Neoliberal Fantasies, Favela Realities: Contentious politics of urban citizenship in pre-Olympic Rio de Janeiro
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This dissertation studies the political consequences of Rio de Janeiro’s hosting of sports mega-events (the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Olympics) through the lens of citizenship. Through a contextual and grounded analysis based on longitudinal ethnographic fieldwork, it examines (i) how the mega-events influenced the political organization and management of the city, and (ii) the mobilization and organization of popular resistance to the Olympic city project. The main conclusion drawn is that Rio’s mega-events were used as a leverage for a neoliberal reconfiguration of the city in a way that was de-politicizing - as the urgency and exceptionality of the mega-events opened up for suspending legal norms and bypassing political contestation - yet, did not render the city ‘post-political’. In contrast, it triggered popular politics and protests that challenged de-politicized urban development and politicized urban citizenship. This way, the dissertation studies the contentious politics of urban citizenship in pre-Olympic Rio.List of papers
Paper I: Sørbøe, C. M. (2018). Urban Development in Rio de Janeiro During the ‘Pink Tide’: Bridging Socio-Spatial Divides Between the Formal and Informal City? In Ystanes, M. & Strønen, I. (Eds.) The Social Life of Economic Inequalities in Contemporary Latin America: Decades of Change (pp. 107-127). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-61536-3_5. The article is included in the thesis. Also available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61536-3_5 |
Paper II: Sørbøe, C.M. (2021). Politics of Urban Transformation in pre-Olympic Rio de Janeiro: Contentions and confluences between citizen- and market-centred agendas. Forum for Development Studies 48(1): 129-152. DOI: 10.1080/08039410.2020.1832569. The article is not available in DUO due to publisher restrictions. The published version is available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/08039410.2020.1832569 |
Paper III: Sørbøe, C.M. & Braathen, E. Contentious Politics of Slums: Understanding different outcomes of community resistance against evictions in Rio de Janeiro. (Accepted by International Journal of Urban and Regional Research). To be published. The paper is not available in DUO awaiting publishing. |
Paper IV: Sørbøe, C. M. (2020). Eluding the ‘Esculacho’: A masculinities perspective on the enduring warrior ethos of Rio de Janeiro’s police. Conflict and Society: Advances in Research 6: 68–85. DOI: 10.3167/arcs.2020.060105. The article is included in the thesis. Also available at: https://doi.org/10.3167/arcs.2020.060105 |
Paper V: Sørbøe, C. M. Urban Uprisings Between Revolutionary Openings and Reactionary Outcomes: Making sense of the 2013 ‘June days’ in Brazil (Revise and resubmit from Urban Geography; currently under revision). To be published. The paper is not available in DUO awaiting publishing. |