Favelas and Urban (Dis)order in the World Cup and Olympic World Stage

• In Event: Rio's Olympics and Brazil's World Cup: Cases in Social-Political Decision-Making, Accountability, Protest, Reform

Abstract

This paper will explore why Rio's favelas have been the target of such extensive policing and attempts at social control. It will examine both the historical and socio-cultural context whereby favelas have been depicted as both a threat to the city and yet central to Rio's self image, and will analyze how current policing efforts, in the wake of Brazil hosting the World Cup and the Olympics, both continuation and a break from prior patterns of state-favela interactions.

Author

• Richard Benjamin Penglase, Loyola University Chicago