Non-state governance of violence: a comparative analysis of two communities in the South Zone of Recife, Brazil

The objective of this project is to compare and analyse the forms of non-state governance of violence
in two poor communities in the southern region of Recife, Northeast Brazil. Although they are close
to each other and have similar structural contexts, each of these communities has specific governance
arrangements with disparate day-to-day consequences. The working hypothesis is that, in contexts of
poverty and inequality and selective action by police organisations, societal patterns emerge that
favour the consolidation of non-state forms of governance of violence. In this way, this project aims to amplify knowledge of violence prevention programmes focusing on the specificities of urban poverty areas.The biggest challenge for the public intervention aimed at in this project to occur, is to directly establish a constructive dialogue between those with institutions of repression and the justice system with the residents of these communities.

Faculty Supervisor:

Karen Schwartz;Jean Daudelin

Student:

Partner:

Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

Carleton University

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