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作者

来源

JOURNAL OF URBAN AFFAIRS,Vol.39,Issue7SI,P.939-952

语言

英文

关键字

FAVELA-BAIRRO; CITY; EVENTS

作者单位

[Becerril, Hector] UCL, London, England. [Becerril, Hector] Autonomous Univ Guerrero, Acapulco, Mexico. Becerril, H (reprint author), Autonomous Univ Guerrero, Dev Management Unit, Natl Council Sci & Technol, El Roble 39460, Acapulco, Mexico.; Becerril, H (reprint author), Autonomous Univ Guerrero, Acapulco, Mexico. E-Mail: hbecerrilmi@conacyt.mx

摘要

This article explores Rio's housing policy transformation over the past 2 decades to reveal how it has contributed to rendering evictions and relocations possible and acceptable in the wake of mega-events. Theoretically, the article adopts actor-network theory (ANT) and the political sociology of public policy instruments (PPI) and delves into the unfolding of Rio's slum upgrading instrumentation from 1993 to 2012. This article argues that the weakening of slum upgrading as a central policy instrument to address Rio's housing problem together with the reemergence of housing construction as a suitable solution have contributed to the development evictions and relocations in the wake of mega-events. Therefore, the article highlights that evictions relate not only to capitalist accumulation and the neoliberal paradigm but also to other dynamics, contributing to a more nuanced account of Rio's urban transformations in recent years.