Living in the crossfire : Favela residents, drug dealers, and police violence in Rio de Janeiro / Maria Helena Moreira Alves and Philip Evanson ; with the assistance of Cristina Pedroza de Faria (Kita Pedroza) and Jose Valentin Palacios Vilches.
Communities organizing to end Brazil's urban war on drugs.
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Philadelphia, Pa. :
Temple University Press,
2011.
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| Series: | Voices of Latin American life.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Part I: Rio de Janeiro: the marvelous city and the communities
- Rio de Janeiro, the marvelous city: economic growth
- Living in the Favelas in the 21st century: traditions and challenges
- Testimony: communities under fire
- Testimony: voices of hope and renewal
- Voices of community leaders: Carlinhos Costa of Rocinha
- Of faith and good works.