{"product_id":"9781119686125","title":"Stolen Cars A Journey Through São Paulo's Urban Conflict","description":"\u003ch3\u003eIJURR Studies in Urban and Social Change Book Series\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eStolen Cars\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Journey Through São Paulo's Urban Conflict\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGabriel Feltran\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Sociology \/ Urban\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStolen Cars\u003c\/i\u003e is an innovative ethnography of urban inequalities and violence in São Paulo, Brazil.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eOrganized around the journeys of five stolen cars, each chapter discusses a specific theme, such as the distinctions between violent robbery and the more commercial non-violent theft or the role of national borders interconnecting illegal and legal economies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides an original theoretical framework for a rarely studied urban and transnational supply chain \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws from empirical data and a combination of different methodologies to demonstrate mechanisms of urban inequalities and violence reproduction \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHighlights how everyday life is entangled with structural urban transformations \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUses an ethnographic narrative to show how urban development produce various forms of illegality and violent crime \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGabriel Feltran\u003c\/b\u003e is an urban ethnographer who has studied the ‘world of crime’ in Brazil for more than two decades. He is Professor of Sociology at the Federal University of São Carlos and Senior Researcher at the Brazilian Center of Analysis and Planning (CEBRAP). He has held Invited Scholar positions at University of Oxford, UK, and Humboldt University, Germany, and is former Academic Director of the Center for Metropolitan Studies, University of São Paulo, Brazil. Professor Feltran’s works include \u003ci\u003eThe Entangled City: Crime as Urban Fabric in São Paulo.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18 January 2022\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781119686125\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e272\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e14.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44311693230220,"sku":"9781119686125","price":31.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781119686125.jpg?v=1780112051","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781119686125","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}