Dealing with violence: Varied reactions from frontline workers acting in highly vulnerable territories

Autor(es)

Lotta, Gabriela ^[1] ; Lima-Silva, Fernanda ^[2] ; Favareto, Arilson ^[3]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Getulio Vargas Fdn, Publ Adm, FGV, EAESP, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[2] Getulio Vargas Fdn, Publ Adm & Govt, Escola Adm Empresas Sao Paulo, FGV, EAESP, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[3] Fed Univ ABC Reg, UFABC, Econ & Sociol, Santo Andre, SP - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING C-POLITICS AND SPACE; JUL 2021.
• Citações Web of Science: 0

Resumo

This paper aims to understand the multiple strategies developed by frontline workers to deal with situations of violence in vulnerable territories. We analyze the micro-dynamics within which workers operate to understand how the State deals with violence. Empirically, we analyzed data from interviews with 140 frontline workers implementing different policies not directly related to violence in neighborhoods located in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil, known for their populations' precariousness and vulnerability. The results expand the understanding of the different ways in which violence expresses itself in these places and show that the reactions developed by frontline workers are more complex than those suggested by the existing literature. The multiple violence to which these workers are exposed is used and manipulated by them in various ways during policy implementation. Frontline workers can ignore, negotiate with, or combat violence. They use their agency to develop different reactions based on how they and the policies are embedded or disconnected to the territories. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 19/06616-0 - Dados à prova d'água - engajando stakeholders na governança sustentável de riscos de inundação para resiliência urbana
• Beneficiário: Fernanda Lima e Silva
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Pós-Doutorado