Urban public works, drug trafficking and militias: what are the consequences of the interactions between community work and illicit markets?: As obras urbanas, o tráfico de drogas e as milícias quais são as consequências das interações entre o trabalho social e os mercados ilícitos

Araujo, Marcella (2019) Urban public works, drug trafficking and militias: what are the consequences of the interactions between community work and illicit markets?: As obras urbanas, o tráfico de drogas e as milícias quais são as consequências das interações entre o trabalho social e os mercados ilícitos. Journal of Illicit Economies and Development, 1 (2). 164–176. ISSN 2516-7227

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Abstract

This paper explores some of the interactions between community workers, drug traffickers and militiamen in the city of Rio de Janeiro and in the Baixada Fluminense region. It is mainly intended to examine and compare the tensions created by the territorialization of social housing policies into drug gang-controlled favelas and militia-controlled areas. To conduct this examination, I specifically sought to grasp how the interactions between public policy agents and illicit market actors can be framed (in the goffmanian sense) to avoid the use of force and how different interactional framings impact drug and illegal security markets. My fieldwork and interviews with community workers allowed me to identify two lines of argument successful in maintaining social interactions and pushing away the use of force: the good of the community and the good of the business. I argue that the negotiations between community workers, drug traffickers and militiamen eventually fuel illicit markets in unexpected manners.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	© 2019 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Date Deposited:	27 Jun 2019 12:12
Last Modified:	01 Nov 2024 07:30
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/101076

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