Toward a Dictatorship Over the Poor? Notes on the Penalization of Poverty in Brazil

摘要: Like many countries of the Second World caught in throes post-Fordism before they could reap full benefits Fordist-style development, Brazil is tempted to import US-style discourse and policy ‘zero tolerance’ because, enshrouded aura emanating from America as world’s sole symbolic superpower global Mecca crime control, appear cutting edge, effective efficient; because are indispensable order-maintenance counterpart policies economic deregulation fiscal austerity adopted by Latin American under press international financial agencies. But Brazil, neighboring nations, this borrowing promises produce a social catastrophe historic proportions depth scale urban poverty much greater, violent more prevalent entrenched history economy country, Brazilian police not remedy against violence but major source its own right...