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Irregular Urbanization as a Catalyst for Radical Social Mobilization: The Case of the Housing Movements of São Paulo [PDF]

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This study focuses on the city of São Paulo, Brazil and examines the ways in which irregular and illegal growth have influenced the collective action of social movements of the urban poor.
Lucy Earle
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De norte a sur: mestre pantera y la capoeira como cultura urbana y migratoria en la periferia de Río de Janeiro [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
El presente artículo reconstruye la historia de vida de Pantera, maestro de capoeira que creció en las favelas de Río de Janeiro entre los 60 y 70. De la mano del maestro, narraremos el proceso de consolidación de la capoeira como una cultura urbana y ...
Guizardi, Menara Lube
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Youth risk-taking behavior in Brazil : drug use and teenage pregnancy [PDF]

open access: yes
Using an extensive survey that addresses risk factors faced by the population in the shantytowns (favelas) of Fortaleza, Brazil, the aim of this paper is to study risk-taking behavior by youth, focusing on drug use and teenage pregnancy.
Cardoso, Ana Rute, Verner, Dorte
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Deliberation across Deep Divisions. Transformative Moments [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
In group discussions of any kind there tends to be an up and down in the level of deliberation. To capture this dynamic we coined the concept of Deliberative Transformative Moments (DTM). In deeply divided societies deliberation is particularly important
Maria Clara Jaramillo, Rousiley C. M. Maia, Simona Mameli, Jürg Steiner
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Closing the Gap Between Rights and Realities for Children and Youth in Urban Brazil: Reflections on a Brazilian Project to Improve Policies for Street Children [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Describes the successful use of Children's Rights Councils to promulgate policies to help children who spend their days (and in many cases nights) on the streets.
Irene Rizzini, Malcolm Bush
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Spartan Daily October 6, 2009 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Volume 133, Issue 20https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/1288/thumbnail ...
San Jose State University, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
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