"Places you shouldn't go to": (Im)mobility, violence and democracy in Brazil and South Africa
Pursuing the broader political effects of the relationship between violence, mobility, and inequality, the article describes some of the grounded political-economies (re)producing social inequalities in Brazil and South Africa, and a discontinuous experience of the urban space. This fragmented spati...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2021
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Oñati Socio-Legal Series
Year: 2021, Volume: 11, Issue: 6, Pages: 1365-1391 |
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| Summary: | Pursuing the broader political effects of the relationship between violence, mobility, and inequality, the article describes some of the grounded political-economies (re)producing social inequalities in Brazil and South Africa, and a discontinuous experience of the urban space. This fragmented spatial experience is produced by the simultaneous operation of a discursive apparatus projecting a split ideal of "city", and grounded social mechanics, in the intersection of values and power relations. In Johannesburg, South Africa, we’ve described the creation of Maboneng, a "urban development project", to highlight the role of social mobility and growing class aspirations as powerful political vehicles for neoliberal markets reissuing old apartheid socio-spatial divisions. In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, we’ve explored the relationship between the State and its margins to understand the production of the milícia as a violent anti-modern capitalist venture, aiming to control the circulation of people, capital and political support in the city. Siguiendo los efectos políticos más amplios de la relación entre violencia, movilidad y desigualdad, el artículo describe la forma en que algunas políticas económicas arraigadas (re)producen desigualdades sociales en Brasil y Sudáfrica, una experiencia discontinua del espacio urbano. Esta experiencia espacial fragmentada es producto de la operación simultánea de un aparato discursivo que proyecta un ideal escindido de "ciudad" y mecanismos sociales arraigados, en una intersección de valores y relaciones de poder. En Johannesburgo, Sudáfrica, describimos la creación de Maboneng, un "proyecto de desarrollo urbano", para destacar el rol de la movilidad social y de las crecientes aspiraciones de clase como potentes vehículos políticos para que los mercados neoliberales reediten viejas divisiones socio-espaciales del apartheid. En Río de Janeiro, Brasil, analizamos la relación entre el Estado y sus márgenes a fin de entender la producción de la milícia como riesgo capitalista antimoderno violento que tiene el propósito de controlar la circulación de personas, capital y apoyo político. |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 1382-1391 |
| ISSN: | 2079-5971 |
| DOI: | 10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1221 |
