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Book Review: Janice Perlman, 2010. Favela: Four Decades of Living on the Edge in Rio de Janeiro. New York: Oxford University Press.

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Title Book Review: Janice Perlman, 2010. Favela: Four Decades of Living on the Edge in Rio de Janeiro. New York: Oxford University Press.
 
Creator do Carmo, Maria Scarlet
 
Description In this book the author discusses her experience over forty years (1968-2008) of systematically observing residents of low income communities (“favelas”) in Rio de Janeiro, by way of some 2.500 interviews with residents and ex-residents. These interviews covered: the way they lived, their wishes, aspirations dreams, and expectations regarding life in the “favela”, and changes which took place, such as social advance. In addition to field observations, Janice (the author) reports on her contacts with several Brazilian intellectuals involved in social affairs, such as Ruth Cardoso (late wife of ex- President Cardoso), Carlos Lessa, Alba Zaluar, Lu Peterson, Sergio Besserman, Herbert de Souza, among other influential authors involved with poverty studies in Brazil.
 
Publisher International Public Management Review
 
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Date 2014-03-21
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Identifier http://journals.sfu.ca/ipmr/index.php/ipmr/article/view/123
 
Source International Public Management Review; Vol 14, No 1 (2013); 50-52
1662-1387
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://journals.sfu.ca/ipmr/index.php/ipmr/article/view/123/123
 
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