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Blurring the Boundaries Citizen Action Across States and Societies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Taking a "citizen's perspective", looking upwards and outwards, these studies offer a unique insight into how citizens see and experience states and other institutions which affect their lives, as well as how they engage, mobilise and participate to make
Nicholas Benequista
core  

Pentecostal cultures in urban peripheries: a socio-anthropological analysis of Pentecostalism in arts, grammars, crime and morality

open access: yesVibrant: Virtual Brazilian Anthropology, 2018
In past decades, Catholicism in Brazil has emerged as a privileged theme in the Social Sciences literature, coming to be recognised as a key element in the formation of a “national culture”.
Christina Vital da Cunha
doaj  

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
core  

How a Brazilian Firm is Sustainably Solving the Problems of Urban Slums, One Community at a Time

open access: yesField Actions Science Reports, 2012
Terra Nova, a for-profit social enterprise, helps urban slum dwellers obtain legal title to the land they occupy irregularly. By managing all aspects of the land regularization process, Terra Nova helps community residents purchase the land they live on,
Diana de Castro
doaj  

Effectiveness of a multicomponent intervention to face the COVID-19 pandemic in Rio de Janeiro's favelas: difference-in-differences analysis. [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ Glob Health, 2023
Batista-da-Silva AA   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

CIÊNCIA E FAVELA [PDF]

open access: yesDESIGUALDADE E DIVERSIDADE, 2021
MARIA ALICE REZENDE DE CARVALHO   +1 more
openaire   +1 more source

Silêncio na favela

open access: yesALCEU
A crônica esportiva é naturalmente recheada de drama, romance e poesia. No Rio de Janeiro, essa narrativa ganhou ainda mais fôlego graças às artimanhas dos irmãos Mário Filho e Nelson Rodrigues, que se utilizaram do lirismo intrínseco ao futebol para demarcar certas representações sociais antagônicas.
openaire   +1 more source

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