authors: Larissa Gdynia Lacerda, Vera da Silva Telles

Institutions: Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Universidade de São Paulo

Language: English

Topic: Latin American Urban Studies

Subfield: Urban Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4402964685

FWCI: 2.062

Cites: 26

Cited by: 2

Related to: 10