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The Dilemmas of Pacification: News of War and Peace in the ‘Marvelous City’ Cover

The Dilemmas of Pacification: News of War and Peace in the ‘Marvelous City’

Open Access
|May 2014

Abstract

This article is a reflection on police work carried out in Rio de Janeiro favelas, from the viewpoint of someone who works in the field as a police manager in an effort to present the risks, opportunities, mistakes and achievements of the Pacifying Police Units (UPPs), within the process of ‘pacification’ currently underway in Rio de Janeiro. The empirical data, based on observations recorded by the author during his time as coordinator of the UPPs, serves as a counterpoint to academic research produced on the subject.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/sta.dt | Journal eISSN: 2165-2627
Language: English
Published on: May 22, 2014
Published by: Department of Peace Studies and International Development, University of Bradford
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2014 Robson Rodrigues, published by Department of Peace Studies and International Development, University of Bradford
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.