CUFA and social participation in urban peripheries: between market and State

This research project aims to discuss the construction of citizenship in urban peripheries. Specifically, it is interested in understanding how different political projects – such as neoliberal and democratic-participatory – influence the citizenship-building. To achieve this, we will conduct a case study of the Central Única das Favelas (CUFA), an organization created in the peripheries of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The project intends to contribute to the broader debate on the relationship between the State and society in democratic construction and to the understanding of collective action in urban peripheries. Additionally, the research aims to shed light on a less investigated actor in this literature: organizations whose main interlocutor for their actions is not the State but rather the market. This brings the opportunity to highlight other elements of collective action brought by these actors, which have been scarcely studied by the literature, and who have primarily opted to operate within the business sphere. Thus, the research will shed light on processes that cross national borders and are present in many other countries, especially in Latin America.

Faculty Supervisor:

Françoise Montambeault

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Partner:

Universidade de Brasília

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Public Service, Policy, and Governance; New and Digital Media

University:

Université de Montréal

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