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Rights of Way to Brasília Teimosa: The Politics of Squatter Settlement

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By (author): Charles J. Fortin

The site of Recife's Brasília Teimosa favela emerged as a flash point of economic and political interests in the 1930s and the scene of subsequent strife into the 1980s. The name of this district is a contemptuous allusion to the new capital of Brazil, with its forward-thinking planning policies and urban design, in stark contrast to the favela. This concise account unearths events surfacing through periods of revolution, dictatorship, populism, Cuban Communism, the 1964 military coup d'etat and crackdown to the amplified reverberation of civil society voices and engagement decades later. Shifting ideologies and jolting transitions between regimes directly affected what occurred on this 110-acre parcel of urban land. Between 1934 and 1984 competing groups and individuals came to covet this space because of its strategic location and political consequence. Brasília Teimosa is about the politics of ouster and the power of resistance. What took place there still resonates in squatter settlements throughout Brazil; deplorable living conditions prevalent in favelas are the result of deprivation of access to market resources. This work examines the interactions between the state and neighbourhood associations regarding the allocation of public goods and services in the context of urban resources and their system of supply. In particular it focuses on the political struggles of shanty residents of Brasília Teimosa that are pertinent to the provision of and access to urban land tenure. Control and use of public lands have functioned as instruments of the state to pursue political projects in coalition with private real estate partners, to undermine the strength of opposing factions, or to seal populist pacts with the urban poor who, as illegal occupants of public land, are locked into a dependency relationship with the state. As will be shown, the residents of Brasília Teimosa discovered and exploited space for political manoeuvres in order to secure permanence on a centrally located, publicly-owned site. See more
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Product Details
  • Weight: 456g
  • Dimensions: 155 x 230mm
  • Publication Date: 01 Mar 2014
  • Publisher: Liverpool University Press
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781845196264

About Charles J. Fortin

Charles J. Fortin is former Professor and Coordinator of the Graduate Program of Urban and Regional Development Federal University of Pernambuco in Recife Brazil; Evaluation Officer with the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington D.C.; and Peace Corps Volunteer in a favela in the State of Bahia Brazil.

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