City of walls: crime, segregation and citizenship in São Paulo

Teresa Caldeira's pioneering study of fear, crime, and segregation in Sao Paulo poses essential questions about citizenship and urban change in contemporary democratic societies. Focusing on Sao Paulo, and using comparative data on Los Angeles, she identifies new patterns of segregation develop...

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Main Author: Caldeira, Teresa Pires do Rio 1954- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley [u.a.] Univ. of California Press 2000
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Summary:Teresa Caldeira's pioneering study of fear, crime, and segregation in Sao Paulo poses essential questions about citizenship and urban change in contemporary democratic societies. Focusing on Sao Paulo, and using comparative data on Los Angeles, she identifies new patterns of segregation developing in these cities and suggests that these patterns are appearing in many metropolises.
Physical Description:XVII, 487 S. Ill., graph. Darst.
ISBN:0520221435
0520221427
9780520221437

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