City of Walls: Crime, Segregation, and Citizenship in São Paulo


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Teresa Caldeira's pioneering study of fear, crime, and segregation in S o Paulo poses essential questions about citizenship and urban change in contemporary democratic societies. Focusing on S o Paulo, and using comparative data on Los Angeles, she identifies new patterns of segregation developing in these cities and suggests that these patterns are appearing in many metropolises.

Author: Teresa P. R. Caldeira
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 04/01/2001
Pages: 504
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.65lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.40d
ISBN13: 9780520221437
ISBN10: 0520221435
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Criminology
- Social Science | Sociology | Urban
- Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural & Social

About the Author
Teresa P. R. Caldeira is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Irvine. She has been a professor of anthropology at the State University of Campinas (Unicamp) and a senior researcher at the Brazilian Center of Analysis and Planning (Cebrap) in São Paulo.