The militarization of the urban question

Authors

  • Marcelo Lopes de Souza

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/ls.v0i29.18501

Keywords:

Urban question, Militarization, Police Pacification Units

Abstract

This article examines the significance of Police Pacification Units (UPPs) in the context of thecurrent urban geopolitics and the different aspects of the expression “re-conquest of territory”widely used by different agents of the State. It involves an explicit militarization of the urbanquestion. If earlier the urban question was reduced to a “case for the police,” now we aremoving towards turning it into a wholly institutionalized military question.

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Published

2012-12-19

How to Cite

Souza, M. L. de. (2012). The militarization of the urban question. Lutas Sociais, (29), 117–129. https://doi.org/10.23925/ls.v0i29.18501

Issue

No. 29 (2012): Urban Barricades

Section

Dossier

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